Jarvan IV vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Jarvan IV
based on 2,499 Jarvan IV vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Kayn
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Advice to Win Against Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Jarvan IV vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several vital Jarvan IV versus Kayn counter statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayn. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Kayn
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when taking on Kayn, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Jarvan IV does have a higher win rate compared to Kayn, when facing one another, Jarvan IV also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Jarvan IV into Kayn.
Additionally, Jarvan IV also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Kayn matchups, Jarvan IV is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Jarvan IV is a decent counter for Kayn. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Jarvan IV to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kayn. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Jarvan IV versus Kayn build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Kayn than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 50.6% battling Kayn with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Kayn as Jarvan IV, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Jarvan IV vs Kayn counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.
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