Bard vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Bard
based on 4,882 Bard vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Kayn Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Bard Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Kayn as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Kayn
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Advice to Win Against Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Bard vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Bard in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several critical Bard vs. Kayn counter statistics that can help you realize the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Bard often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Kayn
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Bard or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when taking on Kayn, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a good counter for Kayn.
While Bard does have a higher win rate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Bard into Kaynas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Kayn matchups, Bard is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Bard is a decent counter for Kayn. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Kayn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Bard
Additional Information for Bard Players
How We Calculated Our Bard vs Kayn Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kayn. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Bard versus Kayn build include Frozen Heart, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Kayn than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average winrate of 51.6% when playing against Kayn with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Kayn as Bard, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Bard vs Kayn battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.6% win rate overall.
If you want to see Bard x Kayn tips and builds for a a distinct skill level, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the stats and build suggestions displayed are calculated using every round played with both champions.