Zed vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Zed
based on 6,415 Zed vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Kayn Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Kayn
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
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.
Zed vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Zed in LoL
The stats shown here show some valuable Zed vs. Kayn matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn..
Zed typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zed and Kayn
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Who is Better, Zed or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zed usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kayn, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Zed makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Zed does have a higher winrate than Kayn, when on opposite teams, Zed also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zed into Kaynas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zed has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zed vs Kayn matchups, Zed is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Zed is a decent counter for Kayn. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zed against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zed in order to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed usually gets much more CS as Kayn. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Zed versus Kayn build include Guardian Angel, Serylda's Grudge, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Zed incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Kayn than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zed boasted an average winrate of 50.2% battling Kayn with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Kayn as Zed, Zed players should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Zed vs Kayn counters, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kayn as Zed are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.