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Kayn Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities - Patch 14.21

Kayn The Shadow Reaper

Find the best Kayn build guides for League of Legends S14 Patch 14.21. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Kayn build for the S14 meta. Learn more about Kayn's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

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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 14.21. 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!

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Patch 14.21: 51,013 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Kayn's Runes

Kayn's Best Runes 52%

Win Rate 46% Pickrate

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Second Best

Kayn's 2nd Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 33% Pickrate

Domination
LoL Path: Domination
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Third Best

Kayn's 3rd Best Runes 52%

Win Rate 6% Pickrate

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Domination
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Kayn's Summoner Spells

Kayn's Best Summoner Spells 50%

Win Rate 53% Pickrate

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Second Best

Kayn's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 52%

Win Rate 28% Pickrate

Flash Scorchclaw Smite

Third Best

Kayn's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 53%

Win Rate 16% Pickrate

Flash Mosstomper Smite

Kayn's Starters

Kayn's Best Starter Items 50%

Win Rate 41% Pickrate

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Second Best

Kayn's 2nd Best Starter Items 52%

Win Rate 24% Pickrate

Stealth Ward Health Potion

Third Best

Kayn's 3rd Best Starter Items 50%

Win Rate 12% Pickrate

Oracle Lens Health Potion

Kayn's Core Items

Kayn's Best Core Items 62%

Win Rate 9% Pickrate

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Kayn's Runes

Kayn's Best Runes 47%

Win Rate 55% Pickrate

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Second Best

Kayn's 2nd Best Runes 47%

Win Rate 28% Pickrate

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Inspiration
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Kayn's 3rd Best Runes 41%

Win Rate 6% Pickrate

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Domination
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Kayn's Summoner Spells

Kayn's Best Summoner Spells 46%

Win Rate 69% Pickrate

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Second Best

Kayn's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 50%

Win Rate 15% Pickrate

Teleport Ignite

Third Best

Kayn's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 50%

Win Rate 10% Pickrate

Flash Ignite

Kayn's Starters

Kayn's Best Starter Items 48%

Win Rate 48% Pickrate

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Kayn's Core Items

Kayn's Best Core Items 58%

Win Rate 9% Pickrate

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Kayn Counters

Learn Kayn'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.

Kayn Skins

Kayn's Abilities

Kayn's The Darkin Scythe
The Darkin Scythe Kayn's Passive Kayn's Passive
Self
Kayn's Passive
Kayn's Passive
Kayn wields an ancient, sentient weapon that battles with him for control. Dealing damage against champions causes them to drops orbs that are automatically collected upon leaving combat, filling a bar above Kayn's portrait.

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.
Q
Kayn's Reaping Slash
Reaping Slash Kayn's Q Ability
Self
50
7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5
Kayn dashes forward, dealing 75 / 95 / 115 / 135 / 155 (+0.85 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to all enemies he passes through before flourishing his scythe, dealing the same damage again to surrounding enemies.

Both instances of Reaping Slash deal 40 bonus damage against minions and monsters.
W
Kayn's Blade's Reach
Blade's Reach Kayn's W Ability
Self
60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9
After a short delay in which he can't perform any other actions, Kayn performs an upwards sweep with his scythe, dealing 85 / 130 / 175 / 220 / 265 (+1.1 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to all enemies in a line and slowing them by 90%, decaying over 1.5 seconds.
E
Kayn's Shadow Step
Shadow Step Kayn's E Ability
Self
90
21 / 19 / 17 / 15 / 13
Kayn gains 40% bonus movement speed, is ghosted and can ignore terrain collision for 1.5 seconds. Immobilizing effects will interrupt Shadow Step.

