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Kayle - Vengeful Angel

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Spells:

Ignite

Flash

Ability Order

Kayle Passive Ability

Changelog

09 April 2012: Added more stuff, such as the champion spotlight video.

03 April 2012: Changed items, built in a early game phage.

01 April 2012: Changed items for more sustainability. Lore went upside down. Happy April's fool guys!

31 March 2012: Changed masteries from 30/0/0 to a 21/9/0 build, and changed the corresponding sections to that (Masteries).

Introduction

This is my first guide on MOBAFIRE, I hope you enjoy it!

Recently, I have put my eyes on , and found that she is one of the most interesting champions to play with. With only 450 IP (No, don’t bother using RP, use it for her awesome skins), she is a very strong champion to play with.

is a great farmer due to her , and can stay in lane a little longer due to her . She is a great harasser using your and combo. Her passive is great for 1v1 duels. Not mentioned her ultimate – can save your teammate’s *** out of a fight, and change the tides of a teamfight if you use it well.

My build is offensive. Its main target is to rip down enemy champions, turrets and push minion waves. It is build for sustainability in lane and farming for early game. After you get your you should start doing extremely high damage to enemy champions, and start getting some kills. At the point you get , you will be able to rip down tanks in seconds.

Please read my whole guide before rating up or down. It will be nice if you give me a comment if you’re voting, giving me advice on my item build or how the guide looks.

Champion Spotlight

Lore

In a world far away where an ancient war still rages, Kayle was a great hero - the strongest of an immortal race committed to destroying evil wherever it could be found. For ten thousand years, Kayle fought tirelessly for her people, wielding her flaming sword forged before time itself. She shielded her delicate features beneath her enchanted armor, the sole remaining masterpiece of an extinct race of craftsmen. Though a beautiful, striking creature, Kayle, now as then, avoids showing her face; war has taken a terrible toll upon her spirit. In her quest for victory, she sometimes would try to lift the wicked up from their morass of evil, but more than often she instead purged those she herself deemed beyond redemption. To Kayle, justice can so often be an ugly thing.

Ten years ago, Kayle's war against evil was nearly won... until her rebellious sister Morgana, a pariah amongst their people, suddenly gained powerful new allies: magicians of a hitherto unknown world called Runeterra. Morgana traded servitude to a number of the summoners in Runeterra's League of Legends for powerful new abilities that, if mastered, threatened to bring Kayle and her people to their knees. To save her world, Kayle had no choice but to make a pact with the League herself. She approached the leader of the League, High Counselor Reginald Ashram, with a deal of her own. In exchange for a thousand years of Kayle's service, Ashram halted all League interference on Kayle's world. With Ashram's disappearance five years ago, Kayle has new causes on Valoran: find out who or what caused Ashram to disappear, defeat her sister Morgana upon the Fields of Justice, and bring her own brand of justice to the League of Legends.

"In the League of Legends, Justice comes on swift wings."

"You call justice pushing people off cliffs? I'm sure not, Kayle."

Pros / Cons

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Pros

+ Great damage output
+ Good early game sustainability
+ Great at farming
+ Godlike ultimate
+ Heals
+ Ranged, splash attack

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Cons

- Low mana pool
- Squishy
- Need to play defensive
- Shut down by CC
- Little CC (only slow)
- Slow early game

Masteries

, or .
and because I use both AP and AD.
gives you early game sustain. I didn't take , because it only gives you at max 6 health in level 1, and you don't need the 6 health early game.

Actually, I'm quite sure everything else is quite self explanatory, so I won't mention it.

Rune

Main rune choices

Greater Mark of Magic Penetration: More magic penetration, more Righteous Fury damage. Not much to say, is there?
Greater Seal of Armor: Kayle is squishy, especially until you get your situational items. These flat armor runes can help you survive some damage you take from those ranged AD champions like Caitlyn and junglers like Shaco
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: The same as above, but for those AP champions like Lux and LeBlanc
Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed: More movement speed, greater mobility. Enough said.

This is just what I prefer, and you should be changing this for how you play.

