# Kayn Counters Who counters Kayn? Best and worst picks against Kayn by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Kayn in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayn/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayn/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Kayn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayn/) ## Page Content [Kayn guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayn/) [Play against Kayn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayn/how-to-play-against/) [Kayn counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayn/counters/) Best and worst picks against Kayn in Jungle at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Rammus, Wukong and Udyr beat Kayn most often. Zed, Kha'Zix and Briar win the laning phase against Kayn by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Kayn Highest win rate versus Kayn in Jungle. - 1 [Rammus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rammus/) 638 games 57.2% - 2 [Wukong](https://baronbuff.com/champions/wukong/) 2,246 games 56.3% - 3 [Udyr](https://baronbuff.com/champions/udyr/) 528 games 55.1% - 4 [Maokai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/) 1,199 games 53.5% - 5 [Master Yi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/masteryi/) 2,385 games 53.2% - 6 [Xin Zhao](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xinzhao/) 645 games 53.2% - 7 [Bel'Veth](https://baronbuff.com/champions/belveth/) 680 games 52.9% - 8 [Shyvana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shyvana/) 1,592 games 52.9% - 9 [Fiddlesticks](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiddlesticks/) 615 games 52.9% - 10 [Lillia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lillia/) 1,467 games 52.8% - 11 [Amumu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/amumu/) 904 games 52.6% - 12 [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) 241 games 52.3% - 13 [Zac](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zac/) 714 games 52.1% - 14 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 206 games 51.9% - 15 [Briar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/briar/) 1,562 games 51.7% ## Worst picks against Kayn Lowest win rate versus Kayn in Jungle. - 1 [Nunu & Willump](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nunu/) 509 games 43.0% - 2 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 201 games 43.3% - 3 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 827 games 43.9% - 4 [Karthus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/) 357 games 44.3% - 5 [Nasus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/) 3,149 games 45.4% - 6 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 580 games 45.7% - 7 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 1,625 games 46.5% - 8 [Nidalee](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nidalee/) 554 games 47.1% - 9 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 1,549 games 47.1% - 10 [Hecarim](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hecarim/) 1,331 games 47.3% - 11 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 1,220 games 47.5% - 12 [Gragas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gragas/) 181 games 47.5% - 13 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 1,707 games 47.5% - 14 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 688 games 47.8% - 15 [Ivern](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ivern/) 253 games 47.8% ## Best lane counters vs Kayn Largest gold lead over Kayn at 15 minutes in Jungle. - 1 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 178 games +587 - 2 [Kha'Zix](https://baronbuff.com/champions/khazix/) 389 games +562 - 3 [Briar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/briar/) 682 games +517 - 4 [Hecarim](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hecarim/) 211 games +464 - 5 [Karthus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/) 130 games +364 - 6 [Viego](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/) 1,068 games +304 - 7 [Graves](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/) 690 games +303 - 8 [Lee Sin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leesin/) 754 games +285 - 9 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 260 games +277 - 10 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 122 games +275 - 11 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 132 games +247 - 12 [Nocturne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nocturne/) 929 games +230 - 13 [Trundle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/trundle/) 105 games +216 - 14 [Rengar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rengar/) 235 games +214 - 15 [Warwick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/warwick/) 528 games +208 ## How to play against Kayn Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Track wall angles when your jungler shows on the opposite side. Ward behind pushed lanes so he cannot arrive from the route your wave hides. - Avoid dueling red form in long fights near walls. Pull him into open space and force him to use R defensively before spending burst. - Collapse on invades with nearby lanes instead of checking camps alone. Kayn punishes isolated targets who walk through fog. - Force objectives when he is catching a far side wave. Make him choose between arriving late and giving up the map. - Hold anti-heal and CC for his first commit. Deny the reset after R so he cannot drain through the frontline. ## Where Kayn is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Kayn is incomplete before transforming, so denied skirmish access delays the form that gives him real threat. - Kayn's gank angles rely on terrain and fog, making open-space tracking reduce his surprise access. ## Kayn counters: questions ### Who counters Kayn in Jungle? At Gold+, Rammus (57.2%), Wukong (56.3%) and Udyr (55.1%) have the highest win rates against Kayn. ### Who does Kayn counter? Kayn wins most often against Nunu & Willump (43.0%), Pantheon (43.3%) and Naafiri (43.9%). ### Who wins lane against Kayn? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Zed (+587), Kha'Zix (+562) and Briar (+517) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Kayn. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Jungle Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jungle/) - [Zed counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/counters/) - [Kha'Zix counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/khazix/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)