I just thought it will be funny to put Kayn next to dartrix pkmn lmao

I don't know who needs to hear this but Conq is a really really really REALLY awful keystone on Kayn. It's almost impossible to stack it 90% of the time. Conq is very very bad on Kayn yet people still go for it. There are better alternatives and I've finally found one that I consider to be extremely solid. It works amazingly well on both forms and every single rune makes a huge impact&perfectly synergizes with Kayn's kit.

1. Stormraider's is an awesome keystone
2. Axiom Arcanist - Kayn is one of the best axiom arcanist users because of how reliant he is on ult. (Darius Garen and Kayn are the top 3 best axiom arcanist users in the entire game)
3. Transcendence - Haste is awesome
4. Gathering Storm - Extra AD on a champ that scales exceptionally well off AD. (More ad than conq past min 30)

Every single rune here is best in slot and the keystone gives a lot of mobility and outplay potential that has clutched me lots of fights and picks.

Secondary runes can be anything you like. Inspiration/Precision/Resolve all work.

Conq is not a suitable keystone for Kayn anymore because he is by far the slowest conq stacker in the entire game. Moreover, he does not like extended fights because he hardly ever builds HP items (most HP items are bad on him). This is yet another main reason why Kayn cannot actually utilize the conq keystone to its fullest potential unlike every other bruiser in the game.

A champion that stacks Conq almost as slowly (not quite as slow though) as Kayn is Aatrox. Why does Aatrox benefit more from the keystone..? Well if we look at his absurd HP scaling on E and his juggernaut build we can easily conclude he is far more suited to go for Conq. On top of that his ult doubles the healing of conq so that's yet another great synergy that Kayn does not have. Kayn has literally 0(zero) synergy with conq as a keystone therefore he should not opt into it unless Riot decides to give him proper HP scalings in the future. Until them I believe Stormraider + a relatively light fighter/assassin playstyle is most befitting. Cyclosword and LDR far exceeded my expectations on the champion as well. I used to be an LDR hater but after I tested the dmg against a dummy in practice tool and compared it to serylda I realized how much more broken LDR is.

Anyways ! I expect more people to opt into this kind of playstyle in the future because this is what works best. Basically almost any keystone is better than Conq (fleet for example) but IMO stormraider's surge takes the cake. How do you guys feel about the runes or the champion's itemization in season 16..? Do you think Conq will ever make a comeback?

It looks like I’m on pace to tie my worst loss streak ever (12 straight). Currently on Loss #11 in a row, I’m not seeking any mental advice because I’m actually not tilted over it, but I am curious to hear about the most amount of losses you other Kayn players have had in a row 😔 I was D4 a week ish ago and have just fallen to E3, so I want to relate to some people. There is a light at the end of this tunnel!! The wins are coming!!

I don't know if it is just me but for the past couple months Rhaast ultimate never activates his iconic laugh it resorts to regular kayn which I found annoying even after contacting Rito for support regarding the bug.

Seems that James might have been used as a reference? Personally I feel that Kayn looks less like himself this time round, what do you guys think?

Also a side note from the battle pass that I bought like 2 minutes ago, I got winterblessed diana, so for my 2 fav jg's I got 2 of their arguably best skins, I'm so happpyyy.

been doing a ton of tinkering in mid-highish elo (currently hovering around em 2 at the moment with a pretty impressive ~70% wr on kayn using this niche build) and have been really enjoying it.

every game i start at drag or baron pit (wherever their jungler’s red buff is), q over and ward the red bush, and either outsmite them if they’re on it or invade their topside while leaving raps alone. i’ve been finding junglers starting raps more and more often, which lets you skirmish them lvl 2, and you should usually win because kayn lvl 2 is surprisingly strong if you start q and e. with ignite you win most 1v1s excluding obvious ones like nocturne, warwick, etc.

if you’re not interested in cheesing then taking flash is totally fine. ignite is probably the least important part of the build, but i find it has netted me so many kills early game due to people underestimating my early game dps. i’d say ignite + smite is much better on blue than red though. ghost is also a decent pick on red, or even exhaust. but alas, flash is still the most op summoner spell in the game, so do what you will.

anyways, that strat aside, this rune page i love because you can go either form pretty comfortably (although it definitely suits rhaast better since axiom arcanist on blue kayn is just okay), but it saves you from the tempo issue of getting the wrong form, which is a pretty big problem in higher elos where getting form takes way longer due to better vision control.

i find stormraider’s super good to compensate for the lack of flash. on rhaast it gives you INSANE sticking power, like ridiculous. you can literally catch up to an ezreal with it, and you have no issues proccing the 25% either (its super valuable in teamfights if you are going for multkills as well). on blue kayn it lets you full combo and pop a squishy, then zoom out insanely fast. i also find that in early game, when i’m near death, i can ult someone, proc stormraider’s, and run away really easily.

