Samira vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Samira
based on 8,385 Samira vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Samira
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.
Samira vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Samira in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some influential Samira vs. Kayn matchup stats that may help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn..
Samira typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Samira and Kayn
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Who is Better, Samira or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Samira usually fairs equally well when taking on Kayn, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Samira makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Samira does have a lower winrate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Samira also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Samira into Kayn.
Moreover, Samira also has almost no 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Samira vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Samira is a somewhat poor counter to Kayn. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Samira against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Samira to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira on average picks up much more CS as Kayn. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Samira versus Kayn build consist of Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Samira bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Kayn than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Kayn with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Kayn as Samira, Samira players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Samira vs Kayn face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.5% win rate overall.
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