Kayn vs Kindred Counter Pick

Lamb’s Respite is the ability that most directly cancels Umbral Trespass. Kayn’s ultimate hides him inside an enemy champion and detonates for heavy damage, while Kindred‘s creates a zone in which nothing can die and everything is healed when it ends. Committing into that window wastes the whole play, and the 957-game record on patch 16.13.1 puts Kayn at 45.8%.

Before ultimates exist, the gap is range and stacking power. Kindred attacks from 500 while Kayn works at 175, and Mark of the Kindred permanently empowers her basic abilities with each completed hunt, adding a further increase every four, so a Kindred left undisturbed becomes a different champion by the mid game. Her frame is soft: 29 armor at level one and 108.9 at level 18, 595 health rising to 2,363, against Kayn’s 38, 114.5, 655 and 2,406. She is also slower, at 325 move speed to his 340, which is what makes Shadow Step through terrain and the tumble on Dance of Arrows the pivotal tools on each side. Mounting Dread slows before Wolf pounces on the third strike, and Wolf’s Frenzy keeps him attacking independently while Lamb stacks by moving, so a Kindred retreating in a straight line is still dealing damage. Both champions deal physical damage, which at least makes Kayn’s 38 base armor the correct stat for the job, and the difficulty scale reads 4 for her against his 8.