Syndra vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Syndra
based on 4,033 Syndra vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Kayn
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Syndra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several important Syndra versus Kayn counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between these two champions. Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kayn..
Syndra normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Syndra and Kayn
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Who is Better, Syndra or Kayn?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Syndra usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kayn, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Syndra makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Syndra does have a lower win rate compared to Kayn, when on opposite teams, Syndra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Syndra into Kaynas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Syndra also has a good 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 is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Syndra is a somewhat poor counter to Kayn. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Syndra against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Syndra in order to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra most often gets much more CS as Kayn. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Syndra versus Kayn build include Banshee's Veil, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Kayn than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Syndra boasted an average winrate of 49.1% battling Kayn with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Kayn as Syndra, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Syndra vs Kayn matchups, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
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