What is the best Kayn form?

The best Kayn form is Rhaast Kayn, as it offers extra percentage health damage, healing, and crowd control, making it a stronger and more versatile champion compared to Shadow Assassin. Rhaast Kayn is the preferred choice for tanky team compositions, while Blue Kayn is better suited for squishy enemy teams.

Understanding Kayn Forms

Kayn Forms Explained

To determine the best Kayn form, it’s essential to understand the characteristics of each form and how they are obtained.

FAQs

General Information

1. How do I choose a Kayn form? To choose a Kayn form, you need to hit or take down melee enemy champions with abilities or attacks to transform into Rhaast Kayn, or damage ranged champions to transform into Shadow Assassin.
2. What gives Kayn red? Damaging melee champions grants Rhaast (red) Kayn transformation stacks.
3. Can you switch Kayn forms? Kayn can transform by interacting with his portrait and wait 4 minutes until the other form becomes available, reduced by 5 seconds for each collected orb of their type after that.

Gameplay and Strategy

4. When should Kayn have his form? Kayn should get a transformation around 9-10 minutes, if you get the one you don’t want, then you’ll transform 13-14 minutes in.
5. Is Kayn weak early game? Yes, Kayn has a weak early game, which can be abused by strong early game champions such as Nunu, Hecarim, or Udyr.
6. How do you play Kayn like a pro? To play Kayn like a pro, try to secure objectives as often as possible in the early game, look to assassinate targets that are walking around Summoners Rift alone, and increase your lead by getting picks.

Champion Matchups and Counters

7. Who can beat Kayn? Champions like Poppy, Ivern, Nocturne, Master Yi, Elise, Fiddlesticks, Rengar, and Maokai can counter Kayn.
8. Is Warwick better than Kayn? No, Warwick has a 48.1% win rate against Kayn in the Jungle, which is 2.0% lower than expected win rate of Warwick.

Items and Builds

9. What is purple Kayn? Purple Kayn is a mixture of SA and Rhaast build, which involves going for Conquerer and rushing Goredrinker into lethality.
10. What is green Kayn? Green Kayn is Soulhunter Kayn but as Rhaast, paired with Aftershock, Spear of Shojin, and Spirit Visage, making for a very green itemset and champion.

Game Knowledge and Mechanics

11. Is Kayn half darkin? Yes, Kayn is a semi-darkin composed of equal parts arrogance, power, and xXedginessxX.
12. Is Kayn a girl? No, Kayn is a young man with a thin, muscular build.
13. Does Kayn have mana? Yes, Kayn now restores himself to maximum health and mana upon transforming into Shadow Assassin or Darkin Slayer.

Player Skill and Experience

14. Is Kayn easy to play? Kayn’s mechanics are fairly easy, but understanding his early game and the capability of both forms can take a bit, making him a champion with a medium skill floor.
15. Is Kayn good for solo Q? Yes, Kayn is an awesome champ for solo queue, but be wary of his weak early game and lack of dueling potential until he transforms.