Alternative rune choices

Greater Mark of Attack Speed: If you like to just use your Righteous Fury and auto attack, then it fits you. But I prefer to last hit early game, and would have enough attack speed late game. It's your choice, really.
greater seal of replenishment: If you tend to spam your abilities or lose your mana quickly, get these. You don't want to go back to base for healing your mana, you need the exp and farm badly.
Greater Glyph of Scaling Cooldown Reduction: CDR is always nice, especially late game where you want to constantly use Reckoning, Divine Blessing and Righteous Fury.
greater glyph of knowledge: again, if you spam your abilities a lot, this is right for you. You will miss out the nice MR you get from the Greater Glyph of Magic Resist though.
Greater Quintessence of Attack Speed: More attack speed, more DPS. Enough said.
Greater Quintessence of Ability Power: Most of you would have this is you use an AP champion. It also works on Kayle too, don't worry.

Viable Summoner Spells

Viable summoner spells

Surge
increase attack speed by 35% and AP
No one knows how awesome this spell is. This boost can surprise your enemy early game, and rip tanks more quickly late game. Probably the best spell you can find for any AP . In fact, we'll be using it for our build, because the extra AP won't go to waste, and we need the attack speed.

Flash
Moves your champion to cursor location
Nothing much to tell you, everyone gets this as a escape spell. I prefer to not use this as a chase, always keep it for escape. is viable too.

Ignite
Deals true damage and reduce healing for 5 seconds
great for finishing off low health enemies. may be a good choice too.

Cleanse
Removes CC and lowers duration of incoming ones for 3 seconds
Due to the fact is easily shut down by CC, this is a viable summoner spell.

Ability Sequence

> > >

We max first, because it your main damage and farm technique.

We take at level 4, because that's when you should start harassing/killing enemies with your > combo. We max it second.

We max last, because you don't need it for your heal-your role is not a support in this build. But we do take at level 2, for sustainable laning and a speed buff for chasing/escaping enemies.

Take whenever you can, cause its a ultimate (maybe you might not want to get it until level 16,17,18. It's great to challenge your self, you know). It's main priority, and you use this to save your teammates ***, or yours. Use this until you're quite low on health when in a 1v1, and can surprise your enemy and kill them, use it to turret dive for a kill, or use it when that ******** is channeling his . We all hate . He should be by .

Ability Explanation

Ability explanation

Holy Fervor: This ability allows you to win nearly every 1v1 easily, because of your high attack speed and damage.

Reckoning: This is your only CC, and it's always good to throw at an running enemy.

You're going to want to max out before and after .

Tips and Tricks

Early game, use this, then Divine Blessing and Righteous Fury to shred their life away. You'll be amazed to see how quick they go down.
Always throw this at a enemy champion before attacking them.
Stating the obvious, don't use this on Master Yi and Olaf. Also, feel free to curse the users.

Divine Blessing: It heals an allied champion, and gives them a speed buff. Fair enough, and one of the abilities what makes Kayle and support.

You're going to want to max out last. The only reason you will use this is for the speed buff, and you wouldn't be having any problem with catching up to your enemies if you used your .

Tips and Tricks

Use this with your Righteous Fury to keep up with your enemies to shred their life.
Kinda obvious, but if you see anyone chasing (who is in front of you/faster then you), use it on him to give him a speed buff. It's good enough to get an secure assist rather then a unsecured kill, you know.
This keeps you alive in lane, but don't spam this early game. You will lose your mana, and I WILL REPEAT THIS. You will lose your mana.

Righteous Fury: Your bread and butter ability. You will gain an attack range of 125+400 (Same as , , , , etc.) Also, your attacks splash - Great for minion farming and harassing enemy champions hiding behind minions.

You're going to want to max out before and , as this is your main ability to harass, kill, farm and destroy.

Tips and Tricks

Even though its for farming, don't spam this ability early game. Always last hit with this early game. Once your attack speed starts increasing, you might want to auto hit the minions, because it would be way faster.
Always attack enemy champions close to other enemy champions. Because Righteous Fury splashes, it is important to maximize damage by attacking more clustered enemies.
If your enemy champion is hiding behind a minion early game, try hitting the minion in front with Righteous Fury. You should be able to harass without taking any damage.

Intervention: What makes a support, and what makes her OP. 3 seconds, is a lot. Don't underestimate this ability, it can change the difference of getting a ace, or being aced.

