Hello, I have played Kayn for over 30 games on the PBE as well as planty on the live server since release, he is a very versatile champion, as well as a pretty high skill cap in my opinion. This guide will help you figure out what to build on Kayne depending on the form you choose, as well as what to max.





I will update this guide accordingly, and will be adding Vs. Champions very soon!

Pros: Cons:

Very quick jungle clear Weak before chosen form
Rewarding to play Squishy in assassin form
High mobility Can be set behind easily
Can go through walls with E and over some with Q Hard to learn
Extremely compatible Banned often

The attack speed is super convenient when doing jungle clears as well as putting in those extra auto attacks on enemy champions when fighting, you don't realize how much extra damage those auto attacks help but they help a ton. Also, the more damage you do in a fight = more orbs for you to transform quicker.

Although you can run attack damage quints or lethality, I do believe the attack speed quints will be much more rewarding.

Kayn stacks fervor with his Q, so it is much more viable than thunderlords. Also, Kayn is more of a sustained damage champion, his abilities do a lot of damage when fed but will never one shot someone unless stupid fed. Therefore, fervor is much more viable in both Red and Blue form.

Q Max first due to his jungle clear increases with this ability, and it also stacks fervor when fighting.

W Max second

E Max third

R Max whenever possilbe 6, 12, 16

Darkin form of Kayn is a complete bruiser and tank. The cinderhulk and tanky build I recommend is very rewarding for many reasons. His abilities heal off damage done, and they do percentage health damage. Kayn is also always in the face of the enemy so he needs to be tanky, which makes sense of why the cinderhulk instead of warrior, it increases his survivability in a fight and he will always be doing damage.

Shadow Assassin form of Kayn is exactly what it says, an assassin. You can build this form the exact way as Darkin and still do well, but this form is literally made from attacking squishies, so it makes sense to be building assassin items so you can delete those enemy carries quicker for your team.

You should ALWAYS start on Raptor camp, you do not need a leash for this either, you ALWAYS need to start Q first as well and save smite on first camp.

The pathing you should take is.... Raptors >> Red Buff(smite) >> Blue Buff >> Wolfs(smite) >> Scuttle >> look for gank >> Krugs/Frog (possible smite) >> Base

This is the most efficient ganking path you can take at the moment, if I find another path that is more efficient I will update this.

IMPORTANT: You should counter-jungle whenever you know where the enemy jungler is. Or if you know he is going for a gank in any given lane, you need to counter gank in that lane, or if you can't make it there, look for a gank elsewhere or clear their jungle.

You should be the front line with the other tank if in Darkin form, but if in Shadow Assassin form you need to wait for someone to engage before you assassinate the enemy squishies. Very easy to get the hang of if you know what to itemize, but I explained pretty well of what to build in each form.

Thank you everyone for looking at my guide, I hope it helps you figure out how to build Kayn and help your team out a lot more. I have a 70% win rate on this champion and on the PBE I had a fair amount of success as well (doesn't calculate exact win rates). But, I promise these builds are the best for each form, many people don't think of Kayn as a tankier champion, but it actually is a lot more rewarding since you can peel for your carries, as well as doing an insane amount of damage while looking stylish doing it! Have fun on the Rift!