Kayn vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Kayn
based on 6,481 Kayn vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Leona
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 Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Kayn vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some important Kayn against Leona matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Leona. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Kayn often has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Leona. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Leona
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Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Kayn or Leona?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually loses when trying to fight Leona, with a 47.2% win rate. Therefore, Kayn makes a poor counter for Leona.
While Kayn does have a lower winrate compared to Leona, when facing one another, Kayn also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kayn into Leonaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kayn is a trash counter for Leona. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Leona.
Other Champion Matchups Against Kayn
Additional Information for Kayn Players
How We Calculated Our Kayn vs Leona Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Leona. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Kayn versus Leona build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Kayn used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Leona than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kayn had an average win rate of 47.2% when playing against Leona with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Leona as Kayn, Kayn players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kayn vs Leona counters, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.2% win rate overall.
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