Kayle Makes Me Cry inside

KP Gemini·11/6/2016, 2:21:57 PM·3 votes·655 views

Kayle 's late game is so insane. There is almost no counter-play unless your entire team has item 3157 . She shreds everything on the map at the same time with her stupid AEO splash damage that also lowers your MR and Armor. She's like Tryndamere on steroids with her ulti that has no mana cost, low cooldown (considering it's strength) and freedom to place on any of her allies. I insta-tilt summoner 3 when she gets first blood. PLEASE HELP RIOT.

9 Comments

Narvuntien11/6/2016, 2:35:07 PM3 votes

A fed Kayle is a thing of beauty, you should just give up and watch in awe.

She is ranged Jax, I feel that is a better comparasion.

Kayle is completely item dependant in everyway, if she doesn't get gold she doesn't really do anything, Fed Kayle is kind of a rare thing. First blood wont really be enough, she is going to need a few more kills on her lane opponent to get going. They are going to need jungler or mid land help though.

dominusx11/6/2016, 2:24:44 PM1 votes

The best way to deal with kayle in game is to camp her till she RQ's or pick a bunch of tanks with cc

Coballz11/6/2016, 2:34:02 PM1 votes

She ults someone else? Blow her up. She ults herself? Blow another high-value target up. It's not like that ult lasts forever.

DunkinNoobs11/6/2016, 7:11:15 PM1 votes

I remember Season 4 Kayle when you could 1v5 people with Nashors, Runaans, and Feral Flare. Good times.

FioraWillCarry11/6/2016, 8:11:28 PM1 votes

I'm a Kayle main and you are most certainly exaggerating. Kayle is no where near as broken as you're claiming.

Lemme see if I can help you by listing some of the things I hate when playing as Kayle.

Most frustrating thing, burst champions. Think Leblanc, Annie, Akali. I feel so helpless vs them because my ult is useless. Their burst often comes too quickly for me to even have time to ult and even if I'm expecting the burst, it's impossible to time it just right when they are about to burst you. I sometimes ult too early and they just wait it out and then burst me down.

Another thing. Kayle is hilariously bad in the early game. She loses trades to almost every champion in the game until she has Nashors. Before Nashors, she has no damage. I can get Nashors without getting a kill by around 12 to 13 minutes. That means before that, I'm not killing anyone without help and if I'm forced to 1v1, most times I'll die. This brings me to my next point.

She is one of the most item dependent champs I have ever played. Unlike popular champs like Ekko, Yasuo, Fiora, Darius, Jhin etc, who can start wrecking shit from level 3, she needs 3 complete items, usually item 3006 item 3115 item 3124 before she even starts becoming a serious threat. A Kayle with those three items is about as threatening as a Yasuo with item 3086. Her heavy dependence on items to be strong is probably why she isn't as popular as Yasuo and others. The vast majority of the playerbase want to do nothing but fight fight fight constantly. No one has the patience to farm up while playing passive, except maybe Diamond players.

Lastly, Kayle is a terrible champ when playing on teams that feed a lot due to her item dependence. In such games, it's usually too late for her to do anything when she finally gets strong enough to make a difference.

So yea, Kayle is not broken.