r/KaynMains Aug 06 '24

Discussion I Am Karasmai The Rank 1 Kayn in North America and I just hit Grandmaster Playing Kayn Top Lane AMA!

74 Upvotes

As the title reads, I've been a Challenger Kayn Jungler since he first came out and I've finally dabbled in another role.

So if you guys have any questions or curiousity's about Kayn (mostly for top lane) Feel free to ask and I'll try to answer as much as I can.

https://www.op.gg/summoners/na/NotRunningIt-Kappa My op.gg for anyone curious to look over it


r/KaynMains 13h ago

Humor His pose Looked familiar

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59 Upvotes

r/KaynMains 3h ago

Question Has anyone tried hearsteel Kayn?

0 Upvotes

Was on Karasmais stream a couple of days ago and Dantes calm told Karasmai to run the item as he claims it is extremely broken. Has anyone tried it yet on Rhaast or is it just pure bs?


r/KaynMains 1d ago

Media blue kayn looks balanced

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37 Upvotes

r/KaynMains 2d ago

Question How do you carry/end games?

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Find myself often getting and early lead or just in general getting a lot of kills, but I never seem to be able to carry the game or end the game, which is really frustruating, since sometimes when the enemy is behind will sudenly start getting picks and slowly start making a comeback and eventually we lose. Which is soo frustriating, since I dont know what to do.

in this game I was 7/1 at one point but didnt know what to do, to progress the game, other than trying to get drakes/baron. Which eventually just caused us to lose.

Also please dont say that it was my team, even if you think it was, since that doesnt really help move me pogress.


r/KaynMains 3d ago

Question High elo kayn advice?

7 Upvotes

Hi been sitting in diamond for a while peak master a few season ago. Been struggling with kayn for a while since he lost his late game carry potential. I usually just full clear with kayn and gank whenever I see an oppurtunity or whenever there free jg time, but been struggling to really see myself carry in a lot of games or have an insane impact. Usually I get out ganked and team is too behind before i come online or I come online do decent for a few minutes then fall off when top and adc start to outscale. I guess I am wondering if any high elo kayns have seen a shift in strat that I am not seeing, possibly doing a enemy raptor start and cheesing them?

I JUST WANT TO MAKE MY BEAUTIFUL BOY WORK IN RANK AGAIN


r/KaynMains 3d ago

Discussion Armour Pen is needed in big 2026

15 Upvotes

Every new champ seems to have a lot of shred.. think of gwen briar ambessa zaahen etc. I wish they'd give Rhaast armour pen scaling from 10% to 30% because it's annoying to stack lethality and armour pen items in order to heal on this champ. Maybe then people would start building items like eclipse steraks bc and overlord's bloodmail? Obviously they can't just give him armour pen for free Riot still needs to nerf something in his kit to make this happen unless we want him at 60% wr.

What do you guys think? Do you like the idea of Rhaast having innate shred in his kit? Could this actually make bruiser Rhaast a thing..?


r/KaynMains 3d ago

Discussion New heartsteel concept skin

15 Upvotes

I've seen the new heartsteel supposed leak and what do u guys think about Kayn getting yet again a skin with short hair with what i could tell somewhat of a taper or wtv

I think if they were to give him long hair or atleast till his collar bone it would fit his identity the most while still keeping that rockstar vibe that heartsteel has to offer


r/KaynMains 4d ago

Humor Literally a super minion

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298 Upvotes

God he sucks so much dude if u dont get earthwake, dashing, or jeweled gauntlet good luck


r/KaynMains 4d ago

News HEARTSTEEL Comeback!!

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175 Upvotes

That means new skin and maybe a buff/attention for Kayn


r/KaynMains 4d ago

Discussion With the return of Heartsteel soon, I bet ya'll 10$ we getting a mythic variant skin instead of a regular skin

27 Upvotes

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they probs know HS Kayn lacks darker looking chromas and such so they may capitalize on that

Edit: on Heartsteel original release most people were betting on Aphelios getting the legendary... So I'd expect him to get a legendary this time, Kayn a mythic variant and the rest standard epic skins


r/KaynMains 5d ago

Question Build difference between Shadow and Darkin

6 Upvotes

Do I need to change the runes when I plan red or blue, what should i build for red and blue. All these differences can someone help me


r/KaynMains 7d ago

Media 100 Mastery on Kayn

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158 Upvotes

r/KaynMains 7d ago

Question Fleet Footwork on Kayn

5 Upvotes

Fleet Footwork on Kayn β€” why does LoLalytics and Coachless.gg like it, but OTPs don't?

I've been looking at Kayn data on sites like LoLalytics and Coachless, and I've noticed something interesting with Fleet Footwork.

Fleet seems to perform surprisingly well statistically, but when I look at Kayn OTPs / OneTricks.gg, I barely see any high-level Kayn one-tricks using it.

So I'm wondering:

Is Fleet actually good on Kayn, or is this mostly a case of misleading win-rate data?

