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How to Win Kai'Sa vs Kayn Counter MatchupKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa vs Kayn

How to Beat Kayn as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Kayn as Kai'Sa

based on 7,453 Kai'Sa vs Kayn matchups
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
4.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League matches that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Kayn as Kai'Sa came out of an analysis of 7453 ranked matches where both champions battled each other. This particular champ pairing is somewhat uncommon. Kai'Sa fights Kayn in only 4.7% of her rounds.

Kai'Sa vs Kayn Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a dismal job of countering Kayn. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.9% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Kai'Sa versus Kayn games, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.1% more probable to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Kayn.

Best Kai'Sa vs Kayn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Kircheis ShardNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Guardian AngelBloodthirsterRabadon's DeathcapStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Kayn

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

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.

Kai'Sa vs Kayn Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Kayn Image
8
< Kills >
7.1
6.5
< Deaths >
6.6
6.3
< Assists >
7.4
1.87
< Killing Sprees >
1.62
180
< Minions Killed >
37
0.24
< Dragons Killed >
1.45
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.38
12,683
< Physical Damage >
17,168
8,373
< Magic Damage >
1,315
467
< True Damage >
868
21,523
< Damage Dealt >
19,351
20,638
< Damage Taken >
37,802
12,734
< Gold Earned >
12,265
2.13
< Towers >
1.16
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.3
4,486
< Total Healing >
18,585
13,024
< Experience >
14,135
18
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
6
46
< Time Dealing CC >
286

How to Counter Kayn with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Kai'Sa versus Kayn counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kayn..

Kai'Sa typically has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Kayn

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Kayn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Kayn

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Kayn?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when taking on Kayn, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter to Kayn.

While Kai'Sa does have a lower winrate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Kai'Sa also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kai'Sa into Kayn.

Moreover, Kai'Sa has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Kai'Sa is a trash counter for Kayn. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kai'Sa against Kayn.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Kayn Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kayn as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 7,453 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kayn as Kai'Sa comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Kai'Sa to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa most often racks up much more CS as Kayn. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Kai'Sa versus Kayn build consist of Phantom Dancer, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Kai'Sa combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Kayn than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Kayn with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of crushing Kayn as Kai'Sa, Kai'Sa players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kai'Sa vs Kayn LoL games, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.

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