Yasuo vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Yasuo
based on 12,384 Yasuo vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Kayn
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Yasuo in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several vital Yasuo vs. Kayn counter stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Yasuo often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Kayn
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when playing against Kayn, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Yasuo makes a good counter for Kayn.
While Yasuo does have a higher win rate than Kayn, when on opposite teams, Yasuo also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yasuo into Kaynas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Yasuo 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Kayn matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Yasuo is a decent counter for Kayn. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Yasuo against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo usually gets much more CS relative to Kayn. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Yasuo versus Kayn build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Death's Dance. When Yasuo used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Kayn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yasuo had an average win rate of 51.0% when countering Kayn with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Kayn as Yasuo, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Yasuo vs Kayn counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.0% win rate overall.
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