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Runes: Blue Kayn
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10-180 Bonus Health
Spells:
Flash
Gustwalker Smite
Items
Threats & Synergies
Graves
Graves biggest threat to Kayn is his E (Quickdraw) increases his armor making it hard to one shot him. He will also be able to kite Rhaast very easily. I would avoid fighting him at any point in the early game. Later on, you can one shot him with Shadow Assassin as long as his E (Quickdraw) isn't stacked
Yuumi
Yummi sitting on Kayn after he's gotten either form (Red or Blue), he will extremely strong and a massive threat all around the map! Super fast, a lot of healing and CC!!!
Yuumi
Yummi sitting on Kayn after he's gotten either form (Red or Blue), he will extremely strong and a massive threat all around the map! Super fast, a lot of healing and CC!!!
Champion Build Guide
I am currently a Masters



I have decided to make this guide as I think I have enough knowledge in the jungle and about

This page is an in-depth guide on how to play

I will be updating this guide and will change things as the season progresses, to give you guys the most accurate information and resources on how to play

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2. Why play Kayn over other junglers?
I believe Kayn's flexibility is his greatest asset ever, that and a bunch of other reasons. Having 2 different options to go for, 2 completely different champions basically: an insanely fast and snowball assassin that will 1 tap


I will go over forms more in detail in the later section, but that is the best thing about


3. Why am I making this guide?
I have been playing Kayn for a while and have started streaming my gameplay and grind to becoming one of the best

KAYN'S STRONG POINTS:
>> 2 Forms: Snowball or play for Teamfights/Tank Shred
>> Some sexy freakin skins hehe
>> Can get around map quick, gank at good angles & stay on enemies
>> Can do it all: Dive backline or shred frontline
>> Amazing mobility (E and Q)
KAYN'S WEAK POINTS:
>> Low CC, unless you go Rhaast
>> On Rhaast, can get kited pretty hard
>> Easy to pick up, hard to master
>> His Blue Form/Shadow Assassin is weak late game
Check next chapter for form choices...
For blue form or ![]() ![]() The ![]() On this form you have huge one shot potential on their carries! The ![]() Go for this form whenever you can one shot 3+ ennemies on the opposing team! Only disclaimer for this form is to keep in mind you are still a very squishy target and should be careful with giving big shutdowns to the enemy as you can lose a lot of games like that! He also falls off like any other assassin in later stages of the game so keep that in mind. Good luck on ![]() |
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Dark Harvest |
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Sudden Impact |
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Eyeball Collection |
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★ This is just the best option right now for ![]() ![]() |
Nimbus Cloak |
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★ The extra speed you get from ![]() ![]() |
Conqueror |
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Triumph |
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Legend: Tenacity |
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Last Stand |
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Transcendence |
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For Rhaast,

This sequence can be changed for Rhaast to a


Once the bar is full, he can choose to either be overwhelmed by Rhaast or expel him to become the Shadow Assassin, based on whether he has damaged more melee or ranged champions, respectively. Once primed, the other option becomes available after 4 minutes. Kayn can continue collecting orbs for his other form to reduce the wait time.
The transformation can only be performed by interacting with Kayn's portrait while on the summoning platform, permanently changing his abilities.

Both instances of Reaping Slash deal 40 bonus damage against minions and monsters.


Kayn heals himself by 100 / 115 / 130 / 145 / 160 (+ 0.4 per bonus attack damage) upon moving through terrain for the first time and, if he's not in combat with enemy champions, Shadow Step's duration is increased to 7 / 7.5 / 8 / 8.5 / 9 seconds.
Entering combat with a champion after the effect is enhanced reduces the remaining duration to 1.5 seconds.

Active: Kayn can activate Umbral Trespass to infest a marked enemy champion for up to 2.5 seconds, revealing them and becoming untargetable for the duration. Reactivating Umbral Trespass ends the effect early.
Upon reactivation or at the end of the duration, Kayn wrenches free from their body in the cursor's direction, dealing 150 / 250 / 350 (+ 1.75 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to the target.
1.
First thing you MUST KNOW when playing

Put simply if you hit a melee champion you will get red orbs building towards

If you hit a ranged champion you will get blue orbs towards

Whichever type of orb you have more than 50% of will determine which form you will get!
3.
Another high risk strategy here is: starting on the enemy


BOOM you just got 2 of their camps and they're super far behind!
4.
Perform you
5.
When your


6.
When teamfighting with Rhaast, try to hold your
7.
When playing Blue Kayn, your goal is to kill the backline, often it is easy to do that from a flank then coming straight at them, use your low cooldowns on



Now for the

1.
You go for a full-clear and scuttle and then look to affect the map through ganks or invading the enemy on respawning camps. When going for the full clear you will have that LVL 4 advantage over most junglers and could look to fight in the river for
After scuttle, if you can't find any gank or invade opportunities you can look for an early back and grab yourself a




2.
As for option 2, this is a hyper aggressive playstyle where you look to clear 3 camps on one side or 4 camps and start ganking around the map if you laners have that kill pressure, CC or better match-up.Now another thing you can do is go for invades on weaker early game junglers, clearing 3 camps and looking to invade and kill them on their second buff, or steal some of their camps (careful here, watch your lane states - if you have pressure - before invading and if you are stronger than the enemy junglers).
Honorable Mention:
Starting on the enemy's 2nd buff and stealing that side of their jungler before quickly going to your own and clearing that as well (most effective in lower elos, where jungle is defended very well at the start).Another high risk strategy mentioned in Tips & Tricks is: starting on the enemy



