Kayn vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Kayn
based on 4,897 Kayn vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Irelia Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Kayn Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Irelia as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Irelia
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 Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Kayn vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some valuable Kayn against Irelia counter statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Irelia..
Kayn normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Irelia. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Irelia
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Kayn or Irelia?
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 Irelia, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Kayn makes a bad counter for Irelia.
While Kayn does have a lower winrate compared to Irelia, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kayn into Ireliaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kayn is a bad counter for Irelia. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayn against Irelia.
Other Champion Matchups Against Kayn
Additional Information for Kayn Players
How We Calculated Our Kayn vs Irelia Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayn to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn typically gets a lot less CS as Irelia. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Kayn versus Irelia build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Kayn used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Irelia than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 48.0% when countering Irelia with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Irelia as Kayn, Kayn players should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kayn vs Irelia clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Irelia as Kayn are shown for all skill levels, merged. To filter the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.