Kayn·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kayn Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Stormraider's Surge as your keystone, followed by Axiom Arcanist, Celerity and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, as well as Treasure Hunter and Sudden Impact in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Voltaic Cyclosword as your first item, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Bastionbreaker. For your last 3 items, you should build Lord Dominik's Regards, Serpent's Fang and finish with Edge of Night. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 44.4% winrate over 72 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Kayn Mid build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Dark Harvest as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Voltaic Cyclosword, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Bastionbreaker as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Lord Dominik's Regards, Edge of Night and Hubris. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 45.0% win rate over 60 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Stormraider's Surge as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Hubris as your first item, then Boots of Swiftness as a second item and Voltaic Cyclosword as a third item. You want to finish the build with Axiom Arc, Serylda's Grudge and Bastionbreaker. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 51.9% win rate across 52 matches played.

Situational Kayn Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Kayn build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.