Kayn heals himself by 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 / 130 (+0.45 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.
R
Kayn's Umbral Trespass
Umbral Trespass Kayn's Ultimate (R) Ability
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100
120 / 100 / 80 / 80 / 80
Passive: Kayn's basic attacks and abilities mark enemy champions for a few 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 (+1.5 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to the target.
Kayn's The Darkin Scythe: Shadow Assassin
The Darkin Scythe: Shadow Assassin Kayn's Passive Kayn's Passive
Self
Kayn's Passive
Kayn's Passive
Kayn's basic attacks and abilities deal 15-45% of post-mitigation damage as bonus magic damage (depending on level), lasting for 3 seconds upon entering in combat with an enemy champion, refreshing after 8 seconds out of combat with them or by using Umbral Trespass.
Q
Kayn's Reaping Slash: Shadow Assassin
Reaping Slash: Shadow Assassin Kayn's Q Ability
Self
50
7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5
Kayn dashes forward, dealing 75 / 95 / 115 / 135 / 155 (+0.85 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to all enemies he passes through before flourishing his scythe, dealing the same damage again to surrounding enemies.

Both instances of Reaping Slash deal 40 bonus damage against monsters.
W
Kayn's Blade's Reach: Shadow Assassin
Blade's Reach: Shadow Assassin Kayn's W Ability
Self
60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9
After a short delay, Kayn conjures a living shadow at his casting position that performs an upwards sweep with its scythe, dealing 85 / 130 / 175 / 220 / 265 (+1.1 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to all enemies in a line and slowing them by 60%, decaying over 2 seconds.

Shadow Assassin grants Blade's Reach 200 bonus range.
E
Kayn's Shadow Step: Shadow Assassin
Shadow Step: Shadow Assassin Kayn's E Ability
Self
90
8
Kayn removes slows on himself, gains 40% bonus movement speed, is ghosted and can ignore terrain collision for 1.5 seconds. Immobilizing effects will interrupt Shadow Step.

Kayn heals himself by 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 / 130 (+0.45 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 70% bonus movement speed and make Kayn immune to slows. The cooldown of this ability is also reduced to 10 seconds at all ranks.

Entering combat with a champion after the effect is enhanced reduces the remaining duration to 1.5 seconds.
R
Kayn's Umbral Trespass: Shadow Assassin
Umbral Trespass: Shadow Assassin Kayn's Ultimate (R) Ability
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100
120 / 100 / 80 / 80 / 80
Passive: Kayn's basic attacks and abilities mark enemy champions for a few 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 (+1.5 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.
Kayn's The Darkin Scythe: Rhaast
The Darkin Scythe: Rhaast Kayn's Passive Kayn's Passive
Self
Kayn's Passive
Kayn's Passive
Rhaast heals for 25% (+0.5% per 100 bonus health) of the post-mitigation damage that he deals with spells against enemy champions.
Q
Kayn's Reaping Slash: Rhaast
Reaping Slash: Rhaast Kayn's Q Ability
Self
50
7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5
Kayn dashes forward, dealing 65% of his total attack damage (+6% (+3.5% per 100 bonus attack damage) of target's maximum health) physical damage to all enemies he passes through before flourishing his scythe, dealing the same damage again to surrounding enemies. The damage against monsters is capped at 200 / 250 / 300 / 350 / 400.

Both instances of Reaping Slash deal 40 bonus damage against monsters.
W
Kayn's Blade's Reach: Rhaast
Blade's Reach: Rhaast Kayn's W Ability
Self
60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9
After a short delay in which he can't perform any other actions, Kayn performs an upwards sweep with his scythe, dealing 85 / 130 / 175 / 220 / 265 (+1.1 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to all enemies in a line, knocking them up for 1 second, then slowing them by 60%, decaying over 1.5 seconds.
E
Kayn's Shadow Step: Rhaast
Shadow Step: Rhaast Kayn's E Ability
Self
90
21 / 19 / 17 / 15 / 13
Kayn gains 40% bonus movement speed, is ghosted and can ignore terrain collision for 1.5 seconds. Immobilizing effects will interrupt Shadow Step.

Kayn heals himself by 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 / 130 (+0.45 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.
R
Kayn's Umbral Trespass: Rhaast
Umbral Trespass: Rhaast Kayn's Ultimate (R) Ability
550
100
120 / 100 / 80 / 80 / 80
Passive: Kayn's basic attacks and abilities mark enemy champions for a few 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 15% (+13% per 100 bonus attack damage) of target's maximum health as physical damage to the target, and healing him for 75% of that amount.

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why do i still die when i use R on an enemy champion?

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Good Junglers that are somewhat easy to play as?

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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,...

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Kayn’s Ult

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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...

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