Heya guys !
My nickname is Vanchovski and i am Kha'Zix main since long time ago.
That's my first guide and i will be happy if you give your feedback and opinion in the comment section.
I will include as much things as i know from my personal experience of playing Kha'Zix.
I made this guide for the ones who really want to learn Kha'Zix perfectly and that's the reason it might seems for you quite long guide compared to the others but here you are !


Patch 9.15 - That's good patch for Kha'Zix :)
His early game was quite underwhelming and he deserved the current buff on his Taste Their Fear..
That's buff to his Jungle Clearing and a bit to early game fights...Late game will be pretty much the same.

Guide Details x Intro x Closing x Changelog Champion x Pros / Cons x Abilities x Tips & Tricks

Pre-Game x Masteries x Runes x Team Comp In-Game x Items x Gameplay x Strategy

Abilities

Items

Kha'Zix - The Deadly Mantis [ Melee, DPS, Assassin, Jungler ] Synergy: Very Good Jungler ganking potential: Decent Speciality: Slippery Assassin

PROS + Very High Damage + Quite Good DPS for Assassin + Very Snowbally + Insane Outplay Potential + Very Hard to get caught + Good Duelist Kha'Zix is one the best Assassins in the game due to his capability to become invisible for 2 or 3 times thanks to his ultimate Void Assault. His Ultimate Void Assault makes him very good at 1v1 situations and quite slippery in teamfights. In Addition his Leap resets on kill and Taste Their Fear lowers the cooldown to 45% when hitting isolated target. He can adapt himself thanks to evolutions which means he can still be useful even when behind. Very good Objective control.

CONS - Very Weak to Crowd Control - Squishy - Lacks Crowd Control in his kit - Hard to Master - Weak against Tanky Comps - Weak if behind - No one likes cockroaches Like every squishy champion Kha'Zix is weak to Crowd Control In Addition he has some hard matchups and tanks counter him hard in late game as well as peeling supports like Lulu and Janna Get gets quite weak when behind and probably leads his team to defeat, because Jungling is probably the most impactful role in the game...This means you take high risk with him and high reward as well... So in order to maximize your potential with Kha'Zix you need to master him in order to lower the risky chance to lead your team to defeat !

Unseen Threat -Empowered Auto Attack. Unseen Threat is Kha'Zix's passive which gives empowered when he is out of enemies sight.
He can reset him passive by walking out of enemies sight or becoming invisible thanks to Void Assault
There are quite more tricks with his passive but i will include them later in the guide.

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Taste Their Fear -Main Damage Source. That's Kha'Zix's main damage source ability.It is very good ability since it deals so much damage if the target is isolated..
When Evolved it reduces the cooldown with 45% which makes Kha'Zix quite good Duelist with Isolation as well as good objective control

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Void Spike - Poking and Healing.We mainly you Void Spike in the Jungle clearing for better sustain.However it adds good damage to Kha'Zix's combo.
Evolve this ability if you are behind or just want better poking potential as well as better sticking up to opponents and playing more as supportive role.

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Leap - Main Gap Closing ability. Wait..Is that flying cockroach ? Holy !
We use Leap to close the gap with high priority targets as well as escaping tool.
We evolve this ability when enemy team Group a lot.
Keep in mind that evolved Leap resets its cooldown on takedowns.

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Void Assault - Main Outplaying Tool.Wait, did this cockroach went invisible ?? WTF !!
Void Assault is one of the best Assassin abilites in the game since it makes Kha'Zix invisible for 1.25 seconds but can recast this ability again for another 1.25 seconds invisability.
The amount of outplaying potential with this ability is huge ! You can Kite , Juke , Fight , Distract enemies.
In addition when evolved it makes the invisability duration to 2 seconds while giving overall 3 cast times.

DOMINATION

Kha'Zix has 2 Rune choices Those two runes are - Electrocute and Dark Harvest - Lets start with Electrocute. Electrocute is the better Rune overall since it has Good damage at every stage of the game. We proc this rune by simply hitting champion 3 times. Dark Harvest is another great choice but you exchange your bad early game to become Very Strong late game. You need to snowball hard or you will be useless with this rune. Proc it by hitting enemy champion below 50% HP.

