This build has been archived and is for historical display only

This build has been archived by the author. They are no longer supporting nor updating this build and it may have become outdated. As such, voting and commenting have been disabled and it no longer appears in regular search results.

We recommend you take a look at this author's other builds.

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

Kayle Build Guide by

Kayle: New Broken Wings

16 0

82,883 Views

59 Comments

Kayle Build Guide By Updated on

Guide Discussion (59) More Kayle Guides

Spells:

Flash

Ignite

Items

start

first buy

early core

mid game core

Boots

Offensive Options

Defensive Options

Full Build

dont forget

Ability Order

Kayle Passive Ability

Quick Guide

Preface

Basic
Information

Advanced
Tactics

Wrapping Up

Items
Synergies and
Counters
Summoner Spells
Runes
Masteries

About the Author
Introduction
Who is Kayle?

Kayle's Skillset
Skilling Order
Itemization

Laning
Teamfighting

Synergies
Counters
Epilogue
Changelog

Starting Items

Core Build

Boots

Offensive Options

Defensive Options

Synergies & Counters

Kayle is good against:

Kayle is weak against:

Kayle is good with:

Summoner Spells

+

or

Runes

Standard set of runes for any ability power scaling mid laner, a good mix of ability power and defense to block auto's and most AD damage
You can choose to replace the AP glyphs with MR ones if against a tough matchup.

Masteries

Click to Enlarge.

This mastery page is one that is auto attack based, meaning that in 's case that she will be using her auto attacks to do damage, so , and along with synergies very well with her kit.

Before I say anything, I would like to bring up that this guide format is my own. No, it is not an "exact copy of GMD's format", I would call it "heavily emphasized". GMD gave me no help in creating this format, I simply looked at his guide side-by-side to mine until it was almost perfectly the same, anyways. This guide is formatted and written by Ubnoxius; a Platinum rated mid laner on the NA server as of Season 3. I have been playing mid-lane ever since I started playing league of legends, which has been for about 1-2 years now. I am very experienced and I know a good handful about the game. I am certain that this is the best way to play to her full potential and I hope that you enjoy.

Keep in mind that I have only played 4 games of which I have won all of them (they were all ranked games as well) and I already know this champion like the back of my hand! She is a very simple champion that can destroy enemy teams when played right.

Back to the Table of Contents

is a medium range fighter whom I prefer to play in the middle lane. She can also be played in the top lane or the jungle as well. utilizes her unique kit of being a melee champion but building herself around which increases her attack range by 400 units for 10 seconds and deals extra magic damage upon each auto attack, along with using to keep her enemies in place, allowing them little opportunity to escape as the slow lasts for 3 full seconds.

is extremely powerful mid-game and dragon fights. Her ultimate, can change the outcome of an unfavorable teamfight immediately, allowing her to block all damage to one damage for 3 seconds. is also an exceptional lane bully, as holds down the enemy so that she can use the extra damaged auto attacks from . Also, being able to heal and speed up yourself or an ally champion is a great engage tool, for ganking or for escaping. As you may have gathered, is a very slippery champion. is extremely potent against high burst champions like or , as her ultimate, , will be able to block all of the damage that an assassin will deal immediately, making the enemy assassin essentially useless in fights.

The three main aspects of this build are ¹Cooldown Reduction: Since has a 16 second cooldown, and you are only able to use it for 10 seconds, you are trying to make your build revolve around getting to around a 12 second cooldown. ² Attack Speed: Remember that 's kit revolves around and the faster you can put out auto attacks, the more damage you will be doing, especially with the fact the deals extra magic damage per auto attack. ³Ability Power: As on any ability power scaling champion, you are going to want as much AP as possible. Obtaining all 3 of these aspects is very simple to do with buying , as it gives all 3. Easily said that this is the best item for .

Back to the Table of Contents

Pros
+ Blocks all Damage
+ Crazy Slow
+ High Burst
+ Lane Bully
+ AOE Damage
+ Good Wave Clear
+ Low Mana Costs

Kayle's Strengths

's strengths consist of her amazingly high mid-game burst. If you just farm out the first 15-20 minutes of the game, gaining kills when you jungler comes to gank, you will be a huge monster for mid-game. Bullying your opponent early is crucial as . You want to gain a lead to where your enemy is afraid to farm because of your damage. Since has AOE you can easily clear the back line of minions by auto attack each of the 3, once. has an extremely low mana cost at 45 mana, starting with you will essential never run out of mana if you're only using over the early laning phase.

