Is kayle considered melee or ranged

ShadeZH··5 votes·17,420 views

So by this time I hope everyone saw, imo, one of the dumbest quests that riot has made. Just to make it clear, it says win with 5 melee champs, so the question is if i go kayle top, would she be counted as a melee or a ranged, similar to nid and jayce.

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RiotRiot MapleNectar3 votes

In my mind she should be melee. She gets extra range from a spell that puts a buff on her, but she's not actually a shapeshifter like Jayce who goes from having ranged attacks to melee attacks.

ChiTenshi1 votes

How did Kayle turn into a rhetorical question?

Thryale1 votes

fun fact: with max cdr, kayle has 100% uptime of this buff :D

L0cilokk2 votes

did anyone get the mission done with a kayle?

Amøur1 votes

People are saying that they have, so yes

InnovationTT2 votes

Yup, just got the close combat (melee only) mission done with a Kayle on my team. Highly recommend Kayle + Master Yi. Taric is a nice addition and if you have him then Kayle can build full damage.

Quepha2 votes

Comprehensive list of "ranged" champions that you can't have on your team for the mission: https://boards.euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/champions-gameplay-en/N5njyw7J-teamwork-close-combat-list-of-ranged-champions

Notable examples Kayle - absent from the list, she is OK for the mission. Ivern - absent from the list, he is OK for the mission.

Jayce - present on the list, he will FAIL the mission.

jwebb01131 votes

i believe she is melee with a range modifier with her E

cuz her auto attacks with out E are melee

RANGE 125 according to http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Kayle

KoKoboto1 votes

She's considered melee when her E is on CD and ranged when her E is active...

I guess overall she'd be melee? Try to end the game melee xD

Cloud2731 votes

She is melee, but the range on her auto attacks is increased while her 'e' is up. Having said this, I wouldn't recommend building a ton of ad on her. She will usually lose in an auto attack war against most champs, unless their hp is low enough that you can just kill them.

Zone of Endless1 votes

I would say she's melee because her base AA range is 125.

Muzét1 votes

Kayle is melee. Jayce / Nida / Elise not sure if they take into account the form they started with (in this case Jayce should be melee and Nida / Elise ranged) or the form you ended the match with.

Mysticman891 votes

I personally completed the mission while playing kayle, so as people have said, she counts as melee despite the ability to be ranged via her E.

DevourerDragons1 votes

It's kinda wierd: ARISEN (lvl11): Kayle becomes a ranged champion with 550 attack range. Just saw this on the wikipage for her, so, she is ranged after lvl 11, making things like the item 3074 and item 3748 useless...

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