What Is Inefficient Jungle Pathing On Kayn? – Plat 4 Review

Key points from the review:

Note: All timestamps below are for in-game NOT time in the YouTube video.

0:00 – My recommend Blue Kayn runes below. I prefer the healing from Ravenous Hunter (Kayn does a lot of ability damage with Q + W) which I find can really make the difference in those Skirmishes/Assassination attempts.

0:50 – If you’re going to ward then Switch to Red sweeper trinket, try and get more information rather than placing it in top river dot brush. You saw enemy team all bot, so this ward is almost pointless. Best to either ward enemy Kha’Zix blue or raptor camp to get information on where he starts.

2:07 – You show mid for no reason, walking through mid to bot side giving the enemy team and Kha’Zix free information. Make them work for information on your location.

2:30 – Full clearing in your first jungle clear is important on Kayn. Kayn is very weak pre Level 6 and Transformation.

2:47 – Good gank bot and even better to be killing ranged champions to get closer to your Blue Kayn Form. The enemy Lucian now has no summoners. You need to be instantly thinking about how you can create an efficient jungle path to re-gank him.

5:00 – You’ve just wasted over a minute trying to do something bot. The fact is YOU CAN’T do anything bot no matter how hard you try. The enemy team knows you’re here and there is no ability in your kit as Kayn to take them off guard (no CC abilities). Needed to base as soon as you failed the gank and gone to take top Rift Scuttler which you know is still up as Kha’Zix showed bot on this fight. Also need to clear your Krugs/Raptors ASAP.

5:24 – Need to go top side out of base to clear your jungle camps and then work down to bot side to re-gank the no summoner Lucian and pressure Dragon. This is the most efficient path in this situation.

6:00 – I like the decisiveness on taking Dragon as the enemy bot lane based, but you’re top camps are all up and by doing this you’re giving Kha’Zix the opportunity to take all of them.

7:06 – Enemy Kha’Zix has taken all your top camps and is Level 6 before you. See above point at 5:24. This shouldn’t have happened. Or if you wanted to take Dragon, you would have needed to trade enemy Kha’Zix jungle for it.

7:40 – Can’t gank a Level 8 Gnar with MEGA form as a Level 5 Kayn, especially with enemy Kha’Zix still around for a potential counter gank. You dying here is a perfect demonstration of how weak Kayn is before Level 6 and transformation. You should have just based and gone bot side to steal Kha’Zix’s jungle camps/red as soon as he escaped from you.

Pressuring enemy bot lane is your win condition this game and you will also get your Blue form quicker.

9:00 – Very good eventually stealing the enemy bot side jungle but should have done this over a minute ago.

10:15 – Do Krugs before basing here. This is more efficient as you won’t be top side at all over the next 2-3 minutes with Dragon respawning.

11:30 – Slightly risky Dragon take with your bot lane in base and no mid priority.

12:20 – Problem again ganking bot with entire top side jungle up. This is also a numbers disadvantage fight (2v3) as your Caitlyn gets 1 shot. Don’t take this fight, you will die.

12:50 – You’re actualyl very lucky the enemy Kha’Zix comes bot to kill you ehre. If he was top side you would have lost Rift Herald and all your top side jungle AGAIN and gotten nothing in return.

13:30 – Again inefficient jungle pathing. Go top side out of base to full clear jungle then work your way down to pressure/kill bot, diving with your ult.

15:00 – Let your Yasuo take this Tier 1 top tower alone and go do Rift Herald. Need to be efficient with your time.

16:30 – Enemy team all dead. Good Dragon call.

17:10 – Good use of Rift Herald to break mid and open up the map for your team.

18:50 – Risky fighting in enemy jungle with no vision. You all die here.

20:25 – Enemy Kha’Zix shows bot. Check Top Rift Scuttler and his top side Jungle. You can take your Red + Krugs after.

21:35 – Can’t fight 3v5 (Pyke and Yasuo dead) in the enemy jungle when they know you’re here. Be an Assassin. This is too obvious.

22:50 – Taking another numbers disadvantage fight. MAP AWARENESS! It’s basically a 1.5 v 3 with your Pyke and you end up dying. Baron is the next objecitve on the map. No reason for you to be bot side at all.

Objectives>Kills.

24:40 – Good decision to take all Kha’Zix top side jungle here. Can’t do Baron as you only have 3 of your team alive and you’re all super squishy (no one to tank Baron Damage). x2 enemy team are also still alive.

26:00 – You play this team fight well as Kayn, constantly looking to flank and being annoying for the enemy team to deal with, using your E. By doing this you’re forcing them into bad positions.

29:50 – Ally Yasuo pressuring bot and you have x2 inhbitors (top and mid). Great call to take Baron.

32:22 – You end the game with Baron + Super Creeps. GG!

Let me know in the comments below, what did you learn from this review?