Kayn vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Kayn
based on 2,499 Kayn vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Kayn vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Kayn in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some vital Kayn against Jarvan IV matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jarvan IV..
Kayn typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Jarvan IV. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Kayn or Jarvan IV?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Jarvan IV, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes an ok counter to Jarvan IV.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate compared to Jarvan IV, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Kayn into Jarvan IVas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Jarvan IV matchups, Jarvan IV is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter for Jarvan IV. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayn to counter Jarvan IV during both the laning 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 mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Jarvan IV. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Kayn versus Jarvan IV build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Kayn used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Jarvan IV than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Jarvan IV with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Jarvan IV as Kayn, you should use 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 runes players used for Kayn vs Jarvan IV fights, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.4% win rate overall.
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