So, why haven't we nerfed Kayn?

Onotori··5 votes·1,625 views

We complain about Zoe all day, but Kayn sits here and pops out of a wall at 800 MS and does over 3,000 damage in 0.9 seconds. And if he didn't kill you? Well he just ults and then does another 3k damage instantly.

But he's fine, right?

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Master Van Tachi4 votes

Because every Kayn player going legendary every single game is completely fine and working as intended.

Fear the Kayn3 votes

So you want to nerf a champion...that has one of the lowest win rates in his role? I main him and he's definitely not doing 3k damage in 0.9 seconds, and his ult does shit-tier damage (its used for utility). He punishes improper warding very hard. Get good at warding and you won't have a problem with him.

Meanwhile, Warwick with a nearly 55% winrate in all elos.

Onotori1 votes

Zoe had one of the lower winrates for mid laners, yet we gutted her.

And I can show you a clip of Kayn killing me in 0.9 seconds as Soraka with 3.1k health if you want.

Fear the Kayn1 votes

Zoe is a high skillcap champion, which is why her winrate was low. She was gutted because if you got good with her, her damage was absolutely insane, and she was extremely unfun to play against. She had a SIXTY PERCENT (60%) ban rate before this patch. Kayn is sitting around a 10-11% ban rate.

You probably got popped because Kayn was fed as fuck, had duskblade (they're nerfing this, btw. However, they will probably buff his assassin form in return), AND had a shit ton of harvest stacks.

Onotori2 votes

You know, everyone says she's so unfun to play against... I actually enjoy playing against her. Because I know that, if I take significant damage from her, it's my own fucking fault. She is so telegraphed you have no excuse to ever get hit by her, unlike most of the point and click statchecks or oneshots this game has. I've also never once lost a lane to her, no matter who I was playing, and I've never died solo to one in a fair fight.

And people banned her because it was the popular thing to do, even if she wasn't ban worthy at all -- plus, when everyone permabans a champ, no one learns how to play against them, and she kind of has a field day.

And no, Kayn was running Electrocute, and didn't auto me once. His W alone was doing almost 1k damage, and his Q did 800 a hit. W>Q and I have 5 health left, then he autos once and I'm dead. Blue form needs nerfs, not any kind of buffs. But, he's a weaby edgelord. He sells, while Zoe doesn't, so he's allowed to be broken.

Fear the Kayn1 votes

Why didn't you just build some armor? He's an assassin, he probably had a ton of lethality.

Onotori2 votes

See, funny thing is... I build tank, and he still easily kills me! It's like, I do no damage, and he still does 500-700 a hit, so I still lose unless I CC lock him.

But we better nerf Zoe, right? She punishes you for failing to read telegraphs and outplay her, and that's not a healthy play pattern, unlike boring statchecks.

Draven Always2 votes

Kayn is actually fine right now.

SwiftKitten881 votes

i wont have an answer for this... but i do think a lot of that damage is item 3147 which hopefully slightly tone him down with the nerf.

still its only shadow assassin from that's an issue, rhast is actually fine, albeit still a pain in the ass to catch

Fear the Kayn1 votes

Shadow Assassin late game does nothing. He's supposed to have an insane mid game because, like all assassins, they lack burst late game because supports are way too strong and can easily protect an ADC from an assassins burst.

Salamentico1 votes

because he has nice abs

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