I need help from people in high elo on how you deal with blue kayn

l MrD l·Jul 10, 2019·1 votes·1,376 views

I hear all the time hes weak in blue and red is way better

but everytime he gets a couple of kills then gets a youmuus runs through walls at high speed and slashes you to death with no counterplay >_> or you think your safe under turret and he just runs under slashes you then uses R to drop turret agro and kill you ...

almost every game this happens ..... I literally feel helpless >_>

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Just what do you do

Not dying to him is out of the question too

6 Comments

Shieda KaynJul 10, 20193 votes

Just to clarify that blue Kayn was weak at release, now it's just an outdated meme that for some reason people still believe. He isn't weak, he's just much more situational than red Kayn. Fucking up his early, or if your team fails to not feed him, as an adc building item 3046 + item 3026 , or on a mage any of the 3684 items that offer both ap and health + item 3157 , should do the trick.

vyodaJul 10, 20191 votes

I’m not “high” elo, but Kayn has a weak early game. Exploit that weakness.

Also blue Kayn has less CC (slow instead of the knock up), so his team fights in theory should be worse than red.

usul1202Jul 10, 20191 votes

Zhonyas as a mage, GA as an adc. Stay loose grouped, enough so that he has to fight you all, but can't aoe everyone down. Ward a bit deeper than normal so you see him go into walls and can get your front line between your carries and him, he's one of the most tankable assassin's. If youve got multiple carries, then your carries job is to make sure he 1 for 1's. If you're solo carrying then people gonna have to peel.

Edit: reloaded and saw the clip you posted, didn't show up the first time. It's a good example of the tankable assassin thing, if udyr has eaten the w and stunned kayn before he got to you, kayn woulda been forced to ult udyr or die to tower, both of which are wins for you.

Polaris IJul 10, 20191 votes

I’m not “high elo” but by walking in a non-linear fashion (a circle ish to dodge his w and part of his q) and building a zhonyas but most importantly positioning and vision control. If Kayn can’t see you and doesn’t know where you are you are probably safe.

Daddy AntsJul 10, 20191 votes

Kayn is weak as shit until he gets his form.

Abuse the hell out of him before that.

Darkdemon653Jul 10, 20191 votes

A decent amount of blue Kayn's damage comes from his innate, which deals post-mitigation damage. Even though that damage is magical, it means building armor reduces his damage twice. If he's building lethality, armor is even more effective because lethality is better against targets with low armor.