Kayn vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Kayn
based on 1,684 Kayn vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Taric
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 Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Kayn vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several valuable Kayn against Taric matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taric’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Taric. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Kayn usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Taric. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Taric
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Who is Better, Kayn or Taric?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kayn usually loses when playing against Taric, with a 45.4% win rate. Therefore, Kayn makes a bad counter for Taric.
While Kayn does have a much lower winrate than Taric, when facing one another, Kayn also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kayn into Taricas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taric. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kayn is a trash counter to Taric. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayn against Taric.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn to counter Taric during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Taric. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Kayn versus Taric build include Hubris, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Kayn combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Taric than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 45.4% battling Taric with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Taric as Kayn, Kayn players should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Kayn vs Taric clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.4% win rate overall.
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