Kayn Counters

Best picks against Kayn

Highest win rate versus Kayn in Jungle.

1. 1Rammus638 games57.2%
2. 2Wukong2,246 games56.3%
3. 3Udyr528 games55.1%
4. 4Maokai1,199 games53.5%
5. 5Master Yi2,385 games53.2%
6. 6Xin Zhao645 games53.2%
7. 7Bel'Veth680 games52.9%
8. 8Shyvana1,592 games52.9%
9. 9Fiddlesticks615 games52.9%
10. 10Lillia1,467 games52.8%
11. 11Amumu904 games52.6%
12. 12Gwen241 games52.3%
13. 13Zac714 games52.1%
14. 14Aatrox206 games51.9%
15. 15Briar1,562 games51.7%

Worst picks against Kayn

Lowest win rate versus Kayn in Jungle.

1. 1Nunu & Willump509 games43.0%
2. 2Pantheon201 games43.3%
3. 3Naafiri827 games43.9%
4. 4Karthus357 games44.3%
5. 5Nasus3,149 games45.4%
6. 6Jax580 games45.7%
7. 7Shaco1,625 games46.5%
8. 8Nidalee554 games47.1%
9. 9Qiyana1,549 games47.1%
10. 10Hecarim1,331 games47.3%
11. 11Diana1,220 games47.5%
12. 12Gragas181 games47.5%
13. 13Sylas1,707 games47.5%
14. 14Zed688 games47.8%
15. 15Ivern253 games47.8%

Best lane counters vs Kayn

Largest gold lead over Kayn at 15 minutes in Jungle.

1. 1Zed178 games+587
2. 2Kha'Zix389 games+562
3. 3Briar682 games+517
4. 4Hecarim211 games+464
5. 5Karthus130 games+364
6. 6Viego1,068 games+304
7. 7Graves690 games+303
8. 8Lee Sin754 games+285
9. 9Talon260 games+277
10. 10Zyra122 games+275
11. 11Qiyana132 games+247
12. 12Nocturne929 games+230
13. 13Trundle105 games+216
14. 14Rengar235 games+214
15. 15Warwick528 games+208

How to play against Kayn

Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick.

In lane and in teamfights

1. 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.
2. Avoid dueling red form in long fights near walls. Pull him into open space and force him to use R defensively before spending burst.
3. Collapse on invades with nearby lanes instead of checking camps alone. Kayn punishes isolated targets who walk through fog.
4. Force objectives when he is catching a far side wave. Make him choose between arriving late and giving up the map.
5. 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.