Kayle rework concept

Housemaster1·12/4/2015, 4:37:43 PM·1 votes·649 views

Remember, this post is opinionated and is formed out of my own opinion, so i don't have to add 'i think that...' before every sentence.

While Kayle is fun to play now and then, compared to an overwhelming majority of newer champions released, she is quite dull and not as mechanically interesting. In this post i'll give some input on what I think would be good for her as a rework, and why. Kayle does have one interesting mechanic, which is the ability to switch between Melee and Ranged, however, I think the execution of this mechanic isn't as good as it could be. I'm going to make Kayle into a marksman/assassin hybrid. I won't cover everything like base stats, AD/HP/MANA etc per level, ability cooldowns, scalings and balancing, etc. Just the basic theme and ability concepts.

It would be really cool if Kayle could have two modes like Jayce, where one mode is her going melee mode with her sword, and one where she is ranged and either;

A. Shoots light beams from her sword (projectiles that can be blocked by Braum or Yasuo) B. Instead of having the current 'fire/burn' animation, smites the target with a golden lighning bolt from the heavens. (fits thematically with Kayle as a champion)

I'd like to keep her basic attack range relatively low, so she doesn't become too much of a threat in lane without having to put effort in with her ranged form, but simply focuses on getting by lane phase by farming and creating openings for her melee assassination mode by being successful with hitting her ranged skillshots in lane on her opponents.

I'm gonna get on with my Ability suggestions now :)

  • Passive: Judgement Ranged: Kayle's basic attacks reduce target's armor and magic resist by 4%, stacking up to 5 times. Melee: Kayle's AP, AD, Attack Speed are increased by 1% x Champion Level. The attack speed bonus is doubled to 2% per level.

  • Q: Ranged: Reckoning Bursty Line skillshot that deals about 20% more damage than Kayle's current Q to compensate for the fact that it is a skillshot and harder to land.. Has slightly more range and passes through units,, damage falling off by 20% for each unit passed through, down to 0%. (You can only do damage to 5 units, the first one dealing 100% damage.) 1 second channel time. Melee: Holy Flight Kayle dashes in a line spreading her wings, stopping at and dealing damage to first enemy struck with her sword.

  • W: Ranged: Lightbringer Kayle hurls a light ray from her sword in a line, damaging enemy champions it passes through. Can damage minions, but not pass through them to hit more targets. Line skillshot with low cooldown scaling on attack speed. Used as primary harrass tool in lane. 10% slow on hit. Melee: Repent Kayle strikes her opponent twice, 120% basic attack damage on the first strike and 60% on the second, applying on hit effects on both and slowing the enemy.

  • E: Ranged: Hope Kayle switches into Melee form, readying for close combat and gaining new abilities Melee: Demise Kayle switched into Ranged form, readying for ranged combat and gaining new abilities.

  • R: Ranged: Judgement Day Kayle can target an enemy champion within 600 unit radius, she then channels for 1.5 seconds and immediately stuns the target for the same duration as the channel duration and stealing a 10% of their max health in magic damage. Melee: Final Heaven Kayle cuts through her opponent dealing damage 2/3/4 times depending on ult rank. Works like Fioras old Ulti, except doesn't apply on hit effects and doesn't make her untargetable, just makes her teleport and reappear in different places close around her target while striking. Ult range is very short, so you have to be very close to use it. Can be comboed with her melee form Q dash.

So what did you guys think of my take on Kayle? I thought it would be cool if we could turn her into a half marksman half assassin that doesn't switch form with her ulti, but does it with her E instead, giving her two possible ultimate abilities to use. Please leave feedback and what you think is good/great or bad/awful about my ideas.

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