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Spells:
Exhaust
Garrison
Ability Order
Divine Ascent (PASSIVE)
Kayle Passive Ability
Introduction
Stacking AP -- Absolutely Horrible because AP doesn't significantly benefit





Pure AS / On-Hit-- This is a little bit better, but many people make the mistake of doing item builds similar to SR.

The most viable build for the current Dominion metagame is a hybrid AS + AD / On-Hit Build.
Enough AS will give you the ability to push minion waves incredibly fast, and the AD/On-Hit will give you the killing power against almost every enemy champion in a 1v1 fight.
Changelog:
10/26/11 - Updated item build slightly, taking comments into suggestion.
11/2/11 - Added a few comments on item build, fixed a few typos.
11/7/11 - Changed masteries and summoner spells slightly to favor exhaust over promote. Updated runes slightly.
11/15/11 - Changed masteries to reflect revamped masteries for S2.
11/21/11 - Added in a little bit more in the Farming/Laning section. Also added some comments on AD vs AS in the intro. Also added Surge to 2nd tier summoner spells.
12/25/11 - Added in a very minor comment on Kitae vs Cleaver. +1 on Ionic Spark due to buff, but obviously take the anti-champ items when needed. Updated runes slightly.
12/26/11 - Updated with new runes again -- recommend greater quints of destruction (Armor Pen / Magic Pen) + Move Speed
1/17/11 - Updated for new patch (and removal of anti-Jax items). Mobafire still hasn't added the new runes into their database.
Reds:
Attack Speed x9 or Armor Pen x9

Attack Speed helps your early game in farming, while Armor Pen gives you the edge late game.
Yellows:
Armor per Level x9 or Armor (flat) x9
Greater Seal of Defense favors mid-late game
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Survivability is key against the current metagame of physical heavy characters. I've also tried mixing these and have gotten good results.
Blues:
Cooldown Reduction (Flat) x9

This cooldown reduction gets your

Quints:
Armor Pen, Attack Speed, Armor Pen/Magic Pen, Move Speed, Revival

I've been experimenting a bit more and one, maybe two move speed quints helps her mobility issues in Dominion combined with the combo armor pen/magic pen quints (or revival, your choice).
Also, revival quints are pretty OP in Dominion, it really lets you get back to your lane super fast after dying (which especially helps in early game).
This build does not emphasize crit, as Kayle can't afford to build crit items without sacrificing attack speed. You want to get your attack speed up to about 2.0 as soon as possible to be effective in farming/pushing bottom and to maximize damage output during your ult.
Top Tier:



Second Tier:





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Items #1 & #2: Core Starting Items:


These two should be your first two items -- Stinger is a great starting item with CDR and AS. The CDR on Stinger will get your E close to being perma-up, and the attack speed greatly helps your pushing power. Nashor's Tooth is terrible for Kayle in dominion, but Stinger is nice, cheap and gets you off the ground quickly.
I've tried a number of different starting items and builds on Kayle -- Berserker's Greaves gets you off the ground as quickly as possible after building your Stinger.
Boots work well as a second item because you'll be taking the bottom lane rather than rushing to the top.
Stinger is even better now that they reduced the cost on it.
Item #3: Choice -- Build more Attack Speed:
These items are cheap and supply good early game power -- they go a long way towards getting fed early.

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Item #4: On Hit / AD:

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At this point you should be close to 2.0 Attack Speed and should have pretty good sustained DPS -- this is usually the point where I go from being able to 1v1 most champs to being able to dominate.
Item #5: Slow / AD:

Item #6: Choice -- Final Damage Item:

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Your choice -- more damage or leech.
Final Upgrade: If you have excess gold and the game hasn't ended yet (very unlikely)

A Few Comments on Item Build:
If you go for the recommended items on my build, you'll actually become pretty tanky between Ionic Spark and Entropy.
I also have built Entropy before my choice AS item in some games, and it works for certain situations. Play and experiment with the item order and use what fits you well.
I've also had games where I've faced Akali AND Jax and in those situations I usually build in the following order:








Other Useful Items

I still can't work this well into my builds without gimping myself pretty badly early game, but it really allows you to cut out an extra AS item and go for more damage earlier.
Terrible Items





Farming / Laning
You're well suited to take the bottom lane -- you have incredible pushing power and your fights are more 1v1 and 1v2 fights.
The extra farm from the creep kills will get you gold faster than team fights and capturing points.
The constant pushing pressure you put on bottom tower will force enemy champions to leave the top/sides and come to the bottom to defend their capture point, which opens up the rest of your team to take top. You can take 1v2 fights pretty well with exhaust and/or garrison (although facing a hard CC makes it a little bit more difficult).
You are slow with this build, however unless you really need to rush to a control point for defense, it doesn't impact you that much. I usually end up pushing minion waves to capture a control point, and it usually flips faster than actually rushing to the point and capturing ahead of minions. If you have major speed issues, you may want to take 3x Move Speed quints instead of Armor Penetration.
Use your invulnerability bubble wisely -- you'll get to use it once every two fights/deaths or so. When used right, it's typically an "i win" button for a 1v1 (and sometimes a 1v2 fight). I usually time this right as an opponent champ starts their killing combo.
Usually after 1v1 and 1v2 fights, you're going to end up very low on health -- (ab)use the health boxes scattered throughout the map to your advantage.
Fighting Combos:




The biggest thing is to stand your ground in a fight -- You can go toe to toe with Yi, Jax, and a number of the other hard physical carries.
The champs that you have the hardest time with are the champs that run massive life leech // or have long attack speed debuffs -- AS/AD Sion, Nasus, TankWick etc.
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