Xayah vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Xayah
based on 2,741 Xayah vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Kayn
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Xayah in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some important Xayah versus Kayn counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn..
Xayah usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Kayn
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Who is Better, Xayah or Kayn?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when trying to fight Kayn, with a 48.6% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes a bad counter for Kayn.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate than Kayn, when they face off with one another, Xayah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xayah into Kayn.
Furthermore, Xayah has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter to Kayn. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Kayn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah
Additional Information for Xayah Players
How We Calculated Our Xayah vs Kayn Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xayah in order to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah usually gets much more CS compared to Kayn. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Xayah versus Kayn build consist of Kraken Slayer, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Kayn than with many other common builds. In fact, Xayah boasted an average win rate of 48.6% battling Kayn with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Kayn as Xayah, Xayah players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Xayah vs Kayn counters, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.
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