Kayn

the Shadow Reaper

FighterAssassinMana

Lore

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.

At a glance

Attack: 10 / 10
Defense: 6 / 10
Magic: 1 / 10
Difficulty: 8 / 10

Abilities

Passive
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.
Q
Reaping Slash
Kayn dashes, then slashes. Both deal damage.
Cooldown
7/6.5/6/5.5/5s
Cost
40 ?
Range
350
W
Blade's Reach
Kayn damages and slows targets in a line.
Cooldown
13/12/11/10/9s
Cost
40/45/50/55/60 ?
Range
700
E
Shadow Step
Kayn can walk through terrain.
Cooldown
21/19/17/15/13s
Cost
90 ?
Range
400
R
Umbral Trespass
Kayn hides in an enemy's body, dealing massive damage when he bursts out.
Cooldown
120/100/80s
Cost
100 ?
Range
550

Base stats

Health: 655 (+103/lvl)
Health regen: 8 (+0.75/lvl)
Resource: 410 (+50/lvl)
Resource regen: 11.5 (+0.95/lvl)
Attack damage: 68
Attack speed: 0.67 (+2.7/lvl)
Armor: 38 (+4.5/lvl)
Magic resist: 32 (+2.05/lvl)
Move speed: 340
Attack range: 175

Playing as 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.

Skins (7)

Soulhunter Kayn
Odyssey Kayn◆
Nightbringer Kayn◆
Prestige Nightbringer Kayn
Snow Moon Kayn◆
HEARTSTEEL Kayn◆
Battle Academia Kayn◆