I have 42% Win rate with Kayn

playing Kayn

Going Shadow Assassin.

Consider the following: The advice i just gave you comes from C9 Contractz. Watch the vid, and take the advice given by Why So Fishy with a grain of salt.

https://youtu.be/weLNPUBIcJk

You need to remember that different elo's have different impacts on gameplay. Its not a matter of "knowing how to balance farming and ganking more than other junglers", thats like saying you need to know how to manage a wave with ashe more than other ADCs. Obviously every jungler require different pathing & strategy. Obviously every situation calls for something different. Be aware of your situations so you can make the appropriate calls. If you get shut down early with anyone, it will be hard to comeback. Not just kayn. But as I've mentioned, kayn gets weaker as the game goes on. If you get "shut down early", then you NEED to go with rhaast so you can contribute to your team with his CC instead of choosing Assassin and powerfarming all game to catch back up in gold until you start doing damage. Does that make sense? If you're shut down early, become utility & contribute to teamfights instead. If you snowball hard early and your team comp lacks an assassin &/or already has strong peel/an existing frontline, then go shadow assassin. Most of the time in solo q however, everyone wants to be the carry & do the most dmg. So if you already have high burst dmg output in your comp then choosing shadow assassin is like having zed and talon on the same team: completely overkill & pointless. Choosing one or the other is not about "who you prefer", nor is it about one having a higher skillcap. It's about your contribution to your team. Also, if you're building the same items every game, you're not building to your best potential nor learning why one item is more effective than another. Meaning: if the enemy team's carries are AP &/or their comp has a lot of CC, then why would up build ninja tabis when Merc Treads are much more effective? The builds he suggested are the most common & popular builds, i build similar most of the time. But dont build that way Every Single Time if the situation calls for something else. Also, the pathing he suggested is 100% situational and can waste your time. Such as: if you know your opponent is starting red, why don't you start at your red, then after that immediately invade his blue? It can be risky if the enemy team warded that area, so youd need to rely on your teammates to keep pressure in their lanes. If you know they can clear fast, start raptors because you can clear it solo & its the fastest way to hit level 2. Does that make sense? Don't waste your time clearing your own jungle when you can be taking gold from your opponent instead, and warding their jungle so your teammates know where they are at all times.

My guess is that you aren't aggressive early game and then you go shadow assassin which is only decent if you snowballed and is utter garbage if you didn't. If you have 42% winrate while going Rhaast then sorry but you should start looking for other champs to play :(

Numerically speaking, kayn is strongest early game. He sits comfortably in the top 20 champs with best base stats overall, and among the top 5 with most mana and best mana regen. That means youre able to spam your abilties often without much consequence. He also has probably the best mobility for a jungler. THAT means you should be invading as much as possible and looking for trades with the enemy jungler. EVEN IF they out-trade you, you have the mobility to gtfo. And guess what? In doing so, youre also getting your passive stacked a lot faster with little consequence. Also, shadow assassin sucks right now, so i strongly recommend only going rhaast. His healing and cc elments are MUCH better than his counterpart.

even if they only have one tank, rhasst is a decent option. with two tanks/beefy champs on enemy team, you make a great drain tank. if you get two or three early kills, you can snowball hard with Shadow. I dont think one is outright better than either one. they both just have their own ideal situations. knowing which one you should pick is the best way to increase your win rate with the champ.

I have 100k Mastery Points as , so I might be able to help you. Judging off your recent games, you don't have a solid build order down, so here's mine. I build these items in this order is almost every single game. There's really no situation where these will let you down.

SA: , , , , ,

Rhaast: , , , ,

Kayn is NOT an easy champion to play. He's deceivingly difficult because you have to know how to balance farming and ganking a lot more than other junglers. If you get shut down early, its pretty tough to make a good comeback. My best advice is to learn how to play both forms effectively, but you will naturally have a slight preference of one form over the other. It's important to know which form is best for your team for that game. Try going Raptors>Red>Wolves>Gromp>Scuttle>Blue then look to gank. Start Q, then go E to heal before you start your red.

P.S. Anyone telling you Shadow Assassin is bad likely doesn't have a lot of experience actually playing the champion. SA requires more planning and strategy than Rhaast, but the payoff is a lot bigger. I personally prefer SA over Rhaast.