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League of Legends Champion KaynKayn is in the s tier of champions

Kayn

FighterAssassin
Kayn is a fighterRolefighter
DifficultyHard
Power SpikeMid-Game
The Darkin Scythe abilityp
Reaping Slash abilityq
Blade's Reach abilityw
Shadow Step abilitye
Umbral Trespass abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
jungle

Kayn Build

based on 194,356 matches
Win Rate
50.6 %
Pick Rate
11.6 %
Ban Rate
22.8 %

How We Come Up with Our Kayn Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Kayn build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Kayn builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Kayn core items and runes for any situation.

Kayn Build Summary

Kayn is a a decent jungle champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Domination Sorcery. Incorporating the specific runes shown below in your Kayn build will provide you the additional stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the game and into the late game. You should start by building up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Kayn

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PhageIronspike Whip

Core Kayn Items

~22 Mins
Duskblade of DraktharrSpear Of ShojinSerylda's GrudgeIonian Boots of Lucidity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageFrozen HeartRavenous Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kayn to level upq
>
Second ability for Kayn to level upw
>
Last skill for Kayn to max oute

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Kayn's passive ability p
Kayn's q ability q
Kayn's w ability w
Kayn's e ability e
Kayn's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
10
W
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R
12
W
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W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Kayn Matchups Overview

Kayn is Weak Against

NocturneNocturne47.9% winrateLilliaLillia48% winrateFiddlesticksFiddlesticks48.3% winrateMaokaiMaokai48.5% winrate

Kayn is Strong Against

Lee SinLee Sin55.1% winrateGragasGragas54.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.3% winrateSejuaniSejuani54.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Karthusbottom+ 54.3% 1067 GamesZyrasupport+ 54.3% 9242 GamesSingedtop+ 54.5% 2428 GamesBrandmiddle+ 55.3% 2005 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Kayn Players

Tips and Tricks

Don't always select the same Kayne form. Make note of what players are chosen on each time before selecting Kayne's form.

Select Shadow Assassin if your team needs extra damage or if you need to eliminate a hyper carry in team fights.

Darkin Kayne has much more sustain, but can still deal plenty of damage. Choose the Darkin form if you need more sustain in fights.

You build blue essence (shadow) by attacking ranged champions and red essence (darkin) for damaging melee enemies.

Additional Kayn Build Insights

League of Legends Kayn players may find him to be a complex champion to build out properly. You will find that his build varies when he is up against either diversified or specialized team comps, demonstrating you should not choose the same Kayn build every game of League of Legends

The most critical items to incorporate into your champion's build include: Duskblade of Draktharr, Spear Of Shojin, and Serylda's Grudge. Those who included these pieces in their builds had a higher winrate than those who used other Kayn builds. Moreover, if you are battling a mixed enemy team composition, you should really consider grabbing Kayn the Domination, and Sorcery runes. In recent games, he won the greatest percentage of his games when equipped with these runes.

We established our Kayn build guidance by analyzing 194,356 recently ranked LoL rounds with him selected. We only propose the highest winrate Kayn builds that have been built by ranked LoL players enough times for us to advise them. With so many matches in our data, we are quite confident in our suggested builds.