Here we have 2 choices. Sudden Impact for Lethality or Cheap Shot for true damage. Sudden Impact is the better option since Cheap Shot needs Crowd Control to utilize its damage.

Here we go for Eyeball Collection because it gives AD per champion takedown which helps for snowballing. I won't introduce Zombie Ward and Ghost Poro just because they doesn't fit Kha'Zix really well.

The best rune out of these 4 is for sure Relentless Hunter it works as same as Eyeball Collection but gives movement speed instead of AD. Those 2 combines give you so much snowballing potential when ahead.

SORCERY

Kha'Zix Ultimate Void Assault gives good movement speed duration which is perfectly paired with Nimbus Cloak which gives Kha'Zix even more movement speed while invisible.

By watching this guide you already know Kha'Zix is very strong early game duelist and that's why we should go for Waterwalking. While you are in the river it gives you 25 movement speed and adaptive bonus AD

We cannot miss those cuties ! Simply pick the 2 bonuses of Adaptive Force and HP Scaling for better late game.

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Stalker's Blade - Warrior

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Skirmisher's Sabre - Warrior

We choose Stalker's Blade - Warrior when there is nothing in enemy composition that can outduel you 1v1 This jungle enchantment is quite good against more squishy targets because they probably will start kiting you when Leap to them but thanks to this jungle item they can't really kite you since when you Smite them their movement speed will be stolen with 20% for 2 seconds and in addition the Smite will deal some True Damage as instant to them.

We pick up this jungle item when there are some champions from the enemy team who might give you troubles when fighting 1v1 For example: Jungle - Xin Zhao and Top - Fiora Against these two champions Skirmisher's Sabre - Warrior will reduce their damage with 20% for 4 seconds as well as giving you some true damage over time against them.

Before jumping into conclusions i would like to say that Kha'Zix Jungling is heavily based on getting yourself ahead and obviously snowballing that lead to victory.At first time you might feel like his jungle paths are quite hard to handle but it will get easier with the time.




First one is Red Buff > Krugs > Raptors and then going for Invade / Scuttle Crab or Ganking a lane.
In my opinion that's his best jungle path since you hit level 3 really fast and you able to apply some kind of a pressure earlier than the enemy jungler as well as having gold and experience advantage over enemy jungler.
Keep in mind that this path is the hardest one and if you are beginner as Kha'Zix you might find yourself in low HP after clearing those 3 camps.



The second path is Red Buff > Raptors > Wolves > Blue Buff and then looking for Invade or Ganking a lane.
This one is good for average Kha'Zix players since the clearing is easier and you will be with higher HP
Also we go for this jungle path if we are in the bot side and you will prioritize ganking Mid and Top lane since at the end of the clear you will be positioned in the Jungle right between your Mid and Top lane.



The last one is Blue Buff > Enemy Red Buff and then depends entirely on the situation.
You can go for level 2 gank if you have Strong CC laner or Good early game laner.
However you can return to your jungle and farm till level 3 and then look for Gank / Invade or securing Scuttle Crab for vision.

Kha'Zix is probably the only one champion in the game who is able to Evolve and Adapt to the game with the motives being useful at every stage of the game.
However being able to Adapt doesn't mean he has a specific Evolution Order.
It means that you should Evolve your abilities based on the situation and enemy team.

I will give some Evolution Paths as examples.

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at level 6 you evolve Taste Their Fear and start prioritizing Objectives such as Herald and Dragons, thanks to evolved Q you will be able to slain them really fast
You should also try to find the enemy jungler or literally try to find someone to kill him 1v1.
At level 11 we evolve Leap because at this time fights and skirmishes happen more often and you can benefit quite a lot from them with evolved Leap because the cooldown resets on champion kill or assist
At level 16 we evolve either Void Assault or Void Spike which depends on the situation.
Does your team need more Poke and CC as well as better catching potential ? > Void Spike
Do you find yourself very hard to kill and in addition you want to be even more slippery ? > Void Assault



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This is pretty much the same evolve path like the first one but we evolve Void Spike at level 11 for two reasons:
- You need to be more sticky Assassin as well as having good Poke and good CC
- Somehow you fell behind so you change your playstyle from Engaging Assassin to Supportive Assassin which means you no longer should look for assassination but helping and peeling for your team and jump at the target when you sure you can kill it.
At level 16 we have two choices: Evolving Leap or Void Spike
- Go for Void Assault if you want to play more as supportive role since you will have 3 invisabilities and each one of them lasts 2 seconds so you will be able to distract their team more.
- Evolve Leap at 16 if you still want to look for picks rather than being supportive guy.



