Kayn with Caitlyn
How to Synergize Kayn and Caitlyn
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Kayn Caitlyn Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Caitlyn
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.
Advice to Understand How Caitlyn Will Play
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Kayn Caitlyn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Caitlyn as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kayn sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Caitlyn. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Caitlyn helps Kayn perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kayn is paired with Caitlyn, he sees a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Caitlyn provides protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played alongside Caitlyn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Caitlyn. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Caitlyn.
Additionally, when Kayn plays with Caitlyn on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Caitlyn does a poor job of protecting Kayn during teamfights.
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Caitlyn?
There is no perfect companion for Kayn that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Caitlyn is a very typical companion for Kayn. By locking into the same side as Kayn, she drops their win rate by -0.9% to 48.3%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Kayn and Caitlyn that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Caitlyn has a lower difficulty than Kayn. That means Kayn players don't need to be cautious when lining up Caitlyn allies to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Working together, Kayn players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by bringing Kayn and Caitlyn together, you may not be granting your other teammates enough magical damage output. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Caitlyn ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to synergize with Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kayn and Caitlyn synergy build include Guardian Angel, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Kayn included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Caitlyn than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 48.3% helping carry Caitlyn with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ingenious Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
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