Click to open network menu
Join or Log In
Mobafire logo

Join the leading League of Legends community. Create and share Champion Guides and Builds.

Create an MFN Account






Or

Not Updated For Current Season

This guide has not yet been updated for the current season. Please keep this in mind while reading. You can see the most recently updated guides on the browse guides page

x
Kayle Build Guide by Shakarez

Kayle: Versatility at its finest

Kayle: Versatility at its finest

Updated on September 1, 2012
7.7
18
Votes
6
Vote Vote
League of Legends Build Guide Author Shakarez Build Guide By Shakarez 18 6 35,318 Views 21 Comments
18 6 35,318 Views 21 Comments League of Legends Build Guide Author Shakarez Kayle Build Guide By Shakarez Updated on September 1, 2012
x
Did this guide help you? If so please give them a vote or leave a comment. You can even win prizes by doing so!
Vote
Comment

You must be logged in to comment. Please login or register.

I liked this Guide
I didn't like this Guide
Commenting is required to vote!
Would you like to add a comment to your vote?

Your votes and comments encourage our guide authors to continue
creating helpful guides for the League of Legends community.

New Comment

You need to log in before commenting.

1
Shakarez (1) | August 26, 2012 8:41am
Thanks for the upvote and the very constructive criticism.

Firstly I'd just like to say that I'm on vacations and I've been coding offline, and then using the ****py internet I have access to to publish stuff. I will add a warding section soon.

Starting with the runes, I'd have to say you're almost correct, but I've tried flat AD on build 5 and I still find Attack Speed on the marks much better for jungling. I once accidently went with flat AD and I'd have to recall before doing the Red Buff before finishing the jungle in one go (I couldn't go for ganks either because I'd be too low).

As for build 2, I'm not sure if you read it in the description but it's an adaptation from SIV HD's build, hence the crit runes. The Bloodthirster is not on the cheat sheet, but it's on the late game items.

On the jungle build I was going to add Bloodthirster but I completely forgot.

About the Support build, I'm really not confortable with it that's why I still haven't added a guide on it, but i'll definitely give your idea a go.

Finally, about the masteries, why do you think Tough Skin and Bladed Armor are bad for jungling? As for not explaining masteries and a weird chapter order, do you think you could give me further advice on that? I followed jhoijhoi's make a guide, but it only covers guides with one build and not multiple.
1
IceCreamy (453) | August 26, 2012 5:56am
Voted +1
Build 1 is good
Build 2 is unfinished
Build 3 is expensive and ineffective
Build 4 is pretty nice
Build 5 should be Wriggle's Lantern before boots and Bloodthirster as last item, so you can sell Wriggle's Lantern. I'm also not a big fan of any hybrid items on her. Stick to AD, AS, cirt, lifesteal, hp, mr and armor.

I would recommend taking flat AD Marks and Quints on all builds. I'd say builds 1 and 4 are best. Build 2 not bad, but Avarice Blade could be Bloodthirster or rather Zeke's Herald which is a great item on her.

You might want to adapt your skill sequence because it seems a bit random at the moment, just level something at 9, 13, 16 and 18.

Havoc is really bad, I'd prefer Vampirism . Tough Skin and Bladed Armor are also really not worth 3 mastery points.

You don't explain your Masteries and your chapter order is strange in my eyes.

I also miss a Warding section.

You could also add something about support Kayle, which I personally play most. I usually get something like Berserker's Greaves, Avarice Blade, Philosopher's Stone, Zeke's Herald, Aegis of the Legion, Sight Ward, and 2 situational items depending on the game.

Anyhow, so far my tips, on to my ratings!

Appearance: 7/10
Cheat Sheet: 7/10
Contents: 6/10

An overall 6,7, gratz with my upvote ^^
1
Citerei | August 23, 2012 3:35pm
Voted +1
Tons of damage.
Jk. A very complete guide. Even though I can't see the support one lol.
Like
1
Shakarez (1) | August 21, 2012 6:21pm
Thanks for the review, but I think you didn't read enough of it to understand the thought process behind each build, It just seems like you read only the cheat sheets.

First of all, you should know the difference between you're and your, especially when you're a native english speaker.

Secondly, you'll really have to explain your definition of glass cannon. If you look closely at the builds, build 2,4,5 have 2792 HP and decent resists.

Build 2 has:
Armor 137.69
Magic Resist 67.8
And this is with the current items, if you scroll down you'll also figure out that instead of an Atma's I many times get a GA which would further increase my resists.

Build 3 has:
Armor 160.69
Magic Resist 140.8 Don't see why that's a glass cannon

Build 4 has:
Armor 137.69
Magic Resist 102.8 Same again here, and this is not including the Magic Resist I'll get from Wit's End.

Build 5 has:
Armor 167.69
Magic Resist 102.8 Again, pretty tanky in my opinion.

Moving on, one can clearly notice that you didn't get past the item cheat sheet. I did mention I included build 1 because it's a standard build that ALOT of players use on normal and even ranked games. Having 2 AD carries late game rocks, and although it's not my fav build I have to admit it works. I also mentioned that both builds 1 and 2 could be used for both top and bot lane, since Kayle can function perfectly as an AD carry.

Infinity Edge is not a good item on Kayle? Well I guess you should look at the top rated builds like /league-of-legends/build/kayle-hells-angel-49503 or even /league-of-legends/build/unstoppable-ad-kayle-updated-5-28-12-177654, they both use Infinity edge and it's a great item.

As for the second build, I mentioned further to the bottom, that's it's a pure crit build, a different approach on SIV HD's Critamat Kayle guide. Avarice Blade is then sold for Executioner's Calling or Bloodthirster late game, but you probably didn't go that far in into the guide anyways.