Kayle's Weaknesses

There is really not too much to say here. If you don't position yourself carefully and you get caught out, you can just yourself and yourself and if you need to, to get out of sticky situations. is a very hard champion to counter, especially mid-lane . The only really weakness of is her pre level 6 fragility, so be sure that you ward, as once you get level 6 you can worry less about it, but, warding is still very important nonetheless.

Cons
- Fragile Pre 6
- Weak without
- Semi Item-Dependant

Back to the Table of Contents

Holy Fervor

(Passive): This passive is why we build attack speed on , it reduces the enemy champion's armor and magic resist buy 3% for 5 seconds upon each auto attack, stacking up to 5 times, with a max total of 15% armor/magic resist reduction after 5 auto attacks. This makes you consistantly do more damage the longer that you are in a fight with someone meaning you will almost always win/out trade them.

Reckoning

(Active): This is 's slowing ability, it's what makes her stick to her opponents. After you obtain , and the game is essentially over, as you will be killing enemies in 3 seconds or less. This ability has a 100% AP ratio and we will be maxing it immediately! So if you get to the point of the game to get you will be able to 1v1 any champion on the enemy team.

Divine Blessing

(Active): You will be leveling this ability last, as it is only a heal and your damage is going to be more effective than your defense. It's a very good engage/disengage ability. You can save you are your teammates life with it, it's usefull for taking the wraiths/wolves as well.

Righteous Fury

(Active): This ability is 's secondary ability. It allows you to clear waves easily and is very useful in teamfights especially ones in the jungle, as it does AOE damage in a small area around your target. This ability can go through because it is not a projectile so it makes a very effective counter to .

Intervention

(Active):This is possible one of the strongest ultimate abilities in the game, it allows you to tower dive super easily, and you can instantly turn teamfights in your team's favor buy saving the life of your ADC or letting your tank absorb every bit of damage that the enemy target's him with.

Back to the Table of Contents

Ok, right now we are going to be discussing the damage ratios in weather it is better to max or on , dependant upon 3 possible auto attacks to be reasonable with .

Warning: Giant wall of math incoming!

People who hate math can skip this part if you wish

Level 1 Kayle with 40 AP and 53 AD - Enemy champion with 0 Armor and 0 Magic resist (for the sake of testing numbers).
Rank 1 will deal: 60 Magic damage + (1.0 x 40AP) and (1.0 x 53AD)
= 100 Magic damage and 53 Attack damage for a total of 153 combined damage.
Rank 1 will deal: 20 Magic damage + (0.4 x 40AP) and (0.2 x 53AD)
= 36 extra Magic damage and 10.6 extra Attack damage per auto attack for a total of 99.6 combined damage including the damage from one auto attack which is 53 in this case.

will take 1.54 (2) auto attacks to measure up to 1 at Rank 1.

Level 3 Kayle with 40 AP and 58.6 AD - Enemy champion with 0 Armor and 0 Magic resist.
Rank 2 will deal: 110 Magic damage + (1.0 x 40AP) and (1.0 x 58.6AD)
= 150 Magic damage and 58.6 Attack damage for a total of 208.6 combined damage.
Rank 2 will deal: 30 Magic damage + (0.4 x 40AP) and (0.3 x 58.6)
= 46 extra Magic damage and 17.58 extra Attack damage per auto attack for a total of 122.18 combined damage including the damage from one auto attack which is 58.6 in this case.

will take 1.86 (2) auto attacks to measure up to 1 at Rank 2.

Level 4 Kayle with 40 AP and 61.4 AD - Enemy champion with 0 Armor and 0 Magic resist.
Rank 3 will deal: 160 Magic damage + (1.0 x 40AP) and (1.0 x 61.4AD)
= 200 Magic damage and 61.4 Attack damage for a total of 261.4 combined damage.
Rank 3 will deal: 40 Magic damage + (0.4 x 40AP) and (0.3 x 61.4AD)
= 56 extra Magic damage and 18.42 extra Attack damage per auto attack for a total of 135.82 combined damage including the damage from one auto attack which is 61.4 in this case.

will take 1.92 (2) auto attacks to measure up to 1 at Rank 3.

Level 7 Kayle with 40 AP and 69.8 AD - Enemy champion with 0 Armor and 0 Magic resist.
Rank 4 will deal: 210 Magic damage + (1.0 x 40AP) and (1.0 x 69.8AD)
= 250 Magic damage and 69.8 Attack damage for a total of 319.8 combined damage.
Rank 4 will deal: 50 Magic damage + (0.4 x 40AP) and (0.35 x 69.8AD)
= 66 extra Magic damage and 24.43 extra Attack damage per auto attack for a total of 160.23 combined damage including the damage from one auto attack which is 69.8 in this case.

will take 1.99 (2) auto attacks to measure up to 1 at Rank 4.

