Annie with Kayn
How to Synergize Annie and Kayn
based on 3,107 Annie with Kayn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Annie Kayn Synergy Summary
Best Annie vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Annie and Kayn
Tips for Playing as Annie with Kayn
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
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.
Annie Kayn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kayn as Annie in LoL
The Annie Kayn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayn, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Annie sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kayn. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Kayn helps Annie perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Annie plays on the same team as Kayn, she gets a little increase in her complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Kayn provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Annie is played with Kayn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Kayn. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Kayn.
Additionally, when Annie plays with Kayn on the same side, she typically takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Kayn does a poor job of protecting Annie during team fights.
Synergies between Annie and Kayn
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Is Annie better when played alongside Kayn?
There is no perfect synergy for Annie that will always be her top teammate. Yet, overall, Kayn is a very typical ally for Annie. By locking into the same side as Annie, he decreases their win rate by -0.3% to 49.0%. This signals that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Annie and Kayn that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Kayn has a greater difficulty than Annie. That means you must be cautious when enlisting Kayn teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Playing together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by grouping Annie and Kayn together, you will not be giving your other allies very much tankyness. Plan to have other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Kayn ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Annie to synergize with Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to include in your Annie and Kayn synergy build include Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Annie included at least these three items in her build, she did much better as an ally of Kayn than with most other common builds. In fact, Annie had an average winrate of 49.0% helping carry Kayn with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, Annie players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Annie and Kayn pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Kayn with Annie are presented for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.