Vladimir vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Vladimir
based on 4,957 Vladimir vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Kayn
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
Vladimir vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Vladimir in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some strategic Vladimir against Kayn matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayn..
Vladimir often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Kayn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually fairs equally well when playing against Kayn, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Vladimir makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Vladimir does have a higher winrate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Vladimir also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vladimir into Kaynas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vladimir also has almost no 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 isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Kayn matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Vladimir is a decent counter to Kayn. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Vladimir against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vladimir 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir typically picks up much more CS relative to Kayn. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Vladimir versus Kayn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Shadowflame. When Vladimir bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Kayn than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average winrate of 50.9% battling Kayn with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Kayn as Vladimir, you should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Vladimir vs Kayn clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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