Talk:Kayn/@comment-27722295-20180715092820/@comment-1601181-20180726195318

First of all, using skill the ingame skill set to discuss lore is going to lead to flawed results, for example lorewise Aurelion Sol threw a miniature star at a void rift, the impact was such that it temporarily caused daylight in the middle of the night and permanently changed the landscape of an area (not to mention the impact was seen miles away), yet ingame his Q (the closest thing we have to that) simply does a small amount of damage and stuns.

Second, just because a skill does magic damage doesn't mean that it would also deal magic damage in the story, because the concept of magic damage itself doesn't exist. For example, all of Band's skills set the enemy on fire, burning people doesn't deal magic damage it just, burns people You have ways to reduce the effect of magic, like demacian equipment made of petricite, which nulifies magic, but it wouldn't stop them from burning (for example). In the case of the Kinkou for instance, getting struck by a lightning shuriken thrown by Kennen would have the same effect as being hit by a knife, though a high voltage knife, so hardly magic damage.

Finaly, Kayn literaly used his ult in his short story a few moments before grabing Rhaast, not only that but umbral literaly means dark or shadowy.