Is kayn top viable?

[south palm]

I don't like kayn jungle very much so im wondering if he is any good top lane since I've seen it a few times.

[cosmic jetty]

Not entirely, it definitely worse then on PC due to shorter minion spawn and shorter lanes making his main proxy strategy neigh impossible

[void jackal]

u dont even have to proxy

just run at the enemy at all times while clearing the wave

take all trades till u get form cuz u will almost definitely lose before form

if enemy jg ganks that's even better cuz more form

u should get it around min 4 then ur chilling

id say that its even better than kayn jg even tho u lose early game but later u almost cant get matched in side line so u can farm for free

that's why u can also splitpush and unless someone really fed comes or some ranged champ that u cant get close to u should get even more ahead

[south palm]

I mean if its ranged just go blue kayn then

[vocal mulch]

If you run dedicated runes, you can get form by min 2.

[hallow burrow]

really good into hp stacker like mundo sett sion

other matchups more or less you're gonna go 0 4 get your form then beat them in 1v1 anyway but if enemy team has a lot of ranged champs red form kinda ass cuz they outkite you hard and u uselees if enemy top don't wanna play w u

[south palm]

Even if its a weak early game top laner like kayle,kass,and nasus?

[void scarab]

Kayn's wave clear is extremely good level 1 with Q.. So unless you're vs darius or olaf, you can clear the wave very fast, take a short trade, heal with e or recall and come back quickly to lane with e, rinse and repeat

Shimmering spark lets you get your form faster, but long sword lets you clear faster so you don't feed too much before your form

With red form, kayn is one of the strongest duelists in the game, so you can side lane like a proper toplaner, so in that regard, he's viable top

With blue form, you have to be good with wards to make sure you're not getting caught, and then just eat as much resources and cause as much chaos as possible.. My favourite strat is to keep fogging between the two lanes and taking their waves, always hiding in the enemy jungle to take it when it's up, provide vision, and hit and run

I don't recommend going 0/4 just to get your form 2 minutes earlier tho.. Just suffer a few more minutes so your team doesn't get run down by a fed aatrox on the first objective or something