Talk:Kayn/@comment-33128512-20190115212240/@comment-1601181-20190129040000

@Vistha-Kai yes I was only adressing the number values, however, I can also adress the other diferences

Shadow Assassin's main advantage over Rhaast is the ease of target acess, predomenanlty due to the extra range on his W

However, while it is true that Shadow Assassin casts his W Q combo faster than Rhast, the moment Rhaast lands his W he's almost guaranteed to be able to follow up with a Q with no ability for the enemy to react, given that it has a knockup. So no, it's not a time diference as big as 0.01 secs vs 3, considering that they both have to wait the same period of time for the W to finish casting (even if Shadow Assassin can use his Q in the meantime) the real diference comes down to about .75 secs.

Also for reference, the damage diference with a Q W combo Shadow Assassin: 1755 Rhaast: 1086 + 34% max hp Damage So the diference comes down to 669 damage, in order to deal 669 damage from the %max hp on his Q the enemy needs to have at least 1968 HP, which we already established is slightly less than most ranged champions have.

Also your comment about lack of survivability on Rhaast is not something that I can agree with, Rhaast is much more survivable than Shadow Assassin with his passive alone, combine that with the ult and you have a champion that can heal from 1 to 100 without much room for retaliation.

Lastly, while Rhaast is not as fast as Shadow Assassin, by using Ghostblade he can still be fast enough to reach enemy squichies trough walls, specially because of hos MS has deminishing effects, so Shadow Assassin's MS from his E is not nearly as massive as it's made out to be when used with other MS boosts, such as Ghostblade.

In the end it comes down to preference: Shadow Assassin is more reliable at reaching his target, Rhaast is slightly less reliable but instead has more built in survivability/cc, and more target agnostic damage. So if you feel more confortable with the smoothness of Shadow Assassin then he will feel better to play with a full AD build than Rhaast, however, Rhaast works with a full AD build as well.