Kayn with Ivern
How to Synergize Kayn and Ivern
based on 252 Kayn with Ivern pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kayn Ivern Synergy Summary
Best Kayn vs Ivern Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Ivern
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Ivern
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 Ivern Will Play
Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
Kayn Ivern Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ivern as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn Ivern synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ivern, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ivern. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Ivern helps Kayn perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kayn tries to synergize with Ivern, he observes a noticable increase in his total damage dealt. This may signal that Ivern provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played alongside Ivern on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Ivern. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Ivern.
Moreover, when Kayn plays with Ivern on the same side, he on average receives less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Ivern does a decent job of protecting Kayn in teamfights.
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Ivern?
There is no one best companion for Kayn that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, overall, Ivern is a superb teammate for Kayn. By locking into the same side as Kayn, he increases their win rate by 11.5% to 60.7%. This signals that there is a very real strategic relationship between Kayn and Ivern that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Ivern has a lower difficulty than Kayn. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Ivern teammates to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by aligning Kayn and Ivern together, you may not be giving your side enough AP. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Ivern ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should 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 to pair well with Ivern during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to build first in your Kayn and Ivern synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Hubris. When Kayn combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Ivern than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 60.7% when playing alongside Ivern with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 60.7% winrate overall.
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