You're going to want to take intevention whenever you can, because it your ultimate (unless you're trolling, that's a different matter)

Tips and Tricks

If you are on a 1v1, use this right before you die (if you do get close to dying, or you know you're gonna die if the fight continues) to surprise them, and kill them. Just run away with Divine Blessing after that.
Do not use this on a tank. There's no point. Of course, if that tank can get a pentakill...that's a different matter. Use it on your teammate who can deal the most damage (which would most likely be you).
If you are getting focused down in team fights first (and you will be) use your Surge and Intervention, turn on Righteous Fury and Divine Blessing, hit for about 2-3 seconds, then run. You should have either died (if you failed) or got 5 assists by 10 seconds.

Farming

You will need to be last hitting with kayle early game, as you need to build up to your as quick as you can. If you haven't noticed, never try to farm without , you will get harassed quite a lot. If your attack speed is high enough, you should be farming very quickly with your .

Getting blue buff at around level 8+ is very important, because you will lose mana really quickly early game, until you have your situational item. Red buff is not necessary, but if you should take it if your team does not have a jungler. Your applies your red buff, and your other on hit effects.

Items

Starting items

These starting items do not change no matter what. You need the extra speed to dodge those skill shots, and to do more damage with your against running enemies. The three health potions keep you healthy, but you can replace these with mana potions if you are sure you will use your mana quickly.

First return to base

If you can't afford to purchase the , buy two daggers. The daggers you will buy here will build up to a , which would build to your . would build into your , which would be your first core item. 's passive is great for killing enemies early game with your , which provides you attack speed for the passive to take place.

Boots

Now, which boots to choose from. It's quite simple, it works like this.

Mercury's Treads if they have 3 or more champs with CC (which is mostly the case)
Berserker's Greaves if they have none/little CC.
Boots of Swiftness if they have 2 or more mobile champions and none/little CC, such as Rammus, Master Yi, Twitch or Katarina

Wit's end, and building core items

You should get as soon as possible. Get it if you can, especially when a teamfight has just ended. You need your to start killing champions. Your would provide you decent HP for extra survivability, and would build onto later on. increases your attack speed, which you need for your passive. The 10% cooldown reduction is nice too. It will later build on to a

Core items

gives you greatly increased attack speed and ability power. The mana regeneration is quite good, especially if you have a jungler in your team and can't take blue. The 25% cooldown reduction is very big. Don't underestimate this.

Let's talk about . This is just a scary item overall - look at , and now look at this bad a** item. You can see that you would be making every single enemy champion naked. They won't have any armor or magic resistance. It means your team (and you) can easily shred them like...melted butter. is overall a great item to get on , and it is the same for this build. It moderately benefits all stats on . A , and a built into one item, enough said. are for ripping down the tanks, and gives you a boost in ripping down . But still, we all hate and his . Also, while building this item, you get your . This helps you kill baron and dragon faster (which usually is killed late game).

Situational items

Offensive items

(Replace: Nashor's tooth) It is a great item to boost your attack speed for your , and . Extra critical strike chance is juicy, but what which really makes this item good is the movement boost.

(Replace: Wit's end) this is one of the best early game items you can get for , due to not only it's ability power and attack speed buff, but it's passive. with would take down enemies really fast, and because you will be able to land about 10 hits if you use your and combo, you should be dealing quite a lot of damage, and would be easily picking up kills from squishy targets like or . I take over , to activate my passive, and for the extra MR. Take only when your enemy team has only 1 or none AP champions, and you don't have enough money to build your .

(Replace: The black cleaver) Known as the best item for . But surprisingly, I'm leaving it out of my build. Why? Because we have enough attack speed, and the armor reduction gives you is way, way better then this item. Sure, it's cheap, and it's a good item for early game. But I find other items better, such as and early game. It's your choice, but I won't get this unless you're not getting a few kills early game. If that's the case, don't use this build, you need to be more skilled using before. Sure, she's a hard champion to use, take your time!

Defensive items

(replace: Trinity force) is a great item on . The active and the passive is both great, reducing their damage output. You can stay in team fights longer. Use your active during , because you want to minimize their damage output in team fights. Remember to move this into a comfortable slot so you can use it easily. Get instead of when picking this item.

(replace: Trinity force) Health and a great passive. It makes your tanky while giving you more slow. (with ) is inescapable. You still have the early game when using this, so it's really nice to substitute. I use this when I feel like it, and when I feel enemies escape me often.

