Soraka vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Soraka
based on 4,168 Soraka vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Kayn
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
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.
Soraka vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Soraka in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some vital Soraka versus Kayn counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kayn. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Kayn
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Who is Better, Soraka or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually wins when facing off against Kayn, with a 52.4% win rate. Thus, Soraka makes a good counter to Kayn.
While Soraka does have a higher win rate than Kayn, when facing one another, Soraka also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Soraka into Kayn.
Moreover, Soraka also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Kayn matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Soraka is a good counter to Kayn. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Soraka against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Soraka in order to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Kayn. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Soraka versus Kayn build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Kayn than with most other common item sets. In fact, Soraka boasted an average winrate of 52.4% when countering Kayn with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Kayn as Soraka, you should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Soraka vs Kayn fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.4% winrate overall.
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