As for maxing Reckoning first on the hybrid build, maybe you should read the thought process behind it before jumping to a conclusion.
Even HeaT says: "Skill Sequence
The thing about kayle that confuses me is she doesn't really have a sequence."

Furthermore, Yes, Malady is a nice item on Kayle, but it's not mandatory on her. I like to rush a Guinsoo's Rageblade because it gives her AP, AD and Attack speed and AP per hit.

Finally, I did explain I originally had 21-9-0 on Kayle but i've been trying 15-15-0 and I find that you gain much more than you lose, sure you have a little less damage output, but you'll have more sustain inside the jungle, if you get counterganked or even if you have to be in the front-lines taking damage.

I'd just like to say that before making a complete review on a guide you should make an effort to read more than what's just on the cheat sheet.

Have a nice day
1
Arcana3 (108) | August 21, 2012 5:24pm
Hmms : / Tbh, and not to be rude, but this guide is to me sub optimal. Here are some reasons:
    Every build I see in you're cheat sheet is glass cannon... Just super glass cannon... In what world would you run a I.E main as kayle? It just doesn't really work all that great. You may now do more damage yes, but what would you gain out of this? You should already have a ADC.

    You should not need Avarice... Period : /. Kayle doesn't need the extra crit, because of her passive.

    Never should you max Reckoning first... You're main damage dealer is always going to be you're E. Even when hybrid, you ALWAYS max E first for maximum damage potential.

    You're lack of Malady hurts my eyes tbh. Malady on Kayle? Is just so good, its stupid. Her passive with Malady, and E, just shreds everything... It just isn't funny how much it will shred.

    You're jungle section, has you having 15/15/0.... That just shouldn't be : /. If you're kayle you're job is to do alot of damage, quickly aka. Shred. You should have 21/x/x.

There are a ton of other things I see wrong with you're guide also. But tbh, I don't really wanna state them all. I see that you put in alot of effot into this guide, and overall its a very nice looking guie on the outside... But what you have as builds etc... Its just not good : /. If you want a stupidly long review (Which will lead to a downvote atm with what im looking at) i'll be happy to do so. Any questions on what i'e stated, pm me. And on that note, I wish you a g'day.
1
yippie | August 21, 2012 4:10pm
Voted +1
One can definitely see that you put a lot of work into this... I've tried both jungle and build 4 and I'm enjoying it thoroughly. It's a shame you're not on the top build guides, because you deserve it.
1
M0taX | August 21, 2012 3:32pm
Voted +1
The Update is great, not only ads varietyto the builds, but also Team comp versability
1
Shakarez (1) | August 18, 2012 3:27pm
Answering both of you, I did state that Tiamat is COMPLETELY optional. I use it just for the lolz and it's a different approach to SIV HD's Critamat Kayle guide, but maybe you missed it, I should probably underline it or something.

The way I built Kayle as an AD carry is to try to have 100% Crit chance. Of course that it's not mandatory, and you can build her like a normal AD carry. But I find it a lot of fun to build her like this. Frozen Mallet gives her the tankiness she needs and I added Atmas not because of the AD bonus, but because it gives her Crit Chance and Armor.

I felt like adding Hybrid was mandatory, although it's not my main build, for top lane I'd say that at the moment I like the AD destruction one best, but building normal AD works just fine. I just wanted to try a different approach from 95% of the other guides.

Overall thanks for the advice, I will be adding some info on general laning and teamfights soon.
1
Pluckin Penguin (117) | August 17, 2012 6:38pm
Voted +1
Overall, pretty well thought out Kayle guide with a little bit of formatting, and build revisions your guide should be in tip top shape. Here are my suggestions:

(1) Tiamat: Buying Tiamat isn't a bad idea, but if you buy it too early it's nearly worthless. Tiamat doesn't really play much of a role in the laning phase until teamfights break out. Also, for Tiamat splash damage to actually hit hard you need other damage. Therefore, hold off on Tiamat until you at least get some of your core AD items.

(2) Formatting: I recommend taking a look at jhoijhoi's Guide on Making a Guide, it has really helped me a lot when it comes to writing guides, and it can definitely help you as well.

(3) I think you need to really elaborate on how to properly utilize Kayle in the top lane. It needs to be stressed how aggressive you need to play.

Hope I helped, If you have any questions feel free to PM me for an in-depth response.
1
tehAsian (247) | August 17, 2012 6:30pm
The first thing I noticed was the Tiamat. It is honestly a terrible choice even if you're Kayle. The next thing was Executioner's Calling and Avarice Blade. You shouldn't need either of those :P

As for your build as a whole, I wouldn't buy Tiamat so early, I wouldn't get Avarice Blade, and I wouldn't get Executioner's Calling at all. Just going IE > PD > then Tiamat would probably be better.

For your Top Lane build, going standard ADC is sufficient, Kayle is able to outscale a lot of champions that way. Also, Frozen Mallet + Atma's Impaler isn't that great anymore. And I honestly don't think hybrid Kayle is that great :/

Where's the second Tiamat for the Critamat build? :l And again, Frozen Mallet + Atma's Impaler isn't that great.

The guide itself isn't bad, but it needs general laning and teamfight information and that stuff.

Neutral vote from me :P
1
rotunes | August 17, 2012 4:37pm
Voted +1
Found this a very complete guide overall, keep up the good job.
1
MEM7RE | August 6, 2012 10:14am
Voted -1
c'est un tuto un peut faible et manque de dega en fin de partie
Loading Comments...
Load More Comments
Download the Porofessor App for Windows

League of Legends Champions:

Teamfight Tactics Guide