Kayn vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Kayn
based on 11,207 Kayn vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Brand
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Advice to Win Against Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Kayn vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Kayn in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some important Kayn vs. Brand matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Brand..
Kayn typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Brand. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Brand
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Who is Better, Kayn or Brand?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Brand, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Kayn makes an ok counter to Brand.
While Kayn does have a lower winrate than Brand, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kayn into Brandas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Brand. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter to Brand. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayn in order to counter Brand during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn often racks up less CS compared to Brand. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kayn versus Brand build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Axiom Arc. When Kayn used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Brand than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when playing against Brand with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Brand as Kayn, Kayn players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Kayn vs Brand matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.4% win rate overall.
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