Lissandra vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Lissandra
based on 2,066 Lissandra vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Kayn
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Lissandra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some influential Lissandra vs. Kayn counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn..
Lissandra often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lissandra and Kayn
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Kayn?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually wins when facing off against Kayn, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Lissandra makes a good counter to Kayn.
While Lissandra does have a higher win rate than Kayn, when facing one another, Lissandra also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Lissandra into Kayn.
Furthermore, Lissandra has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Kayn matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Lissandra is a good counter to Kayn. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lissandra against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lissandra in order to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra usually gets much more CS compared to Kayn. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Lissandra versus Kayn build consist of Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Kayn than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average winrate of 53.0% when countering Kayn with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Kayn as Lissandra, Lissandra players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Lissandra vs Kayn clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.0% winrate overall.
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