How to beat Kayn

Common role: Jungle

A jungle assassin who transforms into a burst assassin or an unkillable bruiser.

What makes Kayn dangerous

Kayn walks through walls with his E to gank from unexpected angles, and after transforming he becomes either Shadow Assassin (huge burst, resets on kills) or Rhaast (a healing, sustain bruiser with a displacement ult). He's weak early while collecting his form, but a snowballing Kayn takes over the map.

How to play against Kayn

• 1Punish him early before he transforms. Kayn is weak in the first clears — invade, counter-gank and deny him the orbs he needs to power up.
• 2Ward wall-adjacent angles: his E lets him gank through terrain. Deep vision turns his surprise ganks into ones you can dodge.
• 3Vs Shadow Assassin (blue) he's a squishy burst assassin — bring hard CC and a Zhonya's, and don't let him isolate a carry.
• 4Vs Rhaast (red) he's a healing bruiser — buy Grievous Wounds and respect his ult, which displaces and executes based on missing health.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Weak early game before he transforms.
• ✓Snowball-dependent — punish a slow start.
• ✓Blue Kayn is squishy; hard CC deletes him.
• ✓Red Kayn's healing is cut by Grievous Wounds.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Kayn's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  暗裔魔镰

  凯隐使用的是一把上古神兵，并且一直都在与附在武器上的暗裔灵体拉亚斯特为了身体的控制权而战斗着。要么暗裔杀手将获胜，要么凯隐将统御拉亚斯特并变为影流刺客。暗裔杀手：治疗自身，数额相当于一部分对敌方英雄造成的技能伤害值。影流刺客：在与敌方英雄作战的最初几秒里，造成额外伤害。

• Q
  巨镰横扫

  凯隐向前冲刺并打击附近的敌人。冲刺和打击都会造成伤害。

• W
  利刃纵贯

  凯隐伤害并减速一条直线上的敌人。

• E
  掠影步

  凯隐可以穿越地形。

  Strong: walks through walls to gank from unexpected angles. Weak: ward wall-adjacent spots and his surprise ganks become dodgeable.

• R
  裂舍影

  凯隐隐藏在敌方身体内，在他破膛而出时造成巨量伤害。

  Strong: (Rhaast) displaces and executes based on missing health; (blue) a burst reset. Weak: don't sit low in his range, and hard CC catches blue Kayn mid-dive.

Itemization

Kayn's counter depends on his form: armor and Zhonya's vs blue (assassin), Grievous Wounds and health vs red (bruiser). Either way, deny his early tempo and ward his wall-gank angles.

This guide covers Kayn's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.