Level 9 Kayle with 40 AP and 75.4 AD - Enemy champion with 0 Armor and 0 Magic resist.
Rank 5 will deal: 260 Magic damage + (1.0 x 40AP) and (1.0 x 75.4AD)
= 300 Magic damage and 75.4 Attack damage for a total of 375.4 combined damage.
Rank 5 will deal: 60 Magic damage + (0.4 x 40AP) and (0.4 x 75.4AD)
= 76 extra Magic damage and 30.16 extra Attack damage per auto attack for a total of 181.56 combined damage including the damage from one auto attack which is 75.4 in this case.

will take 2.07 (3) auto attacks to measure up to 1 at Rank 5.

Level 7 Kayle with 100 AP and 69.8 AD - Enemy champion with 0 Armor and 0 Magic resist.
Rank 4 will deal: 210 Magic damage + (1.0 x 100AP) and (1.0 x 69.8AD)
= 310 Magic damage and 69.8 Attack damage for a total of 379.8 combined damage.
Rank 4 will deal: 50 Magic damage + (0.4 x 100AP) and (0.35 x 69.8AD)
= 90 extra Magic damage and 24.43 extra Attack damage per auto attack for a total of 114.43 combined damage including the damage from one auto attack which is 69.8 in this case.

will take 3.32 (4) auto attacks to measure up to 1 at Rank 4.

And this ^ is the state at which is better than . Assuming one has 100 Ability power by Level 7. (possibly with their Runes equaling about 25 extra AP, 1 , and )
You will have to take into account how much the 35-55% slow is worth on , I wouldn't know how to calculate that, but it would increase the value of maxing by an OK amount. More or less, your better option is to max due to the fact that you will be getting more from it than from maxing . And also due to the fact that 's base stats are enough to fight with effectively. I would suggest that you max when you are against a champion that gets hurt by pushing the lane and has a hard time farming under their tower effectively (, , )

Back to the Table of Contents

1

E

2

Q

3

W

4

E

5

E

6

R

7

E

8

Q

9

E

10

Q

11

R

12

Q

13

E

14

W

15

W

16

R

17

W

18

W

The reason I have decided to max over is simply because ranking up gives you more power than the next ranks from . It also gives you more bullying power as it provides so much more burst and you can follow it up with a few auto attacks with its extra slowing power. I then start to level which will put more damage on your auto attacks. And lastly we take our points into as it is the weakest of 's kit, but still, every ability synergises with each other in 's kit. Not sure how to describe it, but 's skillset makes so much sense.

Thanks to Lawlmenade and Vynertje for showing me the light

Back to the Table of Contents

Starting Items
I have started with and 2 s 100% of the games that I have played as so far. I haven't been up against a bad matchup yet and I have never need to start but I know that it is a good start against an unfavorable matchup. allows you to stay at full mana if you only use in lane, and last hit all 6 minions in the wave by the and of .

Core Items
These four items are 's core build. It provides a great deal of ability power, enough attack speed, and an amount of cooldown reduction that will allow to use consistently with only a 2 second off time. Once you get the game should be over, like how it's been in all of my games as so far, and is the item you go for if you are doing good. Take an early to substitute your if your enemies start to stack magic resist.

Defensive Items
You can choose if there is a champion with a devastating stun such as or someone with a lot of poke such as . Take as your last item if you really need it, which I usually never do, due to the fact that already gives you 3 seconds of invulnerability. Take if the game is lasting longer than 40-50 minutes and your teamfights are very even. Pick up as your last item if their is an enemy (or other AA based champions) that is out of control.

Other Offensive Choices
is a fun item to get right after as you will be able to 2 shot the squishy champions on the enemy team such as the ADC/SUP/MID. And when I say 2 shot, I mean 2 shot. You can already almost 3-4 shot anyone with and alone so with you are just maximizing your already ubnoxius power. will maximize your damage if your enemies decide to build magic resist, and it also gives you a good amount of AP for such a low cost item, and is a very good choice on any AP carry.

Back to the Table of Contents

's laning phase has to be one of the strongest laning phases in the game, hands down. She is a strong lane bully with her / combo, and she has a small, but good, amount of sustain with her . As your job is to make your opponents feel very fragile in lane. Note, that while your harass is strong you shouldn't waste your mana too often or else the enemy jungler might come and it will be hard to escape without 's speed boost and 's slow.

