New Kayle's Abilities (Theorycrafting)

Chalze··4 votes·2,836 views

I've watched the teaser a few times and it seems, if I were to try put together the 'general idea' of her 4 new abilities as well as passive, here would be my go.

Passive - Something to do with that transformation, not entirely sure since it could be anything. Perhaps by level? Perhaps by dealing enough damage to champions? Perhaps by stacking enough AP or Attack Speed?

Ability 1 - It's obviously a certain self-buff at first, as she raises her sword she seems to gain movement speed for a short time, and at the end of it or perhaps if you want to do so early, you can "detonate" the buff, dealing damage and slowing all hit in that sharp hitbox. So this is like her current Divine Blessing, minus the healing and adding a tad more damage.

Ability 2 - She shoots out a homing projectile, dealing AoE damage and slowing all targets hit by the AoE (she does it to Leona and Diana). This would probably be her Reckoning but just straight buffed by being AoE.

Ability 3 - Her autoattacks, instead of being ranged and circular now kinda works in AoE waves, similar to Titanic Hydra or Graves' autoattacks. My theory would be that the wave-travel animation can be dodged, since if you look at her duel with Lucian, one of the waves were sent out before he moved, and when he moved the wave still travelled towards the direction he was in before he moved and the autoattack was casted. So in a sense the AoE is "dodgeable" (or at least it would seem).

Ultimate - Now again, this is just a theory, but something tells me that it works similar to Riven's ultimate, when you use it first, you gain a second sword which kinda suggests double attack speed for a certain duration of time. While this double sword thing is active, she's able to use what I shall, not confidently at all, name "An Eye For An Eye". Way back in Alpha she had an ability (perhaps ultimate) named that, that would redirect damage done to her for a short time onto others in an AoE. What she does to Lucian's Culling does kinda look like that. That'd be a realistic idea for "justice" by literally storing the damage dealt to her and dealing it back. Not sure whether it grants damage immunity though.

I specifically named them "Ability 1, 2 and 3" since again, any of those basic abilities could be interchangeable in terms of key bindings. I'd assume her AoE autoattacks would be on her E since that's where her current AoE autoattacks are but again, we won't know for sure until their gameplay reveal is released. This is just a theory from watching the teasers so no promises on anything at all; I just finished a massive exam today and thought I'd wind down by using my brain for something I actually like: a.k.a League of Legends.

What do you guys think?

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3 Comments

Iron Phantom1 votes

Some of these theories are interesting, specially ability 3 with her auto attacks, I'm looking forward to her complete kit reveal.

Saianna1 votes

her passive is most likely zealot thing. Something fury stat like. her 1 is nothing more than skillshot of what her Q does her 3 most likely is based on number of attacks (3), than active time as she has right now, cause otherwise she'd have far too strong clears. her ultimate is more like her old one and if someone attacks her in meantime of the shield, then the second part of ultimate activates = aoe damage.

I can't think of her 2nd ability. Most likely some support buff. A heal, but not sure exactly.

fire2631 votes

I could possibly be wrong, but I feel like her E (or ability 3) is something that you activate to get that AOE wave damage, and her passive is what actually increases her auto attack range. If you notice in the video, her first few forms don't have any ranged autos, and she only gets them when she transforms which I feel is linked to her passive, which means her passive most likely ties with that ranged increase. Her E makes her autos do that AOE cone damage, and I think it is just an auto amplifier for a while that gives her a somewhat built-in Tiamat. The transformation itself probably occurs when she reaches a certain level, as Riot did say they want her to be a lategame ranged carry and early game melee champion. As for Q, I agree it is most likely her current Q but with a little aoe that slows, and I agree with what you said with ultimate. As for her W or ability 2, I really couldn't tell what it was, it does seem to give movement speed but that's about as much as I could figure out. I also thought that her E might change depending on what form she is in, and during the first form it makes her do a little stabbing thing and her sword glows (as that was an ability shown in trailer that only happened in first form). I'm just guessing here, and I believe we will be finding out later today.

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