To either hop over a wall to get into a fight, or hop over a wall to get out of it. Shadow Step has two obvious purposes for both sides of Kayn. Rhaast receives no additional benefit to this ability. The ability cast itself also removes any slows he's suffering from. Note that casting the ability while in combat with enemy champions, or entering combat with them while the ability is active will reduce the ability duration to its out of wall duration.Īs a Shadow Assassin, moving through terrain gives Kayn an aditional burst of movement speed and makes him immune to slows while he's wall walking.
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Additionally, Kayn can see around all walls he is in regardless of the teams vision, but he cannot see into brush. The first time Kayn moves through terrain per cast he heals for a small amount of health. The duration is pretty short but extends when he moves through a wall, natural or placed, up to a set amount of time. Kayn taps into his training to pass through walls, minions, champions and other solid objects, while also gaining extra movement speed for the duration. Use it to slow the prey for an easy swipe and lunge, or track their retreat and snipe them with it on their way out. While useful and versatile the delay gives your opponents time to dodge, so predict enemy movement and be unpredictable yourself in order to maximise on its use.Īs Rhaast, Blade's Reach is there to keep you sustained and make some quick health off of heavier opponents, while also setting up both the team and other abilities.Īs a Shadow Assassin Blade's Reach is the start or end of a gank. The knockup lasts for about a second.īlade's Reach is a difficult tool to use simply because of the delay on its cast. Rhaast doesn't get any extra range or the freedom to act independently, but Blade's Reach knocks up enemies instead of slowing them. Shadow Assassin increases the range and damage on Blade's Reach while also removing the root in the channel, allowing Kayn to move freely and act independently as his shadow casts Blade's Reach in his place. Kayn can't move or cast while channeling and as far as I'm aware there isn't a way to cancel the ability, but since the windup is just under a second it isn't too compromising. Enemies hit are slowed and take a decent amount of damage. Kayn channels for a short time before swinging his scythe in a straight line. You can also enjoy a really quick Electrocute proc thanks to Reaping Spiral, as the two hits leave the next AA you make, which is near instant thanks to animation canceling, firing of the lightning bolt. It can't go over terrain, but with Shadow Step you won't need that sort of extra movement too much. Use it to close a gap or make one bigger. It's a small dash, but it's a dash all the same. Reaping Slash is your primary wave clear no matter what lane you're on, but it's also a great engage and escape tool. Shadow Assassin gains no unique benefits to this ability, but Rhaast adds bonus damage to the hits based on the targets maximum health, making Kayn a great brawler against tougher opponents. Reaping Slash also deals extra damage to monsters. The damage is the same for both hits and both hits can hit a single target, giving you some high damage burst. Kayn dashes forward before bringing his scythe around in a spiral, dealing damage both during the dash and during the spin. Once triggered you get an animation based on which path you chose and then you're good to go! You could get up to 99% on melee champions, but if that last push is a ranged champion you'll be given Shadow Assassin first.įinally, you cannot change forms while dead and you have to be at the fountain to do it.
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But more importantly, it's only the LAST champion essence you absorb that matters. That's because if you pull the wrong form you can just wait three minutes. A really nice hint to know however is that it DOESN'T matter who you camp. To trigger Shadow Assassin, you need to hurt and kill ranged champions. Achieving each forn is easier than it looks too.
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Rhaast's passive instead gives him lifesteal equal to a large proportion of his ability damage dealt to champions.īoth percentages grow with levels and the difference in playstyle between forms is noticeably different. Shadow Assassin Kayn's passive becomes a hefty damage boost to his attack damage, causing his auto attacks to deal a lot of extra magic damage on hit for four seconds after engaging an enemy champion. Kayn can either win and become the deadly Shadow Assassin, or lose and allow the near-indestructable Rhaast to fuse with his body.
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Kayn's constant struggle over control of his body with the Darkin weapon Rhaast is a back and forth battle that comes to a conclusion midway through a game.