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We go with Evolved Void Assault at level 6 if we want to have good ganks because the invisability duration lasts 2 seconds and still having good dueling power thanks to that you can become invisible 3 times.
Then we transition into Evolved Leap for longer range on cast and better teamfight at all
At level 16 we can go for Taste Their Fear if you can find isolated enemies before the teamfight starts or just Evolve Void Spike for better teamfighting potential

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You can increase your Jungle clearing if you kill first the small camps so you can isolate the big one.

Kha'Zix is able to cancel important enemy abilities and Auto Attacks by casting Void Assault at right moment. For example Darius and Garen Ults.

Kha'Zix is able to cast Taste Their Fear at mid air jump as well as other stuffs pretty much like > Tiamat Randuin's Omen and Youmuu's Ghostblade.

Kha'Zix can weave with his AA between abilities which smoothers his ccombo.Good example of this could be AA > Q > W > AA.

If you are at Jungle/River and you seek alone non isolated enemy champion it means an ally is near but he is just in Fog of War and if you jump it won't be 1v1 but 1v2..Keep that in mind.

Kha'Zix can make use of the mechanic called ""Pseudo Shield"" which works by this way. You can negate enemy Crowd Control by Leaping right at the same time when they use their CC ability at you..
Imagine you are ganking bot lane where there is enemy Morgana as Support.
Your Leap can be interrupted only with Knock-ups and Knock-backs. However, Morgana has only Stuns in her kit and this means if she throw her Q at you but you Leap at the exact right moment, she will Stun you while you are in mid air jump and she wont interrupt your Leap because that's no Knock-Up or Knock-Back...
However, this wont work against Champions like Lee Sin , Aatrox, etc since they have either Knock-Up or Knock-Back

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Kha'Zix is naturally Assassin and thus we make sure we get our team ahead as well as getting kills in order to snowball hard lanes as well as easily securing Objectives thanks to Kha'Zix's Skirmishing style.
Once we get level 3 we should getting some kind of impact in the game by ganking lane because it is the easiest way to win games.
If we cannot gank a lane then we should either Killing both Scuttle Crab for Vision or simply find Enemy Jungler and kill him.
After we are done with this then we return to our Jungle and do the exactly same rotation i give you below :

If you've done good Early Impact then you should be level 4.
Now it's the time return to your Jungle and keep farming so we keep up with the enemy.
You should always look to gank a lane after you've cleared 1-2 camps because that's the best way to make sure you gank a lot and keeping up with Enemy at the same time.
Clearing 3 or 4 jungle camps will leave your Teammates vulnerable to enemy ganks.
If they lanes are ungankable then find Enemy Jungler 1v1 and kill him.
If you can't gank a lane and in addition can't kill the Jungler 1v1 then just keep up farming in your Jungle.

Remember this : If the enemy Jungler is ganking a lane or started doing Dragon or Rift Herald but you are far away from him and cannot countergank him or stop him from killing the objective then do something else ! Don't just chill in the Jungle by farming ! You must do something while he is busy with his job....
You can either gank a lane by turning the favor or just do the opposite objective, for example if he is at Dragon then you can go for Rift Herald and in addition you can gank a lane after the Rift Herald as well as placing deep wards in enemy Jungle so you can keep track of him..
See ? That's how we apply pressure on the map...Remember, Do not just sit down and farm while enemy Jungle is winning the game ! Turn the Favor ! Smash him !

Early Game Tips

Don't be scared to fight Enemy Jungler because your dueling potential is relatively good.
After you have ganked and killed enemy laner then go for Dragon or Rift Herald if they come to fight you, they will be in number disadvantage.
Always look opportunities for objectives
Always look for a gank opportunities.