Once you put about 3 points into you can kill the enemy caster minions with 3 auto attacks, by auto attacking each one of them once. One of 's strongest attributes is her abilities to push. When you see the enemy jungle in another lane or by a ward that you have placed (somewhere not near your lane) then go ahead and start pushing and harassing your opponent, making it possibly harder for your enemy to farm by shoving them underneath their tower. has a medium cast time (meaning the time it takes to come out of 's sword to when it hits the enemy and applies the slow) so even when your enemy is under their tower, you can harass them with and not take a tower shot in return, and you can even throw in an auto attack if you are skilled enough at timing the tower shots to where it glitches and doesn't shoot you.

Diving as is extremely easy as well. Using in lane can reward you very much. If you enemy is under their tower and low enough health to where you know you can burst them down, then run underneath that tower, slow them down with , then use right before the first tower shot, and start bashing away at their face. Once they are dead and times out, use to escape from any other tower shots.

Back to the Table of Contents

When team-fighting, 's job is to deal out consistent damage to high priority targets. If you can, you want to have your team fights in the jungle, as can utilize her 's AOE, hitting more enemies at once is always your best option to win a teamfight.

Your second job in teamfights, as is to use on the most deserving teammate in your group. If your ADC has gotten caught out, then obviously you will use on him to possibly save him or turn a fight. Another option is to use on your tank so that he absorbs all of the damage that the enemy will be dealing. They will be frightened by any sudden engage and immediately attack their first possible target

Back to the Table of Contents

synergies with champions that can either CC lock multiple targets at once (preferable in a circle) such as or so that will be able to use the AOE from to deal damage to multiple targets. She also synergises very well with as she can use her along with on the smae target to form that target into an invulnerable XD.
also synergises incredibly well with champions with a constant slow such as and so she can easily land her auto attacks without having to chase for a long period of time.

Back to the Table of Contents

Surprisingly enough, there aren't too many champions that can truly counter , but the few of them are : As he can simply jump onto to close his gap to auto attack her, he can slow her down and his attack speed will usually always out scale 's damage along with his passive which is a very annoying ability to deal with in 1v1's as it could determine who wins the fight. : He can jump onto you and stun you for him to deal the rest of his combo, he can do that a couple of times and simply go in for a kill, his passive can block an auto attack of damage which could also determine who wins a fight and he can poke you with his spear. : She can be a pain, but all you have to do is fight her when her stun charge is at 1 or 0 so that she can't stop your damage, and try to flash out of at all cost especially if has as she will easily be able to burst you before you can activate to save yourself.

The items that counter consist of which can mitigate 's burst with it's passive, quick silver sash which will be able to defend you from some of 's burst and will allow you to escape from the deadly slow that is the . Another option is to buy tenacity items such as or (not really sure why you would by ancient golem in mid lane, but from a jungler's perspective you will want to buy it if the enemy team has a )

Back to the Table of Contents

Well this concludes my guide to , I hope you learned a great deal of my 'little' knowledge that I have of her :P. Please give this guide a +1 rating if you did learn from it and make sure to point out any mistakes that I have made or points that must be brought to discussion and I will put it in a new section at the bottom of the guide. I also created this guide just before the time that the guide creating contest closes! Pray for the win!

This guide format is emphasized by GrandmasterD's format, I made it completely myself from scratch simply by looking at one of his guides side by side and trying to be as precise as I possibly could. I have gotten his confirmation for publishment and I salute him for being an awesome person.

Lots of love and have fun,
Ubnoxius

Back to the Table of Contents

1.21.2014 // Published Guide
1.21.2014 // Fixed a problem with the divider images
1.21.2014 // Added Flag Counter for the lolz
1.22.2014 // Added these beautiful image chapter banners to replace the text ones & made the ToC a different color
1.23.2014 // Added a reason to max first and a reason to max first
1.23.2014 // Added a math section on weather to max Q or E first
1.24.1024 // Made your ability to max
2.01.2014 // Changed color scheme, added banners to replace the typing banners, changed dividers

Ubnoxius Kayle Guide

Cast Your Vote Today!

Vote Vote

Kayle: New Broken Wings

Kayle: New Broken Wings

Recommended Items

Spells:

Flash

Ignite

Items

Ability Order

Divine Ascent (PASSIVE)

Radiant Blast (Q)

Celestial Blessing (W)

Starfire Spellblade (E)

Divine Judgment (R)

Starting Items

Core Build

Boots

Offensive Options

Defensive Options

Synergies & Counters

Kayle is good against:

Kayle is weak against:

Kayle is good with:

Summoner Spells

+

or

Runes

Masteries

Warning: Giant wall of math incoming!

League of Legends Champions: