Renekton vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Renekton
based on 2,851 Renekton vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Renekton vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Renekton vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Renekton
Tips for Playing as Renekton against Kayn
Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are.
Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back out to safety.
Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build up and use his Fury.
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.
Renekton vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Renekton in LoL
The stats shown here show several strategic Renekton against Kayn matchup statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Renekton’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Renekton may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayn..
Renekton often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kayn. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Renekton and Kayn
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Who is Better, Renekton or Kayn?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Renekton usually loses when playing against Kayn, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Renekton makes a bad counter to Kayn.
While Renekton does have a lower win rate compared to Kayn, when on opposite teams, Renekton also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Renekton into Kayn.
Additionally, Renekton has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Renekton 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Renekton is a somewhat poor counter to Kayn. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Renekton against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Renekton to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Renekton typically picks up much more CS compared to Kayn. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Renekton versus Kayn build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Renekton included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Kayn than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Renekton had an average win rate of 48.5% when playing against Kayn with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Kayn as Renekton, Renekton players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Renekton vs Kayn counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
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