Kayle is perfectly fine right now and changing her E cooldown will make her ability to CS much harder, prevent her from putting points into other abilities, and make her way too vulnerable to her opponents. Base AD nerf makes no sense at all and hurts her ability to CS.
https://www.op.gg/champion/kayle/statistics/top
You can even look at the stats. Why does Kayle need a nerf?
XxxLumberJackxxX5 votesShe's broken and Shits on,top lane harder than teemo. Not sure wry shed isn't played more. Needs VGU
AirKingNeo2 votesthen why is no one high elo complaining about kayle but complaining about teemo?
General Esdeath 1 votesOnly complaints I have seen from high elo about Teemo is how SA works with his DoT.
woodvsmurph2 votesOne gank when she's pushing in and she's pretty much guaranteed dead. It's the same principle as when the enemy team locks nasus top; gank repeatedly and punish early.
KVbqbFsC8e4 votesKayle is actually broken and has a kit that offers virtually no counterplay as it right clicks you to death as a ranged Tryndamere who does AOE mixed damage autos that shred armor and MR. Just because she isn't played doesn't mean she's fine.
AirKingNeo2 votesThen why don't statistics show she's broken?
KVbqbFsC8e3 votesShe's had one of the highest toplane winrates for over two years now.
AirKingNeo1 votes52% with 1.6% playrate is not high or 'highest'
SithesisLord1 votesWhile also having some of the lowest play and ban rates in top lane as well.
Jinzo Torrance2 votesWait, how can you call Jayce and Gnar champions with no counterplay against melee while Kayle is not? She autos you to death like Jayce and Gnar do early game if you're a melee champion.
AirKingNeo1 votesBecause Kayle has counterplay? Kayle doesn't perma kite you to death nor does Kayle one shot combo you level 3. You actually can play around her cooldowns.
Hence why no one fucking complains about Kayle.
PhearBunny1 votesShe really didn't need to be nerfed. But look at it this way, its just a early game nerf. With the CD change, she can actually get away with 100% uptime on her E with just 30% CDR opposed to 40%. Which opens up different build options.
AirKingNeo1 votesIt's a huge nerf and the compensation isn't even close to worth it. Seriously, no Kayle player wants this.
hoyohai1 votesOk. Y is it a huge nerf? You made the first statement, so you have the burden of proof
AirKingNeo1 votesWhy? Long E cooldown early forces you to max E, rather than put points in W for the defensive, and forces you to miss CS due to being zoned from CS while in melee form.
Rester1 votesIt just nerfs her early and buffs her late. Provided you do get CDR to keep your E uptime almost 100%
AirKingNeo1 votesher late game isn't buffed. She will build max CDR regardless.