Kayn Jungle Build

Kayn Champion Guide

Role: Fighter

Lane: Jungle

Kayn Jungle is ranked A tier. The best build for Kayn Jungle is Eclipse, Plated Steelcaps, Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Spirit Visage. Most picked runes for Kayn Jungle are Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Haste, and Last Stand for primary tree, as well as Axiom Arcanist, and Transcendence for secondary tree.

Kayn Champion Abilities

The Darkin Scythe

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. P

Reaping Slash

Kayn dashes forward, dealing 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 (+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. Q

Blade's Reach

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. W

Shadow Step

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. E

Umbral Trespass

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. R

Kayn Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Smite

Smite is a unit-targeted summoner spell that deals true damage to the target large or medium monster, enemy minion, or pet.

Kayn Runes

Kayn Items

Kayn Ability Order

Kayn Matchups Overview

Strong against

Rek'Sai

Sejuani

Volibear

Karthus

Nidalee

Zyra

Weak against

Bel'Veth

Rengar

Kha'Zix

Hecarim

Briar

Talon

Kayn Tips and Tricks

Don’t hesitate to use alternative ganking routes with your E to avoid commonly warded bushes. The quicker you can transform, the better, so focus on ganking and skirmishing with the enemy as much as possible to accelerate your transformation. If the enemy team consists of many squishy champions, aim for Blue Kayn for better damage. On the other hand, if they have tanky champions, Red Kayn will be the better option for dealing with tank-heavy lineups.

The Best Kayn Builds, Runes and Items for Jungle

Most Popular

For the most popular Kayn Jungle build, Flash and Smite should be your Summoner Spells. Choose Conqueror as your keystone, with Triumph, Legend: Haste, and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Axiom Arcanist and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, go with Adaptive Force for offense, Adaptive Force for flex, and Health Scaling for defense, though it can vary based on your matchup. Start with Eclipse as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Black Cleaver. Finish your build with Spear of Shojin, Spirit Visage, and Sterak's Gage. The recommended skill order is Q - W - E.

Alternative

If you're looking for an alternative build, take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with Dark Harvest as your keystone and Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos, and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree. For your secondary runes, use Cosmic Insight and Magical Footwear. As for the rune shards, choose Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling. For items, begin with Hubris, then build Ionian Boots of Lucidity, followed by Youmuu's Ghostblade. Finish the build with Serylda's Grudge, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. Stick to the skill order of Q - W - E.

Off-Meta

For an off-meta Kayn Jungle build, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. Use Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos, and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight and Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. Choose Adaptive Force for offense and flex, and Health Scaling for defense. Start with Youmuu's Ghostblade, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity, and complete the build with Opportunity as your third item. The last items should include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. The ability max order remains Q - W - E.

Situational Kayn Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, matchup, and enemy champions, you may need to adjust your items or runes. Carefully assess the game state, your team composition, and the enemy's champions to plan your Kayn build. For instance, if you're facing a team with a lot of physical damage, you might want to invest in armor or consider tanky items, whereas if you’re against magic damage-heavy opponents, magic resist could be more effective.