Kayn vs Rakan
How to Beat Rakan as Kayn
based on 5,061 Kayn vs Rakan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Rakan Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Rakan
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 Rakan
Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.
Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.
Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.
Kayn vs Rakan Counter Stats
How to Counter Rakan with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several important Kayn versus Rakan counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rakan. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Kayn usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Rakan. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Rakan
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Who is Better, Kayn or Rakan?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when playing against Rakan, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Kayn makes an ok counter for Rakan.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate compared to Rakan, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Rakanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. 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 Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter for Rakan. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Rakan.
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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 Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Rakan. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kayn versus Rakan build consist of Edge of Night, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Rakan than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when playing against Rakan with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Rakan 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. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kayn vs Rakan fights, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.
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