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How to Synergize Kayn with Taliyah on the Same TeamKayn is in the s tier of champions

Kayn with Taliyah

How to Win With Kayn and Taliyah Paired TogetherKayn is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Kayn and Taliyah

based on 1,330 Kayn with Taliyah pairs
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Kayn has fought alongside Taliyah in 1330 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much relevant data straight from the publishers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Kayn play with Taliyah. It is very rare for Kayn to play alongside Taliyah on the same team. This has only happened in approx. 0.7% of matches with Kayn.

Kayn Taliyah Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kayn has done a dismal job of playing alongside Taliyah. Usually, he wins a poor 48.3% of rounds the champions play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Kayn when playing alongside Taliyah by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kayn vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Kayn Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeHubrisProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinBlack CleaverSundered SkyEdge of Night

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kayn to level upq
>
Second ability for Kayn to level upw
>
Last skill for Kayn to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Kayn's passive ability p
Kayn's q ability q
Kayn's w ability w
Kayn's e ability e
Kayn's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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R
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Kayn with Taliyah

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 Taliyah Will Play

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

Kayn Taliyah Synergy Stats

Kayn Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
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7.5
< Kills >
7.1
6.6
< Deaths >
6.7
7.1
< Assists >
7.2
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.62
38
< Minions Killed >
37
1.42
< Dragons Killed >
1.42
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.35
17,566
< Physical Damage >
17,309
1,356
< Magic Damage >
1,346
874
< True Damage >
875
19,797
< Damage Dealt >
19,531
38,163
< Damage Taken >
38,023
12,414
< Gold Earned >
12,243
1.19
< Towers >
1.1
0.35
< Baron Takedowns >
0.3
18,730
< Total Healing >
18,648
14,196
< Experience >
14,109
21
< Vision Score >
20
5
< Wards Placed >
6
286
< Time Dealing CC >
286

How to Play with Taliyah as Kayn in LoL

The Kayn Taliyah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taliyah, 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 Taliyah. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Taliyah helps Kayn perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kayn tries to synergize with Taliyah, he gets a little increase in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Taliyah helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played together with Taliyah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Taliyah. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Taliyah.

Additionally, when Kayn plays with Taliyah on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Taliyah does a poor job of covering Kayn during teamfights.

Synergies between Kayn and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Kayn
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kayn
Taliyah

Is Kayn better when played alongside Taliyah?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Kayn that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Taliyah is a very typical teammate for Kayn. By locking into the same side as Kayn, she drops their win rate by -0.9% to 48.3%. This proves that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Kayn and Taliyah that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Taliyah has a much lower diffuclty than Kayn. That means Kayn players don't need to be very careful when finding Taliyah comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champs will be a great protective duo.

Although, by aligning Kayn and Taliyah together, you will not be providing your other allies a lot of magical damage output. Plan to have other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Taliyah teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kayn Players

How We Calculated Our Kayn Taliyah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kayn and Taliyah, we analyzed 1,330 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Kayn with Taliyah comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to pair well with Taliyah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Kayn and Taliyah synergy build include Serylda's Grudge, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Taliyah than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 48.3% helping carry Taliyah with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Kayn players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Kayn and Taliyah pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Taliyah with Kayn are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.