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Kayn Build Guide by Malmortious

Malmortious' Kayn Guide

Malmortious' Kayn Guide

Updated on July 24, 2017
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6 6 293,264 Views 16 Comments League of Legends Build Guide Author Malmortious Kayn Build Guide By Malmortious Updated on July 24, 2017
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costanata00 (1) | July 14, 2017 9:13am
i discovered that deathfire touch ticks also gives you souls (1 per tick)so it is nice when you are on a matchup where you will lose, like an kha'zix or rek'sai where you want to transform the fastest possible so you can actually not be 100 to 0 by they
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Malmortious | July 15, 2017 4:57am
Really interesting find!

Although I don't think it's worth changing masteries just for a slightly faster transformation , will have to try to myself a bit later.
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xxkuba5 | July 13, 2017 11:44am
This masteries works on shadow assasin and rhaast ? works good or thunderlord, fervor better? and this masteries works on top? xd ty!
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Malmortious | July 14, 2017 2:29am
Heya ^^

I have a Masteries section in my guide for both Shadow Assassin and Darkin , Stormraider's is just a middle ground keystone that works to some extent on both , but it's way more potent on Shadow Assassin and kinda bad late game for Darkin.

For Darkin you wanna go Fervor or Courage of the Colossus , but again , I explained those choices in my guide in detail.
Also , every mastery works in every lane , there is no specific to jungle , although you might wanna change some minor masteries depending on match up or lane , for examply you're not gonna get the extra duration on jungle buffs if you're gonna lane.
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xxkuba5 | July 13, 2017 2:08pm
this guide is for shadow assasin or both?
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Malmortious | July 14, 2017 2:29am
Both of them have different sections in every chapter.
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StrawberriesAngel | July 13, 2017 6:41am
hey one question, why stormraiders over thunderlords / fervor?
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Malmortious | July 13, 2017 8:17am
Heya ^^

Fervor is bad for Shadow Assassin as you'll be looking to burst people down during teamfights , therefore prolonged combat isn't something you aim for as Shadow Assassin and Thunderlord's , while viable , it my opinion is worse than Stormraider's because Stormraider's gives that very useful movement speed so you can finish enemies off or run away after you did , although it comes to personal preference.
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Kennnii | July 13, 2017 12:33am
Quick question, ive only seen a few guides for kayn so far but none of them have deaths dance for the darkin side, would that not be broken on darkin?
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Malmortious | July 13, 2017 1:54am
I actually wanted to include it in my build but it would have exceeded max CDR , although , as you said , it's an amazing item for him , so if you want to go for a bit more damage and less tankyness you can replace the Warrior enchant with a Cinderhulk one and get Death's Dance instead of Spirit Visage.
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costanata00 (1) | July 12, 2017 3:37pm
whats the build order in these example full build
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Malmortious | July 12, 2017 3:46pm
Heya ^^

For Shadow Assassin you're going for your jungle Item first , preferably mobility boots second , Youmuu's amd then Black Cleaver as third and fourth respectively. The rest is personal preference.

For Darkin you want to go Jungle Item first , Swiftness Boots or Mobility Boots depending on preference (although you may need the Swiftness ones for teamfights) and then Titanic Hydra. It is preferred to also get Black Cleaver right after and also Spirit Visage because it increases your lifesteal significantly. The rest is up to you to decided during the course of the game and team needs.
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costanata00 (1) | July 12, 2017 7:52pm
thnx
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Raiden360 | July 12, 2017 1:29pm
Hello I really like your build I won 3 games in a row thanks to YOU! But which one do you prefer darkin or shadow assassin?
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Malmortious | July 12, 2017 1:50pm
Thank you , you're very nice! <3

I prefer Shadow Assassin , but sadly right now it doesn't perform as well as Darkin , or at least when not snowballing , because if you are snowballing Shadow Assassin takes the carry role very hard and starts doing a lot.
Under normal circumstances , Shadow Assassin is a bit worse than Darkin and might need some buffs.

Thanks again for reading my guide and I'm really glad it helped , if you are going for Shadow Assassin you can check my guide for Talon as well as their playstyles have some common ground in some points and it might help you with pulling off an assassin playstyle better! <3
(Sorry for self advertisement , but I really want to get those 2 guides to as many people as possible and perhaps help you guys , means a lot to me :D )
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Raiden360 | July 12, 2017 2:21pm
True Darkin seems to be more reliable than shadow assassin b/c of the stun and knockup it gives and also heals from his ult. I think the shadow assassin is better on chasing champions and specially on ambushing b/c of the mobility from his W. But so far Darkin seems to be working for me very well, Shadow assassin not really very good ig its just
my teamates (toxic alert!LOL) Anyways your really good at advertising Keep Up The Good WOrk LOL. I hope you keep on updating kayn and also sure! I would like to check your Talon guide,hope that would help me win games with Shadow assassin. Thanks again <3
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