Kayn vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Kayn
based on 6,299 Kayn vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Katarina
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 Katarina
Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.
Kayn vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several critical Kayn vs. Katarina counter statistics that may help you explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Katarina..
Kayn normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Katarina. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Katarina
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Who is Better, Kayn or Katarina?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when playing against Katarina, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes an ok counter to Katarina.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate compared to Katarina, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Katarinaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter for Katarina. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn to counter Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Katarina. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kayn versus Katarina build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Hubris. When Kayn combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Katarina than with most other common builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 49.3% when playing against Katarina with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Katarina as Kayn, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Kayn vs Katarina fights, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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