Kayn·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kayn Top build, you should take Ghost and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Cosmic Insight and Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Eclipse as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Black Cleaver. For your last 3 items, you should build Manamune, Spear of Shojin and finish with Sterak's Gage. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 47.5% winrate over 760 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Kayn Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are First Strike as your keystone, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Demolish with Conditioning 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 Profane Hydra, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Manamune as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade and Eclipse. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 46.4% win rate over 166 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Ghost and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being First Strike as your keystone, Magical Footwear, Future's Market and Cosmic Insight 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 Eclipse as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Manamune as a third item. You want to finish the build with Black Cleaver, Youmuu's Ghostblade and Sterak's Gage. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 47.6% win rate across 164 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Kayn Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Black Cleaver as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Eclipse as third item. The last 3 options are Manamune, Sterak's Gage and Spirit Visage. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 55.7% win rate over 79 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.