Gwen with Kayn
How to Synergize Gwen and Kayn
based on 3,558 Gwen with Kayn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gwen Kayn Synergy Summary
Best Gwen vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gwen and Kayn
Tips for Playing as Gwen with Kayn
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen Kayn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kayn as Gwen in LoL
The Gwen 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, Gwen sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kayn. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Kayn helps Gwen perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gwen is an ally to Kayn, she observes a little increase in her total damage output. This could signal that Kayn helps provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gwen is played alongside Kayn on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Kayn. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Kayn.
Moreover, when Gwen plays with Kayn on the same side, she usually takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Kayn does a decent job of covering Gwen during team fights.
Synergies between Gwen and Kayn
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Is Gwen better when played alongside Kayn?
There is no one best ally for Gwen that will 100% of the time be her top teammate. Yet, Kayn is a very typical teammate for Gwen. By playing on the same team as Gwen, he raises their win rate by 0.5% to 48.6%. This shows that there is a weak strategic relationship between Gwen and Kayn that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Kayn has a greater difficulty than Gwen. That means Gwen players must be cautious when finding Kayn comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing alongside, Gwen players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by aligning Gwen and Kayn together, you probably will not be giving your other allies much magic damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Kayn ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order to synergize with Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to prioritize in your Gwen and Kayn synergy build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Gwen combined at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Kayn than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gwen had an average win rate of 48.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Kayn with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, Gwen players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Kayn with Gwen are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.