Seraphine vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Seraphine
based on 8,336 Seraphine vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Seraphine vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Seraphine vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Seraphine
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.
Seraphine vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Seraphine in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Seraphine versus Kayn matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Seraphine’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Seraphine may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Seraphine often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Seraphine and Kayn
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Who is Better, Seraphine or Kayn?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Seraphine usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kayn, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Seraphine makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Seraphine does have a higher win rate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Seraphine also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Seraphine into Kayn.
Moreover, Seraphine also has a great 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Seraphine vs Kayn matchups, Seraphine 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 team fights.
Seraphine is a decent counter to Kayn. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Seraphine against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Seraphine 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Seraphine most often picks up more CS relative to Kayn. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Seraphine versus Kayn build include Bloodsong, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Seraphine included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Kayn than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Seraphine had an average win rate of 50.6% when playing against Kayn with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Kayn as Seraphine, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Seraphine vs Kayn counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% win rate overall.
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