Taliyah vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Taliyah
based on 1,965 Taliyah vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taliyah vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Taliyah vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Taliyah
Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Kayn
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
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.
Taliyah vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Taliyah in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some critical Taliyah versus Kayn counter stats that can help you grasp the differences between these two champions. For instance, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kayn..
Taliyah usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Kayn. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taliyah and Kayn
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Who is Better, Taliyah or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taliyah usually fairs equally well when playing against Kayn, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Taliyah makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Taliyah does have a higher winrate than Kayn, when facing one another, Taliyah also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Taliyah into Kayn.
Furthermore, Taliyah also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Kayn matchups, Taliyah 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 late stage team fights.
Taliyah is a decent counter for Kayn. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Taliyah against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taliyah to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taliyah on average accumulates much more CS as Kayn. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Taliyah versus Kayn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Kayn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Taliyah boasted an average win rate of 50.3% battling Kayn with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Kayn as Taliyah, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Taliyah vs Kayn face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
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