Kayn vs Lissandra
How to Beat Lissandra as Kayn
based on 2,066 Kayn vs Lissandra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Lissandra Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Lissandra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lissandra as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Lissandra
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 Lissandra
Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.
Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.
The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.
Kayn vs Lissandra Counter Stats
How to Counter Lissandra with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several strategic Kayn versus Lissandra matchup stats that can help us realize the differences between this set of champions. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lissandra’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lissandra..
Kayn typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Lissandra. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Lissandra
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Who is Better, Kayn or Lissandra?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually loses when taking on Lissandra, with a 47.0% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes a poor counter to Lissandra.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate than Lissandra, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kayn into Lissandraas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayn also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lissandra. This often 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 overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Lissandra matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kayn is a terribly counter to Lissandra. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against Lissandra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayn to counter Lissandra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn usually picks up a lot less CS as Lissandra. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Kayn versus Lissandra build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Lissandra than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 47.0% when countering Lissandra with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Lissandra as Kayn, Kayn players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Kayn vs Lissandra battles, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.0% win rate overall.
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