Varus vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Varus
based on 7,174 Varus vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Kayn
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some valuable Varus against Kayn matchup stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn..
Varus often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Kayn. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Kayn
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Who is Better, Varus or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Varus usually loses when trying to fight Kayn, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Varus makes a poor counter for Kayn.
While Varus does have a lower win rate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Varus also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Varus into Kayn.
Additionally, Varus 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter for Kayn. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Varus against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Varus in order 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 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.
Varus typically accumulates much more CS relative to Kayn. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Varus versus Kayn build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Varus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Kayn than with many other common builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 48.6% when countering Kayn with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Kayn as Varus, Varus players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Varus vs Kayn counters, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.6% win rate overall.
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