Kayn

The Shadow Reaper

Fighter / Assassin · Mana · Melee

About

Kayn, the Shadow Reaper, is a fighter and assassin champion who uses Mana as a resource and attacks at melee range. Their kit focuses on physical damage.

On the official scale, difficulty is 8 out of 10: a champion hard and needs practice to perform well.

Compared with other champions, Kayn starts with above average HP (655), above average armor (38) and average move speed (340). Attack range is 175 units.

Kayn has 8 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack10

Defense6

Magic1

Difficulty8

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
W · Blade's Reach
Kayn damages and slows targets in a line.
Cooldown: 13/12/11/10/9s · Cost: 40/45/50/55/60
E · Shadow Step
Kayn can walk through terrain.
Cooldown: 21/19/17/15/13s · Cost: 90
R (Ultimate) · Umbral Trespass
Kayn hides in an enemy's body, dealing massive damage when he bursts out.
Cooldown: 120/100/80s · Cost: 100

Tips for 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.

Tips for 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.

Base stats

HP: 655 (+103 per level)
Mana: 410 (+50 per level)
Armor: 38 (+4.5 per level)
Magic resist: 32 (+2.05 per level)
Attack damage: 68
Attack speed: 0.669 (+2.7 per level)
Move speed: 340
Range: 175

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.