Lee Sin vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Lee Sin
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Lee Sin vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Kayn
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Advice to Win Against Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Lee Sin vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some valuable Lee Sin versus Kayn counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayn..
Lee Sin normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kayn. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lee Sin and Kayn
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when trying to fight Kayn, with a 47.2% win rate. Therefore, Lee Sin makes a poor counter to Kayn.
While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate compared to Kayn, when facing one another, Lee Sin also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Lee Sin into Kayn.
Additionally, Lee Sin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Lee Sin is a garbage counter for Kayn. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lee Sin against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kayn. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Lee Sin versus Kayn build consist of Sterak's Gage, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Kayn than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 47.2% when countering Kayn with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Kayn as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Lee Sin vs Kayn face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.2% win rate overall.
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