As you know already, Fights and Skirmishes now are like bread and butter and your job as Kha'Zix is to kill High Priority Targets while most of them are squishies either ADC or APC...After they got assassinated you can escape easily thanks to your versatility kit or look to assassinate another high priority target.

But how we decide which one must be focused ?

Let's say that Enemy Team has Cassiopeia as APC and Caitlyn as ADC.
How do we decide which one must be killed first ? Easily ! You just need to decide which one of them is bigger threat to your team or simply has more damage.
However, if you cannot kill the priority target then stick to the another one. It is always worth killing Carry at all...

Okay..But what if you are behind and can't kill squishy ?

You must admit that you are not strong and you should play around your team..
It's not good idea to dive their backline when you are behind...You can simply Evolve Void Spike and use it as supportive tool by peeling for your carries thanks to the Slow you get from the evolution.
After you help your carries neutralizing Enemy Divers thanks to your 90% Slow then that's the time to look for their backline because your carries now are safe and you can go kamikaze meatshield :D
Oh, you aced them ? It's time to go for towers or kill Baron Nashor as team as well as placing deep wards at Enemy Jungle and steal his camps....





Well, like every Assassin in the game, you should wait for the right opportunity to jump on enemy champion and kill him then go out with your Evolved Leap.
Kha'Zix is cleanup artist and you now are entirely depended on your team getting Enemy Team low enough so you can possibly Leap in , Leap out, otherwise do not jump at Teamfights if you are unsure about your current possibilities of assassinating enemy champion because dying at this stage of the game might lose the game for your team since Death Timers now are so long , about 45+ seconds.


Probably you will lose..However you should never lose hope !
Try to either Splitpush or Find enemy Carries and waste their important Abilities and Summoner Spells before the Teamfight starts. If they are in really bad position you can kill them but most of the time wasting their Ultimate or Summoner Spell is the point of this tactic.They will be panicked and probably burn everything to get the heck away from you and by this way you can let your team to CC them easier since they have no escapes...

Quick Tip : If you are Fed enough to be able to instakill their backline if they get isolated then you should try this tactic but remember, You MUST be Fed enough so they should be scared when you appear in their sight !
Sometimes it happens that you are with most kills of your team and because of this you are forced to be in the Teamfight in order to win the game
As i said this stuff works pretty well if you are Super Fed and probably the most dangerous for the Enemy Team simply because you can kill everyone and that's why they will start panic and probably everyone will run in different direction and that's the best moment where you can Leap at the isolated enemy Carries and kill them.

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Cloud Dragon gives increased Movement Speed when out of combat. It's especially useful for Assassin and Roaming Champions while giving them more Map Control. Don't worry if you lose this Dragon because it's not from the most important ones.


Mountain Dragongives True Damage against Objectives and it's useful for Splitpushing Champions like Tryndamere and Fiora. If you don't have a Splitpusher then giving up this Dragon to the Enemy Team is okay..It's not worth dying for something which won't work for your team.


Infernal Dragon is considered by many players the strongest Dragon due to its Raw Power Damage boost and if it's viable, you should contest it at all costs. It increases everyone's Late Game power, especially for Veigar..In the early game, the percentage increased won't make a difference, but the Infernal Drake's Late Game Power is massive.


Ocean Dragon is kinda situational since it gives HP Regeneration when out of combat which is useful only during Lane Phase and against Poking Comps..Overall you can take it by your choice.


Elder Dragon doubles the effect of Dragons you've taken before. Overall it's not worth securing this Dragon because at this minute Baron Nashor is on the map. However if you have secured the Infernal Dragon a couple times then Elder Dragon is for sure good choice.



First of all, you should know the first Dragon appears at 5 minute in the game and new Dragon appears 5 minutes later after the last one is killed.
at around 4:30 Minute you press TAB and look at what Dragon will spawn after 30 seconds. Does your team synergize well with the featured Dragon ?
At this time you will be level 4 and if your team synergizes well with the featured Dragon then Evolve Taste Their Fear at level 6 and secure it while Enemy Team has no idea about your motives.

If Dragons doesn't synergize well with your team doesn't mean you abandon them ! Secure them when opportunity appears.