Truly branching build: Kayn cannot be reduced to one logic because Shadow Assassin and Rhaast do not solve the same fights or the same timings. The cleaned sheet must own that separation instead of flattening it into text that is too universal.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,000 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Bruiser build adding survivability without giving up damage.
15,300 total cost +300gAnti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
14,800 total cost -200g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Kayn is binary: his build must amplify a clear identity. Any hybrid approach severely reduces impact.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
his wall traversal (E) allows him to engage by surprise to activate First Strike.
dashes E through walls trigger penetration on emergence.
Both forms convert kills — each gank stacks adaptive force, accelerating your transformation into a threat.
Early ganks feed both your orb and your AD — double reason to hunt takedowns.
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
