Talk:Kayn/@comment-25218650-20170704063915/@comment-4091261-20170713215430

Any of the tanks can work, but they need to rely on a source of damage to aid them. That much investment can certainly shut him down, but it takes a large amount of coordination to do so. Coordination is something that needs to be practiced with teammates.

In general, the big reason why is difficult to counter is because his flexibility increases alongside his power. It's much like other assassins, but what makes him different is that his flexibility is high enough to do good ganks very early on.

Snowballing on grants more flexibility to do crazy stuff. While the same is true for all champions, his kit comes with a lot of positions that would compromise him if he was weak. The only thing that limits flexibility is sheer power. The ability to close of all options by merely beaking the individual.

It is not possible for tanks to accomplish that before bursts them down and sustains through the pain. Tanks increase their flexibility through survivability in order to create an opportunity to take control over the battlefield. circumvents this through excessive tank destroying stats which limits the amount of control the tanks can offer.

I don't think it's really an issue of how difficult it is to lock down. The issue lies more in the fact that he doesn't care all too much. The power he has is on a scale that he can obtain full health merely by a single on the tank. Though, he does tend to have the syndrome--where it's impossible to get going when he is feeding to oblivion.