(replace: Trinity force) Blocks one ability every 45 seconds. Great item for enemies who are ability dependent. I won't get this alot, but I do when they have . No I'm not going to repeat that we all hate . Well I just did, anyways.

Gameplay

is very easy to play with if you don't fail early game. She should use active farming as much as possible early game, and farm with on. She should pick up kills on champions who were harassed by your team mates, by using her equation - > + > Auto hit = kill. If you do get a kill, continue farming. FARM, FARM, FARM, I CANNOT SAY ANY MORE, JUST FARM EARLY GAME.

Early game: Farm, farm, farm.
Mid game: Start picking up kills and blue+red buff.
Late game: God mode. You shouldn't be running into the middle of a team fight though, you will die.

Early game (Lvl 1-8

in this guide is really weak early game, so you need to stay behind your tank. It would be nice to have a tank as a lane partner, but certainly not a CARRY or a SUPPORT. They won't fit you. Mages are a decent pick, but they would usually go mid.

What to do:

Farm with your . Use active last hitting.
Never overextend your lane. It would be better if you let them overextend it. Kayle is not good at this, but try your best. Farm with normal attacks if you are confident to dodge skill shots.
Call your ******** mias. I hate people who don't, trust me. I don't like feeding.
If you have 75 gold to spend on, buy sight ward. It is not a waste to buy a Vision Ward if you have Twitch or Akali in your lane.

Mid game (Lvl 9-14)

You should have built up to by mid game. You should have 3 or more kills now, and should be the most fed in your team. You should start to be able to take on champions and initiating ganks, as well as farming consistently with you .

What you should be doing:

Farming consistently
Ganking enemies
Teamfights
Blue golem, Red lizard and Dragon. These are important to get.
Warding (unless there is a full support in your team) as you should have the most money in your team.
Destroying towers. Be careful for ganks when doing this, you don't want to lose your killing spree.
NEVER WALK ALONE UNLESS YOU ARE 100% SURE IT'S SAFE. YOU ARE SQUISHY.

That's about it. I'll teach you how to use your skills now.

General combo

> > >

Slow with , use and to keep auto attacking them, and use whenever it's up.

Ganking

> > >

It's the same as general combo, but use your onto your teammate who can use CC to stop them. It shouldn't be hard to kill them, unless they are quite tanky.

Late game (Lvl 15-18)

You should be dominating by now. If you are not yet doing so, you should be doing now. After getting your situational defensive item/, you should be easily ripping down enemies. Be careful, you are not a tank, and you should be close to a tank. Roaming alone is very dangerous.

What you should do:

Kill enemy champions
Get baron
Finishing off your build
Pushing towers

You should also know who you should be focusing first in a team fight, because your team would be very dependent on this.

The carry - They deal the most damage, so you should shut them down as quickly as possible.
The jungler - They have CC, which can shut you down. You should kill these after using your Intervention. 3 seconds would be enough to kill and Udyr.
The support - They are a threat. It should take less then 2 seconds flat to take this one down - Prioritize this first if the enemy was Soraka, Alistar or Zilean
The tanks - They provide the least threat
Everything else

Full burst combo and in Teamfights

> > > > >

When fighting one on one or going into a teamfight, use your to kick in it's extra damage (remember to use this on the top priority enemy, shown above) turn on your and on, and start hitting the enemy in the middle of where all the enemy champions are to maximize the damage dealt from the splash by . If you are around half life, use your and . Be sure you can run out and live, dying is not worth it. out if you need it.

If you don't have , be more defensive - you wouldn't be killing your enemy before you run out of , and you would die. Not the best idea.

Summary

is a great champion to play with, especially for the new people. I wish you have enjoyed my guide on my offensive , and hope you comment and give me a vote! Sorry to repeat this again, but please read my whole guide before rating up or down. I'm not a marvelous player, and I'm still training to play ranked games, so I would like comments on how to improve my build for fighting against the stronger, pro dudes. Thank you very much for reading the whole guide.

"Into the fray!"

By: moumoon

Credits

Credits goes to jhoijhoi for making such an awesome banner in the introduction section!

Thanks to jhoijhoi for the cute line separators she shared, and her guide on making a guide (Sounds awkward) which allowed me to make such an awesome, professional looking guide!

-By moumoon