Talk:Kayn/@comment-26128186-20170819064255/@comment-26128186-20170824030446

@Vixilium

I wouldn't really call rhaast "moderate dmg". He's not massively high damage, that's for sure, but he still does quite a bit of dmg, and he's much better at dealing with tanks or relatively tanky people than shadow assassin cuz of percent health dmg. Of course, you don't want to be focusing tanks in a teamfight, but if you are dueling, or even if you are going for a squishy and happen to hit a high health target along the way, then rhaast is your man ... er, scythe.

SA's biggest weakness is his low survivability, as he will most likely get popped in teamfights (or even in small skirmishes with a few people) while he attempts to go for squishies, since his gap closing is pretty sub-par compared to assassins like zed, and he isn't quite as stealthy or sneaky (even with e, which tells nearby enemy champs if he is in terrain) as champs like shaco. As long as the enemy is relatively decent at detecting and reacting to the presence of a kayn, they shouldn't have too much trouble grouping and just beating him down.

That being said, his strengths include the fact that he is good at ganking, and he dishes out a good amount of damage. I know I said that e isn't stealthy or sneaky, but that's mostly during teamfights. It is pretty sneaky during laning phase, as long as you know the right paths to take (which isn't really hard at all). For instance, you could go through the terrain near where a tribush is and sneak up behind an enemy laner who is relatively pushed. At that point, their main route for escape and sanctuary (the lane leading back to their outer turret) is cut off by you, and now they are stuck between you and possibly your friendly laner.

Rhaast, imo, is simply stronger because he remedies SA's biggest weakness while still retaining a great amount of his strengths. He sacrifices some of his damage and mobility, sure enough, but he still does a good amount of dmg and he can still gank very well with shadow step. Furthermore, the benefits of great sustain, increased damage against higher health champs, and aoe hard cc is too useful to pass up.