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Kayn champion portrait

Kayn Build

Mid Tier 2

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 411 gamesUpdated

51.8%win rate0.0%pick5.0%ban

Who counters Kayn

  • Ahri champion portraitAhri46.7%45 games · 26.20
  • Yasuo champion portraitYasuo48.9%90 games · 26.20

How to build Kayn

Crimson Lucidity→Hubris→Voltaic Cyclosword→Axiom Arc

Crimson Lucidity → Hubris → Voltaic Cyclosword → Axiom Arc

50.0% win rate 6% of games 16 games
RunesPrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: HasteLast StandSorceryAxiom ArcanistTranscendence34% of games
SpellsFlashIgniteFlash + Ignite83%
Skills
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Reaping Slash
14578
Blade's Reach
29101213
Shadow Step
314151718
Umbral Trespass
61116
StartDoran's BladeHealth PotionDoran's Blade, Health Potion
Full Kayn build →
51.8%win rate
Patch 26.20: 46.9% over 1,162 gamesPatch 26.21: 51.8% over 411 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
0.0%pick rate
5.0%ban rate
▲ Upwas Tier 3 last patch
46.2%under 22 min
61.0%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. 6 from Master and above, then down the ladder as far as Diamond — Kayn Mid is not played often enough at the top to fill 10 games on its own.

Loss 25–30m
MASTER+
Kayn champion portraitM KaynvsBrand champion portraitM Brand
1 / 8 / 0

Build

Boots|Hubris→Voltaic Cyclosword

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

QEWWWRWQWQRQ
Win 25–30m
MASTER+
Kayn champion portraitM KaynvsSmolder champion portraitM Smolder
15 / 5 / 4

Build

Crimson Lucidity|Voltaic Cyclosword→Bastionbreaker→Lord Dominik's Regards→Edge of Night

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

QWEQQRQWQWRWWEERE
Loss 35–40m
MASTER+
Kayn champion portraitM KaynvsYasuo champion portraitM Yasuo
16 / 10 / 16

Build

Immortal Path|Spear of Shojin→Endless Hunger→Maw of Malmortius→Death's Dance

Spells & runes

IgniteFlash|

Skills

QEWQQRQWQWRWWEEREE

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 50.7% win rate · 34% of games · 73 games
PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: HasteLast Stand
SorceryAxiom ArcanistTranscendence
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 41.2% win rate · 32% of games · 68 games
DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactGrisly MementosTreasure Hunter
InspirationCosmic InsightMagical Footwear
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite83%52.2%356 games
  • FlashTeleportFlash + Teleport10%45.2%42 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Crimson Lucidity25%Immortal Path20%Chainlaced Crushers20%
Crimson Lucidity most often · 48.0% win rate

Kayn build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

Whole-build counts start over with every patch, and Kayn Mid is at 427 games so far this patch. The full build shows up here at 300.

Every slot, boots and full build for Kayn →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 427 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Crimson LucidityCrimson Lucidity
24% · 48.5% win rate
Immortal PathImmortal Path
20% · 61.9% win rate
Chainlaced CrushersChainlaced Crushers
19% · 57.5% win rate
SwiftmarchSwiftmarch
17% · 54.8% win rate
Armored AdvanceArmored Advance
12% · 54.0% win rate
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Kayn against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Kayn's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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