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Champion guide

What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.

In-game title
The Shadow Reaper
Official role
FIGHTER
Lane
Jungle
Difficulty
High
Source tier
S

Abilities

Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.

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.

1 REAPING SLASH

Kayn dashes, then slashes. Both deal damage.

2 BLADE'S REACH

Kayn damages and slows targets in a line.

3 SHADOW STEP

Kayn can walk through terrain.

ULTIMATE UMBRAL TRESPASS

Kayn hides in an enemy's body, dealing massive damage when he bursts out.

Reviewed build

The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.

Core build order

  1. Youmuu's Ghostblade
  2. Serpent's Fang
  3. Serylda's Grudge
  4. Boots of Dynamism

Runes

Situational answers

One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.

Matchups

  • 5reviewed counter links
  • 5reviewed synergy links

Harder matchups

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Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.