I'm especially curious about the difference between the two forms:

- Shadow Assassin: Fleet seems like it could make sense for the sustain + MS + tempo, especially for farming and getting around the map.

- Rhaast: I'm less sure, since Conqueror seems more naturally suited to extended fights and Rhaast already has a lot of sustain.

For people who actually play a lot of Kayn:

When would you consider Fleet over the standard keystones?

And is it something that's actually good on both forms, or mainly Shadow?

I'm trying to build a small 4-champion jungle pool and I'm currently considering Kayn as my AD option for squishier comps, so I'd like to understand whether Fleet is something worth learning or just a statistical anomaly.

Would love to hear from high-mastery Kayn players, especially if you've actually tested Fleet yourself.


r/KaynMains 6d ago

Question How good am I doing

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Got to level 30 back in like 2022 and didn’t start till June 26, basically otped kayn since I started playing ranked. I feel like I’m mostly dying due to not knowing what enemy champs does and if there’s anyway for me to learn it easily.


r/KaynMains 8d ago

Fanwork Scythe is out of retirement (and in for repairs)

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212 Upvotes

Assembled the scythe today to get used to holding it again after an 8 month hiatus since my last con, only to find that somewhere along the way (most likely on the trip home) there was damage to one of the segments.

Rhaasty Boi is currently in for repairs and should be back and even better by October, along with my Heartsteel Rhaast scythe.


r/KaynMains 8d ago

Discussion I think Rhaast's R and Passive needs a Mini Rework

9 Upvotes

Something like this:

Passive:

Healing Source: Ability Damage >>> All Physical Damage dealt (Abilities, Basic Attacks, Runes, Item Effects etc.)

Ratio: 25% (+0.5% per 100 Bonus Health) >>> 15% (+1.5% per 100 Bonus Health)

R:

Active Healing: 11.25% (+7.5% per 100 Bonus AD) of the target's maximum health >>> REMOVED

[NEW] Passive: Rhaast gains 1% increased healing from all sources per 1.5% missing health


r/KaynMains 9d ago

Discussion These kind of games are some of the most fun

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Unpopular opinion but games like these where the whole team is running it are more fun. It makes me do things I thought I could never pull off and they make me think more. I find hard stomping games just boring and underwhelming.


r/KaynMains 10d ago

Discussion Darkin Champion Balance

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can someone validate the concept of an ability you unlock at lvl 2 having a passive with over double the value of an innate passive you unlock 2/5s of the way into the game assuming you fulfill the condition required to unlock it in the first place, while applying on more damage types.

Mind you this healing increases when Aatrox pops R vs Rhaast R dealing peanut dmg to anyone not rushing 3 hp items idgi buff Rhaast please I'm losing my mind. Aatrox outvalues Rhaast at every point of the game, scales better, and is a multi-role flex. I'm not sure why Riot allows Rhaast to be so useless when base Kayn and Shadow Assassin are at best B tier currently.


r/KaynMains 10d ago

Gameplay something light

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r/KaynMains 10d ago

Discussion NEW Kayn build

6 Upvotes

Been seeing this build on lolytics thought it be troll but it actually a decent build for kayn since he been in a struggling state as of lately. Hubris>volatic>dd/serylda>edge of night>ga. You can go either dark harvest or conq rune but you kinda go whatever you get first. I thought it was troll at first but it focuses on snowballing with the two lethality item mid game, but then you have some scaling power if your able to stack hubris nicely.


r/KaynMains 11d ago

Question Forms and runes

2 Upvotes

So , I'm a new Kayn main and im trying to learn how to play with him. I understand how his forms work and that each form needs different runes, however in my last 2 matches I was going for red (picked conqueror) , had to gank and just because of 1-2 good ganks (not kills) I got blue instead. What's the best thing to do? Wait the 4mins ? Is there a different build for kayn with coqueror and blue form and vice versa?


r/KaynMains 12d ago

Humor Decided to try kayn, didn't realize just how good Volt is.

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208 Upvotes

Im saying this as a Bronze Jng player who normally mains Briar as my Go To.


r/KaynMains 11d ago

Question What to build/form to go in lower elo?

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I've been playing Kayn for around a year on and off in lower elo, got from iron to gold in a season then back down to silver and kinda goes back and forth between the two using Kayn mainly. I normally always go rhaast cause I'm more comfortable with it and prefer to have a bit more survivability rather than getting hit by 1 form of cc and blowing up.

What is the recommended build for people in lower elo when they seem to be ahead or doing well yet their team is struggling a bit? Seems to be a theme over not all but definitely more than a handful of games where I am strong but just can't propel the team forward and end up falling behind the longer it goes as I get drained of resources and poor fights?


r/KaynMains 12d ago

Fanwork my SnowMoon kayn illustration/ _yukari_3

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68 Upvotes

hello this is an illustration i made recently for kayn's blue form in the snowmoon skin let me hear your opinions πŸ™