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Kha'Zix Guide

the Voidreaver

Assassin

Tier S Jungle

Kha'Zix, the Voidreaver, is an assassin champion of medium difficulty. Across our 799 analysed ranked games, Kha'Zix is mostly played in the Jungle (100% of its games), with a 50.9% win rate in that role: tier S among Jungle champions (#3 of 48, ranked by win rate). Kha'Zix's damage is mostly physical (82%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. 12% of that damage is true damage and therefore ignores resistances. Win rate varies with game length: 52.4% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min, 454 games) versus 48.3% in short games (under 25 min).

Averages measured over 799 Jungle games played with Kha'Zix, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Kha'Zix is a jungle assassin who exploits isolated targets: they are marked, and his abilities benefit from interactions with them. He turns invisible with his ultimate, which triggers his passive (bonus magic damage and a slow), and his ultimate evolves his abilities with new effects.

The isolated assassination

R › Q › AA AA › W

When: An enemy is isolated.

Void Assault makes you invisible and triggers Unseen Threat: your next attack deals bonus magic damage and slows; Taste Their Fear deals more damage to an isolated target.

The leap engage

E › Q › W › AA AA

When: The target is far away.

Leap damages around the landing point; follow with Taste Their Fear and Void Spike, which heals you if you are within the explosion radius.

The invisible escape

R › E

When: You need to get away.

Void Assault raises your movement speed and makes you invisible; the Adaptive Cloaking evolution extends the duration and allows one more use.

Laning phase

Look for isolated targets: Taste Their Fear deals more damage to them. Leap lets you engage or flee; some evolutions improve its range and cooldown.

Common mistakes

• Engaging an enemy who is with others: your bonuses depend on isolation.
• Not choosing your evolutions according to the situation.
• Staying visible before the engage: you lose Unseen Threat.

Riot's official tips for playing Kha'Zix

• Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
• Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
• Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Umbral Glaive, Serylda's Grudge, and Voltaic Cyclosword (182 games, 61.0% win rate).

Umbral Glaive+Serylda's Grudge+Voltaic Cyclosword

182 games · 61.0%

Umbral Glaive+Edge of Night+Voltaic Cyclosword

163 games · 54.6%

Bastionbreaker+Umbral Glaive+Voltaic Cyclosword

148 games · 58.1%

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite51.4% · 738 games

Ghost + Smite47.4% · 57 games

Most-played runes

First Strike + Domination

49.0% · 304 games

Primary tree · Inspiration

Cash Back93%

Triple Tonic99%

Cosmic Insight100%

Secondary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact100%

Treasure Hunter94%

Shards

Adaptive force99%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling84%

Stormraider's Surge + Inspiration

54.4% · 261 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Nimbus Cloak99%

Absolute Focus56%

Waterwalking62%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Triple Tonic79%

Magical Footwear62%

Shards

Adaptive force98%

Adaptive force99%

Health scaling77%

Stormraider's Surge + Domination

45.5% · 44 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Nimbus Cloak100%

Absolute Focus59%

Gathering Storm61%

Secondary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact98%

Ultimate Hunter50%

Shards

Adaptive force96%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling86%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Kha'Zix's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team58.3% · 252 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Umbral Glaive 56.8% ▲

Voltaic Cyclosword 60.1% ▲

Edge of Night 63.4% ▲

Bastionbreaker 62.1% ▲

Serylda's Grudge 68.9% ▲

Serpent's Fang 58.5% ▲

The item that stands out most is Bastionbreaker: 62.1% win rate, +10 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team50.5% · 212 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Umbral Glaive 49.7%

Voltaic Cyclosword 52.5%

Bastionbreaker 46.6% ▼

Edge of Night 52.4% ▼

Serylda's Grudge 55.7% ▼

Serpent's Fang 53.7%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team45.7% · 335 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Umbral Glaive 45.9% ▼

Voltaic Cyclosword 48.7% ▼

Bastionbreaker 49.3% ▼

Serylda's Grudge 55.7% ▼

Edge of Night 52.2% ▼

Serpent's Fang 47.7% ▼

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Kha'Zix in the Jungle

Hecarim Kha'Zix: 25.0%20 games

Hecarim has the edge in 75% of the 20 Jungle duels against Kha'Zix. See the Hecarim guide.

Graves Kha'Zix: 50.0%20 games

Graves has the edge in 50% of the 20 Jungle duels against Kha'Zix. See the Graves guide.

Qiyana Kha'Zix: 52.9%17 games

Qiyana has the edge in 47% of the 17 Jungle duels against Kha'Zix. See the Qiyana guide.

Nocturne Kha'Zix: 58.8%17 games

Nocturne has the edge in 41% of the 17 Jungle duels against Kha'Zix. See the Nocturne guide.

Naafiri Kha'Zix: 60.0%15 games

Naafiri has the edge in 40% of the 15 Jungle duels against Kha'Zix. See the Naafiri guide.

Who Kha'Zix is strong against

Sylas79.0% · 19 games

Lee Sin64.3% · 28 games

Viego62.5% · 24 games

Naafiri60.0% · 15 games

Nocturne58.8% · 17 games

How to play against Kha'Zix

• Taste Their Fear deals bonus damage to targets that are isolated. Gain an advantage by fighting near allied minions, champions, or turrets.
• Leap and Void Assault have long cooldowns. Kha'Zix is very vulnerable when these are not available.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Kha'Zix's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveUnseen Threat

Nearby enemies that are Isolated from their allies are marked. Kha'Zix's abilities have interactions with Isolated targets.

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 them for a few seconds.

QTaste Their Fear

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.

WVoid Spike

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.

ELeap

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.

RVoid Assault

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 Move Speed. If he chooses to Evolve Adaptive Cloaking, Void Assault gains increased Invisibility duration, and an additional use.

Frequently asked questions

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