Kayn
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR- Pick
- 2.3%picked in 412 of 18,051 games
- Ban
- 1.5%249 bans over 17,105 games, against 0.5% in soloQ
Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournamentsOne clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Draft
- How to play itConqueror, then Eclipse, Black Cleaver, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compNo trait above other top laners; the most marked: Gold at 20 min (rank 60).
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
What changes in tournaments?
One clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 1.4%
- SoloQ
- 0.5%
Not enough games to judge: win rate, length, keystone, spells, and core.
How to play it?
Conqueror, then Eclipse, Black Cleaver, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesConqueror89% · 645
SpellsFlash + Ignite72% · 523- Eclipse
- Black Cleaver
- Death's Dance
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
No trait above other top laners; the most marked: Gold at 20 min (rank 60).
- Its most marked traitGold at 20 mintop40%+202 · top laners: +100
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners
What marks it
Nothing above top laners.
Like other top laners
- Gold at 15 min
- Gold at 20 min
- Absorbs damage
- Plays teamfights
- Takes its kills in duels
What it is not
- Little CC
- Little damage
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 60% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 38 of 100 among top laners+17 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 60 of 100 among top laners+202 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 34 of 100 among top laners713 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 48 of 100 among top laners53% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 58 of 100 among top laners31% · median 28%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 23 of 100 among top laners0.5 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 4 of 100 among top laners13% · median 20%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
- Aphelios5 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 52 g
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.1%639 picks of 609,383ban 0.5% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.1%14 picks of 21,472ban 1.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
3.0% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as TopNot enough series yet: published from 30.