Thoughts on Kayn
I'll try to keep this short Little background: hey I'm on a journey to main Kayn after my retirement from mordekaiser. I believe so far I have a lvl 4 mastery on Kayn, so I have a good idea about him. I'll talk about every ability; Rhaast (R), shadow (B).
P- form change, imo both forms are good, but blue kayn is very situation (when enemy revolves around squishies or your team lack dmg). B: extremely useful for assassin form, nothing wrong with it and doesn't need any changes, the extra dmg is very important on blue kayn. R: biggest reason why people pref red kayn, the heal is just too good, making him survive fights.
Q- main dmging ability, can dash thru walks making great escapes, but not a good for running away in an open area since there's a pause after the dash. It's important to use the dash dmg since it deals the same amount as the spin. R: talking about blue second because more to say. Very powerful on red kayn, deals more dmg than blue since it deals %max hp dmg, really good. B: no %max hp dmg, just flat ad ratio. However it's pretty weak on blue kayn, it should deal more, increaing ad ratio would really help.
W- long range, great poke, high dmg, and gap closure, synchronizes well with E to engage. B: the extra range really help blue kayn to make a gap closur, no changes needed. R: knock up is necessary since the original kit has only slow, very powerful ability.
E: makes talon's parkour skills a joke. Great mobility skill and sustain, crreates great roaming. That heal will probably get nerfed, 100 heal at lvl 1. Not saying anything red kayn cause unnecessary B: SANIC MODE ACTIVIATE. Other than that his slow immunity us complete garbage, literally does nothing, his e is cancelled if you got dmged, and mst slows have dmg (i can only think of karthus and nasus with slow only ability) cc immunity is better
Ult- great for teamfight survivability (or 1v5, I don't judge), helps your team to interact while you reap from the inside, also a great finisher and ability dodge. Once again starting red kayn R: I didn't played red kayn as much as blue but I heard you can deal up to 50% hp dmg, and ofc you'll heal for that amount, really good on red form B: another reason why blue kayn is disliked, ult does no dmg. Yeah the longer range is nice but still doesn't make up for its flaws. Being a finisher ability the dmg it deals doesn't alway do the job and also the passive reset is unnecessary if that's the case, but ofc it doesn't kill so thank god the passive reset is a thing.
Conclusion- red kayn is really good, blue kayn is only good if the combo needs or you're really ahead. Buff his Q, E unique upgrade and ult dmg and blue kayn will be as good as red
EDIT: Blue Kayn isn't garbage, he just needs a lil more. My W + Q combo deals up to 80-85% max hp mid game, where it is supposed to 1 shot to assassin's standards. Even ulting doesn't kill the target cause it's dmg is non existing.
PS: love the bloodborne refrence on shadow hunter skin
