Pantheon vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Pantheon
based on 8,142 Pantheon vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pantheon vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Pantheon vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Pantheon
Tips for Playing as Pantheon against Kayn
Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
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.
Pantheon vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Pantheon in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some influential Pantheon versus Kayn matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. Pantheon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pantheon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Pantheon often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pantheon and Kayn
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Who is Better, Pantheon or Kayn?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pantheon usually loses when taking on Kayn, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Pantheon makes a poor counter for Kayn.
While Pantheon does have a lower win rate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Pantheon also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pantheon into Kayn.
Moreover, Pantheon 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pantheon vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Pantheon is a somewhat poor counter for Kayn. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pantheon against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pantheon in order to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pantheon often gets more CS as Kayn. Champs who on average don't get 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Pantheon versus Kayn build consist of Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, and Eclipse. When Pantheon incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Kayn than with many other common builds. In fact, Pantheon boasted an average win rate of 48.6% when countering Kayn with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Kayn as Pantheon, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Pantheon vs Kayn fights, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.6% winrate overall.
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