Sett vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Sett
based on 5,061 Sett vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sett vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Sett vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Sett
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.
Sett vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Sett in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some strategic Sett against Kayn matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Sett usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kayn. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sett and Kayn
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Who is Better, Sett or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sett usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kayn, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Sett makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Sett does have a lower win rate compared to Kayn, when facing one another, Sett also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sett into Kayn.
Furthermore, Sett has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sett 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 team fights.
Sett is a somewhat poor counter for Kayn. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sett against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sett in order to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sett usually accumulates much more CS compared to Kayn. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Sett versus Kayn build consist of Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Sett included at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Kayn than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sett had an average winrate of 49.8% battling Kayn with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Kayn as Sett, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Sett vs Kayn counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.8% win rate overall.
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