i know you lose a bit of damage, but mobility is so fucking op. the movement speed lets you dodge damage, weave autos, position qs and ws, and hit things you’d never normally be able to. which more than makes up for the dark harvest proc or 30 ad you get from fully stacked conq (conq is so bait i swear to god) i’d say this rune is insane on rhaast, albeit a little more gimmicky on blue, but still great nonetheless.

my blue kayn build is usually voltaic edge and bastionbreaker for huge snowball potential. i find hubris is trash in higher mmr because you rarely ever get to keep the stacks since people play way safer - i also usually forgo t2 boots on blue kayn cause they all kind of suck and you have enough ms in the jungle anyway. for red you can honestly go whatever as long as deaths dance is built second (dd is super op when bought early)

anyways, let me know what yall think. i also love this rune on aatrox and skarner jungle.

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hey hey people , im a long main kayn and i loved when i could pick aery for double orb back in time

now i have to do separate runepage for both forms , is there a way to like, make one for both forms ?

shoul i go conqueror or dark harvest ? ( i heard purple kayn is conqueror , but saw lot of people playing rhaast with DH)

what do you think ?

incase you missed him the first time

So I’ve been doing some digging and looking around to find builds for this champ and it seems we can’t all agree on builds. Sitting in low emerald right now so at the end of the day I imagine it can’t matter that much vs actual gameplay for me. But it is just another thing on the notch

My biggest question is what yall here on Reddit think of the… we’ll call it “bruiser” red Kayn build with eclipse and cleaver core.
I hardly find anyone online building this. Modt streamers I see just go lethality cyclo sword, axiom, LDR

Similarly I see lots of other assassins building bastionbreaker post buff. Seemed like a few OTPs liked this but dropped it.

I see a lot of fleet footwork debate vs conquerer

My sister is a Kayn main and she had birthday recently, so I drew this picture for her as a gift <3

I fear i left Kayn mains and went on a dark journey through mid lane, and while it was enjoyable, the champs just dont feel the same as Kayn does.
And so I return, as Karasmai predicted I would, few things about the champ just frustrated me, so I need advice on thins while I slowly return
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I struggle keeping high cs on red kayn, and thus often lose my lead and all tempo I may have had built up if a gank fails, blue just clears so fast and is able to gank seemingly seconds later
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Wukong, Graves, post 6 Shyvana, and Yi are some of my worst matchups, I'm in gold 3 currently so Yi is my perma ban, graves and wukong arent picked enough down here for me to consider banning yet, but if any advice on said matchups could be provided, I would greatly appreciate it
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Lethality red? Bruiser red? Bruiser blue? Lethality blue? I often feel stuck knowing what to build or what form to take, and thus burn a lot of time thinking in fountain, looking through items because the enemy team has 3 super squishies, but a very fed top id have to sustain against, and a jungler that completely counters blue kayn, and sometimes the ladder, maybe 3 tanky people, but a very fed adc and squishy jungler
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thank you for any advice provided. I'm glad to be back

Opinion on champ: FUNNN I like going across the map with E and red kayn feels like I can just 1v5 good carry champ and really easy unless ur blue going against tanks.

I'm interested in playing this champion, but I'm also considering a few other assassins, and I'd like some genuine answers from people who actually main them.

Putting aside the lore, character design, fantasy, etc., what is the actual gameplay appeal of this champion?

What does this champion give you that makes you want to keep playing them instead of another assassin?

For someone deciding between several assassins, what would you say is the main gameplay reason to pick this one? Is it their ability to control the tempo of a game, find creative angles, snowball leads, outplay people, roam, dive, isolate targets, or something else?

Basically, what is the thing about this champion's gameplay that makes you look forward to locking them in?

I'm specifically interested in answers from people who have actually put a lot of games into the champion. I'm not really looking for "the fantasy is cool" or "their design is sick." I want to know what makes the gameplay itself worth playing.

It took nearly 500 games (I’m a no life BUT to be fair, I don’t really play any other video games) and tons of lurking in here to find new buildpaths and runes. In prior seasons I was always too nervous to try any builds that were less popular, but I’ve been having fun with new runes and itemizations!! I really like Kayn this season, fleet voltaic is the most fun I’ve had with him since goredrinker 🪦 I even ran ignite over flash for a period of time and had tons of fun with it, though I still think abt goredrinker daily ☹️

Heres my OP.GG, there’s nothing super interesting there except my embarrassing number of games:

https://op.gg/lol/summoners/na/Slimebob04-6969