Kayn the Shadow Reaper

A peerless practitioner of lethal shadow magic, Shieda Kayn battles to achieve his true destiny—to one day lead the Order of Shadow into a new era of Ionian supremacy. He wields the sentient darkin weapon Rhaast, undeterred by its creeping corruption of his body and mind. There are only two possible outcomes: either Kayn bends the weapon to his will... or the malevolent blade consumes him completely, paving the way for the destruction of all Runeterra.

The Darkin Scythe
Kayn wields an ancient weapon and fights Rhaast, the darkin within it, for control. Either the Darkin will triumph, or Kayn will master Rhaast and become the Shadow Assassin.

Darkin: Heal for a percentage of spell damage dealt to champions.

Shadow Assassin: For the first few seconds in combat with enemy champions, deal bonus damage.
Reaping Slash
Kayn dashes, then slashes. Both deal damage.
Cost:
50
Cooldown:
7/
7/
6/
6/
5
Range:
350
Blade's Reach
Kayn damages and slows targets in a line.
Cost:
60/
65/
70/
75/
80
Cooldown:
13/
12/
11/
10/
9
Range:
700
Shadow Step
Kayn can walk through terrain.
Cost:
90
Cooldown:
21/
19/
17/
15/
13
Range:
400
Umbral Trespass
Kayn hides in an enemy's body, dealing massive damage when he bursts out.
Cost:
100
Cooldown:
120/
100/
80
Range:
550

Classes:

Fighter,
Assassin

51.34%Win Rate

Champion Base Stats

Ability Power:0
Attack Damage:68(3.3 per level)
Attack Speed:0(2.7 per level)
Crit Chance:0%
Mana:410(50 per level)
Mana Regen:11(0.95 per level)

Health:655(109 per level)
Health Regen:8(0.75 per level)
Armor:38(4.5 per level)
Magic Resist:32(2.05 per level)
Movement Speed:340
Attack Range:175(175 per level)

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MetaBot Tips

Kayn has less crowd control than most champions. This can make locking down kills or ganking for other players more difficult.
Kayn has less damage per game than most other damage dealer champions. Your value to the team may be better oriented towards crowd control or securing objectives.
Kayn has a high rate of healing compared to other champions. They may be good at exchanging hit trades in lane or before teamfights since they can recover damage taken very well.
Kayn has a much early late game win rate than their late game win rate. Take advantage of this by playing aggressive early on and trying to snowball through kills.
Kayn has a low base movespeed compared to many other champions. Play back towards your tower in lane, and consider early game boots when fighting skillshot-based laners.
Kayn has a low base attack speed, which can make last hitting in the early game more challenging. It can also make percentage attack speed items scale less effectively than they do on other champions.

Best Rune Build

Primary Tree

Domination

Electrocute

Dark Harvest

Hail of Blades

Cheap Shot

Taste of Blood

Sudden Impact

Sixth Sense

Grisly Mementos

Deep Ward

Treasure Hunter

Relentless Hunter

Ultimate Hunter

Secondary Tree

Precision

Press the Attack

Lethal Tempo

Fleet Footwork

Conqueror

Absorb Life

Triumph

Presence of Mind

Legend: Alacrity

Legend: Haste

Legend: Bloodline

Coup de Grace

Cut Down

Last Stand

Gameplay Tips

Playing Kayn

Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.

Playing Against Kayn

Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.