Kayn Build Guides, Runes and Items
Kayn The Shadow Reaper
Find the best Kayn build guides for League of Legends S12 Patch 12.9. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Kayn build for the S12 meta. Learn more about Kayn's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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IN DEPTH GUIDE TO KAYN SEASON 12 [updated] | SCYTHE PRINCE
IN DEPTH GUIDE TO KAYN SEASON 12 [updated] | SCYTHE PRINCE
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Ractick's [12.9 Updated] Detailed KAYN Guide for all situation!
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S12.9 Kayn Guide (In-Depth Kayn Guide)
Kayn (12.9)
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AP Kayn Meta Build
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Will you prove worthy? how to play both types of kayn to perfection!!! OUT OF META!!
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Kayn [12.9] Are you worthy?
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Kayn Top [12.9] Updated!!!
Kayn Top [12.9] Updated!!!
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Kayn Jungle Patch: 12.8
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SensualDog's Kayn Mid Guide
SensualDog's Kayn Mid Guide
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AP Kayn Meta Build
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[12.9] Kayn Top Sustained Split Pusher
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KAYN [12.9] PABIZON'S GUIDE
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[12.8] KAYN TOP IS OP!!
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[12.7] Guide to Kayn, the Shadow Reaper (Red and Blue)
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Blue Kayn JUNGLE Guide for Preseason 12 [ Patch 11.23]
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Top lane Kayn [12.4] [Sometimes updated]
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[12.3] r/KaynMains | Comprehensive Guide
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Louiee's 11.23 In-Depth Kayn Jungle Guide
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[11.23] BareBones Easy to Understand Kayn
Kayn Build & Runes
If you're looking for the best rune build for Kayn we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Kayn, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Kayn this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.9. However, if you are a new Kayn player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Kayn!
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Kayn's Runes
52%
Win Rate 10087 Games
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Second Best
50%
Win Rate 6506 Games
Third Best
50%
Win Rate 3963 Games
Kayn's Summoner Spells
51%
Win Rate 109056 Games
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Kayn's Starters
51%
Win Rate 13485 Games
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Trinket
51%
Win Rate 81969 Games
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Second Best
49%
Win Rate 26641 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
48%
Win Rate 3031 Games
Farsight Alteration
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Kayn's Core Items
Boots
Kayn's Luxury Items
Kayn's Ability Order
69%
Win Rate 6146 Games
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The Darkin Scythe (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
70%
Win Rate 4162 Games
The Darkin Scythe (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
68%
Win Rate 4105 Games
The Darkin Scythe (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Kayn Counters
Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Kayn guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!
This counter data is for Kayn Jungle in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Kayn. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.
Best Against Kayn
Worst Against Kayn
Kayn Skins
Find Kayn's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Kayn skins and chromas on Kayn's skins page.
Odyssey Kayn
September 12, 2018
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Soulhunter Kayn
July 12, 2017
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Our Wish List feature will send you notifications when your skins are on sale!Kayn's Abilities
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.
Both instances of Reaping Slash deal 40 bonus damage against monsters.
Shadow Assassin grants Blade's Reach 200 bonus range.
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.
If Kayn enters terrain at least once, Shadow Step will be improved for the remainder of its duration to grant 80% bonus movement speed and make Kayn immune to slows.
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.
Shadow Assassin form grants Umbral Trespass 200 bonus range and emerging from the target resets The Darkin Scythe's cooldown. Kayn can also exit between 300 and 500 units away from his host based on cursor position.
Both instances of Reaping Slash deal 40 bonus damage against 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 10% (+ 13% per 100 bonus attack damage) of target's maximum health as physical damage to the target, and healing him for 70% of that amount.
Questions About Kayn
Latest Questions
where is my kayn guide
IDK what is happening but where is my Kayn guide I can't find it, I need help tnx
Good Junglers that are somewhat easy to play as?
Is there any "somewhat easy" Junglers to play as? I've been trying out Kayn as a Jungler and he's awesome, but I don't want to be a 1-trick with just Kayn as a jungler and I want somebody to fall back on. Any suggestions?
Bard's Q into Kayn's E
Basically, when Bard's Q hit someone and have a second collision he stuns the one or two people who got hit, so, my question is. When Kayn is in a wall thanks to his E, does the Bard's Q stun him if he is hit in the wall ? And if Kayn is stun,...
Kayn's time
kayn top stronger in early or late
Kayn’s Ult
If I ult as kayn on mord and he brings someone in the death realm do I go with him? Or is my ult canceled.
como fasso para participar de campeonatos
quero apenas saber como fasso para me escrever em campeonatos ??
Is AS Kayn good?
[b][i]I have tried a few AS Kayn builds in PvE. I was wondering what were u guys thinking about it.[/i][/b]
What side of Kayn?
What side is better in jg Darkin or Shadow Assassin??
Kayn, Ornn and Evelyn in World 2017
We haven't seen much of Ornn and Kayn lately in the Worlds championship since their release. Do you guys think they will start popping up in the group eliminations matches since its a best of 5. Teams looking to try new things maybe change the...
Kayn Statistics
Which do you prefer? Rhaast or SA? Why?
