Aatrox with Kayn
How to Synergize Aatrox and Kayn
based on 8,165 Aatrox with Kayn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Aatrox Kayn Synergy Summary
Best Aatrox vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Aatrox and Kayn
Tips for Playing as Aatrox with Kayn
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Advice to Understand How Kayn Will Play
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Aatrox Kayn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kayn as Aatrox in LoL
The Aatrox Kayn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayn, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Aatrox sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kayn. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kayn helps Aatrox perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Aatrox tries to synergize with Kayn, he observes a small increase in his total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Kayn supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Aatrox is played alongside Kayn on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Kayn. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kayn.
Additionally, when Aatrox plays with Kayn on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Kayn does a poor job of protecting Aatrox during team fights.
Synergies between Aatrox and Kayn
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Is Aatrox better when played alongside Kayn?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Aatrox that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. Yet, Kayn is a not very good ally for Aatrox. By locking into the same side as Aatrox, he decreases their win rate by -1.6% to 48.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Aatrox and Kayn that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Kayn has a much greater difficulty compared to Aatrox. That means you should be cautious when enlisting Kayn allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing together, Aatrox players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by pairing Aatrox and Kayn together, you will not be providing your other allies enough magic damage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Kayn ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Additional Information for Aatrox Players
How We Calculated Our Aatrox Kayn Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox to pair well with Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to use in your Aatrox and Kayn synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage, and Spear of Shojin. When Aatrox used at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Kayn than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Aatrox boasted an average win rate of 48.8% helping carry Kayn with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Aatrox and Kayn pairings, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Kayn with Aatrox are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.