Kayn vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Kayn
based on 20,098 Kayn vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Kayn vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Kayn in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some influential Kayn vs. Jhin counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between these two champs. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jhin’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jhin..
Kayn often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Jhin. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Jhin
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Who is Better, Kayn or Jhin?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kayn usually loses when trying to fight Jhin, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes a poor counter to Jhin.
While Kayn does have a lower winrate than Jhin, when facing one another, Kayn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kayn into Jhinas 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 Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kayn is a garbage counter for Jhin. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayn in order to counter Jhin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Jhin. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kayn versus Jhin build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Serylda's Grudge. When Kayn bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Jhin than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Jhin with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Jhin as Kayn, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Kayn vs Jhin counters, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.
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