Kayn vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Kayn
based on 2,008 Kayn vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Braum
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 Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Kayn vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several important Kayn against Braum matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Braum’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Braum. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Kayn often has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Braum. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Braum
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Who is Better, Kayn or Braum?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually loses when playing against Braum, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Kayn makes a bad counter to Braum.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate than Braum, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kayn into Braumas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Braum. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter to Braum. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayn against Braum.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to counter Braum during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Braum. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kayn versus Braum build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Braum than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Braum with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Braum as Kayn, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kayn vs Braum LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Braum as Kayn are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu above.