League of Legends - Kha’Zix Champion Strategy and Item Build Guide

Kha’Zix

Basic Information

Champion Stats

Lore

Skills

Icon	Description
	Unseen Threat INNATE: When Kha’Zix is not visible to the enemy team, he gains Unseen Threat, causing his next basic attack against an enemy Champion to deal bonus magic damage and slow.
	Taste their Fear (Target Range: 325/375, Effect Radius: 425, Cost: 20 Mana, Cooldown: 4)Deals physical damage to the target. Damage increased on Isolated targets. If he chooses to Evolve Reaper Claws, this refunds a percent of it’s cooldown against Isolated targets. Kha’Zix also gains increased range on his basic attacks and Taste Their Fear. Deals 70/95/120/145/170 (+140% bonus Attack Damage) physical damage. If the target is Isolated, the damage is increased by 50% (0). Evolved Reaper Claws: Increases the range of Taste Their Fear and Kha’Zix’s basic attacks by 50. If target is Isolated, refunds 60% of Taste Their Fear’s cooldown.
	Void Spike (Target Range: 1000, Effect Radius: 275, Speed: 1650, Cost: 55/60/65/70/75 Mana)Kha’Zix fires exploding spikes that deal physical damage to enemies hit. Kha’Zix is healed if he is also within the explosion radius. If he chooses to Evolve Spike Racks, Void Spike now fires three spikes in a cone, slow enemies hit, and reveals enemy champions hit for 2 seconds. Isolated targets are slowed for extra. Fires exploding spikes, dealing 80/110/140/170/200 (+100% bonus Attack Damage) physical damage to enemies hit (20% bonus damage to monsters). Heals Kha’Zix for 60/85/110/135/160 (+50% Ability Power) if he is within the explosion radius. Evolved Spike Racks: Void Spike fires three spikes in a cone and slows targets hit by 40% for 2 seconds. Reveals enemy champions hit for 2 seconds. Isolated targets are slowed for 80% instead.
	Leap (Target Range: 700/900, Cost: 50 Mana, Cooldown: 20/18/16/14/12)Kha’Zix leaps to an area, dealing physical damage upon landing. If he chooses to Evolve Wings, Leap’s range increases by 200 and the cooldown resets on champion kill or assist. Leaps to target area, dealing 65/100/135/170/205 (+20% bonus Attack Damage) physical damage. Evolved Wings: Increases Leap’s range by 200, and the cooldown resets on champion kill or assist.
	Void Assault (Cost: 100 Mana, Cooldown: 100/90/80)Each rank allows Kha’Zix to evolve one of his abilities, giving it a unique additional effect. When activated, Kha’Zix becomes Invisible, triggering Unseen Threat and increasing Movement Speed. If he chooses to Evolve Adaptive Cloaking, while out of combat Kha’Zix also passively gains Void Assault upon entering a new brush. Passive: Ranking up Void Assault allows Kha’Zix to evolve one of his abilities. Active: Kha’Zix becomes Invisible for 1.25 seconds and activates Unseen Threat. While Invisible, he gains 40% movement speed and ignores unit collision. Void Assault can be cast a second time within 10 seconds. Evolved Adaptive Cloaking: While out of combat, Kha’Zix also passively gains Void Assault for 2.5 seconds in brush. This persists for up to 1.25 seconds after exiting the brush (0 second per brush cooldown). Stealth – Invisible: Kha’Zix can only be revealed by nearby enemy Turrets.

Strategy

• Capitalize on the Isolated passive by ganking solo laners like top or mid in the early game. Counter-jungling can also be a good option especially if the enemy jungler has a weak early game.
• (E) Leap and (R) Void Assault are good skills for surprising enemies and even disengaging in a fight. Never waste these skills as it can be crucial in team fights and escapes.
• Analyze what you need in the game when evolving one of your skills. Evolved skills like (E) Leap and (Q) Taste their Fear are usually the better ones if you are just starting playing Kha’Zix.
• Never engage first in a teamfight unless you are sure that you can kill someone since he is a squishy champion. Always try to enter from behind when the team fight has started and focus on their carries first.

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Summoner Spells

Jungle
Smite	Flash

Item builds

Jungle

Starter Items
Hunter’s Machete	Refillable Potion	Warding Totem

First Back
Stalker’s Blade	Boots of Speed	Long Sword

Core Items

Core Items
Stalker’s Blade – Warrior	Duskblade of Draktharr	Ninja Tabi/ Mercury’s Treads

Stalker’s Blade: Warrior – The warrior enchantment is the perfect jungle item for him as enhances his attack damage and cooldown reduction.

