Singed vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Singed
based on 4,318 Singed vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Singed vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Singed vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Singed
Tips for Playing as Singed against Kayn
Poison Trail is very effective at farming and harassing, allowing Singed to dominate the flow of whatever lane he's in.
Flinging enemies into your tower can deal heavy amounts of damage to them.
Use Insanity Potion to trick your opponents into chasing you through your Poison Trail.
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.
Singed vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Singed in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some vital Singed against Kayn counter stats that can help you explain the differences between the two. For instance, Singed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Singed may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kayn..
Singed typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kayn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Singed and Kayn
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Who is Better, Singed or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Singed usually wins when trying to fight Kayn, with a 54.5% win rate. Thus, Singed makes a great counter to Kayn.
While Singed does have a much higher win rate than Kayn, when on opposite teams, Singed also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Singed into Kayn.
Additionally, Singed also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Singed vs Kayn matchups, Singed is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Singed is a great counter to Kayn. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Singed against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Singed 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Singed usually gets much more CS relative to Kayn. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Singed versus Kayn build include Frozen Heart, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Singed combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Kayn than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Singed boasted an average win rate of 54.5% battling Kayn with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Kayn as Singed, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Singed vs Kayn face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.5% win rate overall.
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