BOOM you just got 2 of their camps and they're super far behind!
After your first back look to start clearing those respawning camps and actively watch your lanes for gank opportunities to get your form


If you can't find any good ganks, powerfarming on Kayn is also a good option just remember that will have a delayed form, but at least you're not going for bad plays. Just don't make it a habits,leads are built in the early game and snowballed through the mid game!
Quick tip: Remember to leave stealth wards before you first back and switch to an


Now that you have your form, you will be so much stronger and able to fight all over the map assuming you are not very much behind! Now, like I said before: leads are built in the early game and snowballed through the mid game!
So right now you want to keep ganking any lane that you find opportunity on and look to secure every objective on the map.
Your playstyle will differ a lot depending on which form you are playing but always keeping an eye on your laners and looking for objectives is a good start.
Now let's go into each forms detailed game plan in the Mid to late game!
For


Keep pushing your lead, through ganks, objectives and clearing your jungle. Always prioritize ganking over farming! Look to end the game as soon as possible, hopefully by taking baron, as Shadow Assassin falls off in the late game.
If you do make it into the late game with Blue Kayn, you can still win, you will need to use your



Whenever a fight breaks out your goal is always to kill the back line, the carrys!
For




Use your R on Rhaast,

You can also push leads very hard with Rhaast picks everywhere, anytime an enemy is out of position you can reach them with E and airborne quickly!
Patch 11.13: Prowler's/Nimbus Cloak/Black Cleaver/Invisible W nerf
1.

I think going back to a




2.



3.
The

4.
The infamous Invisible



Patch 11.17:
The Darkin Scythe: Shadow Assassin Kayn passive damage reduced from 12-44% to 8-30%.
This will affect Kayn's




Patch 11.19:
Dawnbringer/Nightbringer Kayn!!! Huge buff to kayn, skin makes you x10 better, jk but finally! Release: September 23rd (Doing a giveaway in my discord, link can be found in my Youtube & Twitch description):)
Patch 11.21:
1.

ADAPTIVE FORCE PER STACK 2-5 (based on level) ⇒ 2-4 (based on level)
BUFF DURATION 6 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds
2.

THIRSTING SLASH 100% Total AD ⇒ 175% Base AD
NEW OMNIVAMP Goredrinker now grants 8% Omnivamp
REMOVED HEALTH REGENERATION Goredrinker no longer grants 150% health regen
REMOVED SPITE No longer grants 0-15% (based on missing health) of your AD as bonus AD
3. These 2 nerfs with affect Rhaast a lot consider he uses both




4. Blue Kayn will probably revert back to a lethality build of some sort, either Duskblade or Prowler's, possibly even Eclipse which is pretty good too actually!
Patch 11.22:
Riot realises their mistake and buffs





Patch 11.24: Conqueror buff & Predator nerf

ADAPTIVE FORCE PER STACK 2-4 (based on level) ⇒ 2-4.5 (based on level)
DURATION 4 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds
Predator nerf might affect any Blue Kayn



MAXIMUM MOVE SPEED 60% ⇒ 45%
RAMP-UP TIME 1 second ⇒ 1.5 seconds
Patch 12.3:
1. Some very nice


2. The



3.


Patch 12.10:
Overall, the healing on Rhaast has been reduced, but that doesn't keep him from being an amazing pick this patch with his abundance of tank shred and max health damage, he can easily deal with the buffs everyone got and make use of the extra health/armor/mr very well being extremely hard to kill!
Sadly, as expected, Blue Kayn isn't performing too well this patch with everyone being tankier and harder to kill, he is still playable into some comps with



Changes:
PASSIVE (DARKIN SLAYER) - HEALING FROM ABILITIES AGAINST CHAMPIONS 30-40% (levels 1-18) ⇒ 25-35% (levels 1-18) of physical damage dealt
E - HEAL 100/115/130/145/160 (+40% bonus AD) ⇒ 90/100/110/120/130 (+35% bonus AD)
R (DARKIN SLAYER) - HEAL 10.5% (+9.1% per 100 bonus AD) ⇒ 9.75% (+8.45% per 100 bonus AD) of target's maximum health (70% ⇒ 65% of damage amount)
Patch 12.17 No direct patch to Kayn but buffs to Kayn counters:



Patch 12.23 Blue Kayn Buffs!!!! (Also Ravenous Hydra nerf, so no more early Ravenous on Rhaast probably)
For Blue Kayn though the changes are:
Increased Damage on

Bonus Damage: 8-30% (based on level) ⇒ 13-40% (based on level)
Also :

Heal upon entering Terrain: 90/100/110/120/130 (+35% bonus AD) ⇒ 90/100/110/120/130 (+45% bonus AD)
Thank you for reading our guide and making it all the way down here!
Kayn is an absolutely lovely champion, extremely fun to play and hard to get bored of...I hope you guys get awesome at him and enjoy playing him!
Feel free to leave me any comments on thoughts you have on the guide or how you feel about Kayn himself :)
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