Nasus vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Nasus
based on 5,382 Nasus vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Kayn
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several significant Nasus versus Kayn counter statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayn..
Nasus usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kayn. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Kayn
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Who is Better, Nasus or Kayn?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when playing against Kayn, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Nasus does have a higher win rate compared to Kayn, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Kayn.
Moreover, Nasus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Kayn matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Nasus is a decent counter for Kayn. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nasus against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nasus in order to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus often picks up much more CS as Kayn. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Kayn build include Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage, and Trinity Force. When Nasus used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Kayn than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 50.2% when countering Kayn with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Kayn as Nasus, Nasus players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Nasus vs Kayn counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.2% win rate overall.
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