Why is Kayle Allowed to Always Have Her E Up?

Meep Man·Jul 23, 2016·2 votes·402 views

Why not just make it a passive and just make her ranged by default if the duration is so long that the cool down is almost over by the time the duration is done? Why is she allowed to have such high defensive base stats and yet still essentially be an enhanced Ranged champion with an invincibility ultimate? Honestly, I don't say this often, but why is Kayle allowed to exist in the state she is in? Kayle always become a balance issue eventually, even after getting nerfed, and then just has to get nerfed again and again.

4 Comments

MadraJul 23, 20162 votes

Kayle gains no MR per level, gains less AD and Attack Speed/Level than Katarina and even with Righteous Fury is fairly short range for a champion that has no mobility power. Her 94 HP/Level is fairly generous but Kayle has such a plethora of other items she needs to buy because of how low her base stats are that her HP total even at level 18 is seldom that high. If she was designed to be a melee champion, Riot would have given her a gap closer, a 60% Attack Speed passive on her ultimate and higher base damage stats.

MLDzXnRRRJul 23, 20161 votes

Because she is outdated design - she is the only champion left in the game that can play every role and use every item. Nowadays they release niche chamions with some theme that can't build any item and still be useful. The last time they released champion with an offbuld was Reksai with her AP scaling that got nerfed to the ground after some patches, because they don't want Reksai to be long range poke champion. Imagine, if Ekko had AD offbuild: we could have melee carry that can permaCC the enemy team :D

The Last BalladJul 23, 20161 votes

And we saw how Tank Ekko worked out...

The Last BalladJul 23, 20161 votes

To add even more to your anger, Kayle can proc item 3085 bolt passive, which recreates the explosion since that is a on hit effect, and item 3116 allows each bolt to slow for massive aoe slows on every aa(her main aa also bypasses windwall and unbreakable). Then she could go with item 3146 for even more lifesteal off of everything.