Duskblade of Draktharr – Duskblade of Draktharr provides the necessary stats for an Assassin champion. The Nightstalker passive and the Unseen Threat can stack together , enabling you to deal a ton of damage when you are surprising an enemy in the bush or using Void Assault to kill an isolated champion.

Ninja Tabi/Mercury’s Treads – Pick one of these boots depending on the enemy team’s composition. If they are composed of magic damage and crowd controls, the best pick would be Mercury’s Treads. If the enemy has a lot of attack damage, pick Ninja Tabi.

Full Item Build

Full Item Build
Stalker’s Blade – Warrior	Duskblade of Draktharr	The Black Cleaver
Guardian Angel	Youmuu’s Ghostblade	Ninja Tabi/ Mercury’s Treads

The Black Cleaver – The Black Cleaver allows you to become a one-hit assassin god with the stats it provide. The item also makes you a tank killer because of the armor shred. Also, the movement speed buff when you hit an enemy is very vital when chasing enemies or getting away from them.

Guardian Angel – Kha’Zix is an assassin that deals a lot of damage against squishy champions. However, he is also a very squishy champion if caught in team fights. A good way to make up for his squishiness is Guardian Angel which revives him in case he dies. He will now have the option to either outdamage the enemy or leap away from the battlefield.

Youmuu’s Ghostblade – Youmuu’s Ghostblade increases the out-of-combat movement speed of Kha’Zix while increasing his attack damage, lethality, and cooldown reduction. This item is always a must for a typical assassin build.

Situational Items

Situational Items
Maw of Malmortius	Ravenous Hydra	Dead Man’s Plate
Lord Dominik’s Regards	Spirit Visage	Mortal Reminder

Maw of Malmortius – Get this item if the enemy has a lot of AP bursty champions that can isolate and shot you. This item also grants attack damage and magic resistance which can help you deal with the AP threat of the enemy team.

Ravenous Hydra – Ravenous Hydra increases your wave clear while also granting you more damage and lifesteal. The active can also be a follow-up to your combo to increase the chances of one shotting your target.

Dead Man’s Plate – Dead Man’s Plate is a good item if you want to have more defensive stats. This item also gives you a movement speed increase at full stacks, letting you counter-jungle and gank better.

Lord Dominik’s Regards/Mortal Reminder – Lord Dominik’s Regards and Mortal Reminder are offensive items that are perfect against tanky compositions. Build Lord Dominik’s if the enemy stacked a lot of armor. If the enemy has many health

Spirit Visage – Spirit’s Visage can be an additional item  if the enemy has a lot of magic resistance and want to regenerate more with your lifesteal items. This item adds more defensive stats to Kha’Zix compared to Maw of Malmortius which has more offensive capabilities.

Playing Against

• Be careful when you are alone in a lane because Kha’Zix deals more damage if you are nowhere near your allies. Always ward in the laning phase and avoid pushing aggressively if you are alone.
• Save your escapes and hard crowd controls when Kha’Zix enters a teamfight. Kha’zix has a low defensive stats and can easily be killed if stunned or bursted early before he uses his skills.
• If you are the support, it is vital that you never leave your ADC alone. Kha’Zix can easily kill a squishy if left alone.
• He is very vulnerable when (E) Leap and (R) Void Assault are on cooldown since this is his only engage and disengage tool.

Hard Counters

• Lee Sin – Lee Sin has the ability  to catch Kha’Zix with Sonic Wave, catching him even though Kha’Zix used Void Assault or Leap. Tempest can also disrupt Unseen Threat, making Kha’Zix weaker in the process.
• Pantheon – Pantheon has the ability to disrupt Kha’Zix’s combo with Aegis of Zeonia and out damage him with Spear Shot and Heartseeker’s Strike. Pantheon is also strong against squishy targets because of his kit, making him a scary matchup.
• Warwick – Warwick also has a lot of disruption abilities that can stop his combo. Infinite Duress is a strong skill that can catch Kha’Zix even if he leaps away. Primal Howl can also reduce the damage of Kha’Zix and eventually make him flee for a second. Lastly, even if Kha’Zix manages to escape in a team fight, Warwick can hunt him with Blood Hunt.

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