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Kayle feels pretty absurd right now, I've been spamming her and I can't find a weakness.

Magikrap·10/21/2019, 2:26:15 PM·1 votes·1,441 views

Just fyi this isn't my main account. I've been trying to main Shen for a bit now but what frustrates me about him are the annoying matchups. Darius, Morde, Fiora, Neeko, Gnar, Garen, Vlad every game. Shen doesn't scale poorly but he doesn't scale well enough to make it ok to have a bad early game.

Kayle doesn't seem to have any terrible matchups. Tryndamere and Jax can be scary but they are both very winnable skill matchups. I also noticed that even if I int early game there's basically no consequences, klepto is a bs rune and once you hit level 11 you turn into a farming machine. Your e execute + cou de grace also makes it very easy to ks and scale even faster.

Basically what I'm saying, for a lategame champion she has a VERY strong early game. She completely crushes actual early game based champs like Garen Morde and Darius and just uses them to free farm klepto. If you ever fall behind you just farm like mad with your aoe and use your execute to ks shutdown kills.

I've spammed like 50 games of Kayle on my main and so far it seems like the only reason I ever lose is either botlane ints too hard (ironically why I started maining Shen) or our team comp just lacks frontline. I always outperform and outfarm my top lane opponent 100% of the time though. It seems like the Kayle re-rework has brought Kayle full circle to her early season 4 days as a lanebully hypercarry.

13 Comments

DuskDaUmbreon10/21/2019, 2:28:48 PM1 votes

She is doing pretty well right now.

I believe that last bit is the primary weakness, though. You have no frontline from the lane that is generally supposed to be frontline, which, of course, means you tend to have no frontline at all. It's one of the (many) reasons that ADC tops are universally garbage.

ThisName1sDumb10/21/2019, 2:29:35 PM1 votes

Yeah Kayle is very strong. That being said, I don't think I've seen a single one this patch. Probably because I've been banning her almost every game. My cousin has been spamming her with pretty good success though, he made it up to Diamond 1 for the first time.

Zlera10/21/2019, 2:40:19 PM1 votes

I almost never see kayle, but when I do I agree, shes very strong. I have never actually seen her lose lane.

Sinister Anubis10/21/2019, 2:42:07 PM1 votes

Renekton Riven Fiora Jax {{champion:11Jax all shit on her

xelaker10/21/2019, 2:50:32 PM1 votes

Levels 1-5

Ragnaveil10/21/2019, 3:23:47 PM1 votes

Two problems with her. One is how much her W paired with resolve and inspiration becomes a saving grace that makes her lane super safe. This is an issue we have seen before, the last one being Kassawin to my knowledge. Her W mana cost should be reduced, however, the base ms and heal should be nerfed. The second being her Q. It should have shred scaling per rank, instead of the flat % it has currently. The problem that causes is the fact if you run armor to counter her autos, the mr shred puts you at about 20ish MR on most average picks, meaning that E is going to hit like a train, and vice versa running MR and not armor. She can definitely take a dump on Jax if he isn't careful.