Kayn vs Nilah
How to Beat Nilah as Kayn
based on 2,865 Kayn vs Nilah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Nilah Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Nilah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Nilah
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.
Kayn vs Nilah Counter Stats
How to Counter Nilah with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several strategic Kayn against Nilah matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nilah..
Kayn normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Nilah. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Nilah
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Who is Better, Kayn or Nilah?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when taking on Nilah, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Kayn makes an ok counter to Nilah.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate compared to Nilah, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Kayn into Nilahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter for Nilah. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Nilah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to counter Nilah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Nilah. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kayn versus Nilah build consist of Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance. When Kayn incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Nilah than with most other common builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Nilah with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Nilah as Kayn, you 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 builds we have analyed for Kayn vs Nilah battles, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nilah as Kayn are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.