Nidalee vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Nidalee
based on 1,255 Nidalee vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nidalee vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Nidalee vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Nidalee
Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Kayn
Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.
Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.
Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.
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.
Nidalee vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Nidalee in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several valuable Nidalee against Kayn matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn..
Nidalee often has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nidalee and Kayn
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Who is Better, Nidalee or Kayn?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when playing against Kayn, with a 44.4% win rate. As a result, Nidalee makes a bad counter for Kayn.
While Nidalee does have a much lower winrate compared to Kayn, when facing one another, Nidalee also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Nidalee into Kaynas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Nidalee also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nidalee is a trash counter to Kayn. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nidalee against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nidalee to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nidalee typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Kayn. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nidalee versus Kayn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Kayn than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nidalee had an average win rate of 44.4% battling Kayn with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Kayn as Nidalee, Nidalee players should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Nidalee vs Kayn counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.4% winrate overall.
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