Champion sheet · Jungle

Kayn

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

3.5%#132 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.1%picked in 403 of 18,759 games
Ban: 1.4%244 bans over 17,736 games, against 0.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle47.5% between 43.3% and 51.7% over 381 gamesSoloQ 50.9%: no clear gap

Median length29.5 minsoloQ 26.6 min

Amateur: 18,564 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 242,675 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 tournaments5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.DraftLengthRunesBuild
How to play itDark Harvest, then Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, and Serylda's Grudge: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compInvade first: invades more than 95% of junglers.DuelistDamagePokeInvade
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.0%
SoloQ
1.7%
1.0% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.5%
SoloQ
0.5%
1.5% ban rate in amateur play over 8,650 games, against 0.5% in soloQ over 165,977 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.5 min
SoloQ
26.6 min
Median of 29.5 min in amateur play, against 26.6 min in soloQ.
RunesConqueror instead of Dark Harvest
Amateur
51%
SoloQ
39%
Played in 51% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Dark Harvest (39%).
BuildEclipse, Black Cleaver, Death's Dance instead of Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, Serylda's Grudge
Amateur
14%
SoloQ
10%
Played in 14% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, Serylda's Grudge (10%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Dark Harvest, then Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, and Serylda's Grudge: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesDark Harvest39% · 4,398

≠ Amateur: Conqueror instead of Dark Harvest. 51% · 481 games

SpellsFlash + Smite99% · 11,237

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 96% · 123 games

Core (3 legendaries)10% · 712

10%of soloQ games

Voltaic Cyclosword
Axiom Arc
Serylda's Grudge

≠ Amateur: Eclipse, Black Cleaver, Death's Dance instead of Voltaic Cyclosword, Axiom Arc, Serylda's Grudge. 14% · 351 games

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Invade first: invades more than 95% of junglers.

Invadetop5%10% · junglers: 7%
Team damagetop17%21% · junglers: 17%
Takes its kills in duelstop21%24% · junglers: 20%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Duelist
Damage
Poke
Invade

Like other junglers

Damage in lane
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Jungle farm

What it is not

Nothing below junglers.

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 46 in lane, 92 in mid game and 88 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

382-1 vs 383

917+122 vs 796

1,211+155 vs 1,056

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Kaynjunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 71% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

4.7takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 46 of 100 among junglers382 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 92 of 100 among junglers917 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 88 of 100 among junglers1,211 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 59 of 100 among junglers+57 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 71 of 100 among junglers+259 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 54 of 100 among junglers4.7 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 48 of 100 among junglers843 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 25 of 100 among junglers49% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 79 of 100 among junglers24% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 44 of 100 among junglersrank 44 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 41 of 100 among junglers0.7 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 83 of 100 among junglers21% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 44 of 100 among junglers66 · median 66
Invade · rank 95 of 100 among junglers10% · median 7%

04 — With / against

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

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong56.3% · expected 42.8% · 32 g+13.5 ptSoloQ -2.9

Vi56.7% · expected 47.4% · 30 g+9.3 ptSoloQ -2.5

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn45.5% · expected 45.2% · 33 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -0.3

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

With

Topgap to expected

K'Sante53.3% · expected 44.9% · 30 g+8.5 ptSoloQ +0.8

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Kai'Sa50.0% · expected 47.5% · 34 g+2.5 ptSoloQ +0.9

Caitlyn50.0% · expected 49.8% · 32 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -2.5

Supportgap to expected

Lulu55.6% · expected 45.6% · 36 g+9.9 ptSoloQ -1.0

Braum54.8% · expected 50.2% · 31 g+4.7 ptSoloQ +2.5

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.

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