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KAYLE: That "supposed to be cool flying angel no one plays" needs a rework.

trapbird·9/18/2016, 1:37:56 AM·5 votes·6,302 views
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Kayle is one of those champions players from outside the game or freshies see and go "wow that's sick!" I mean whats more iconic in any RPG, MOBA, or Card Game than the bad ass flying armored angel? However Kayle does not live up too that hype. For starters she looks just... weird. Not only are her animations, movements, and particle effects outdated but have you ever sized her up against any other champion? She is TINY! I honestly cant tell if she is supposed to be an Angel or a fairy. All jokes aside, Kayle is abnormally small. Her flight and wings make her appear bigger than she really is. If you actually look at her standing on the ground, and forget the wings she is smaller than Tristana... who is a Yordle. However what makes this really sad is that Kayle has some of the coolest skins in the game (ex: Riot Kayle and Judgement Kayle) but her off putting size makes even these awesome skins seem frail.

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Of course I have not even touched on Kayle's kit yet. She is so very boring to play. If there was one champion in the game to embody "hack n' slash" it wouldn't be Master Yi, It wouldn't be Fiora, it would not even be Tryndamere. It would be Kayle. How to play Kayle: Damage and slow enemy with Q, catch them with W, Ult if you or a teammate might die, and then E and hit them until you die or they die. She could not be more bland. She is, in my opinion, the absolute most boring champion in League of Legends. Plus to go along with this Kayles kit feels like its trying to be two different things. Two of her abilities heal, speed up, and protect so you think she might make a good support but her Q and E completely go against this by giving her a fireball and then a hack n' slash ability. The icing on the cake is her E has the bonus of being able to take CS from her carry (when playing support) without meaning too. How are you supposed to play her?

If you have gotten this far i applaud you. What I want to take away from this mass of words is that she A) Looks stupid and B) plays stupid. She has no focused role and is just a burden to play as and against. So this is me asking Riot: When is Kayle gonna get her rework?

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P.S. Plus its sad that her sister, Morgana, is a total bad ass and has a 14.8% popularity compared to Kayle's 3.7%. There could be a really cool dynamic between those two like Kha'Zix and Rengar. Too bad no one plays Kayle.

https://a2ua.com/kayle/kayle-016.jpg

^ does that not look awesome?

Let me know what you think and up vote if you agree so maybe we can get Riot's attention! Riot please take a look at this :)

25 Comments

GaleWinUnleashed9/18/2016, 4:25:46 AM2 votes

Specifically about the size thing, imagine how much space she'd take up if her model was correctly scaled relative to other champions. Her wingspan is what, 12-15 feet across (realistically wings would have to be much larger than that to carry the weight of a person)? Her in-game model would take up more space than Cho'Gath. Wings are simply not helpful when trying to balance hitbox/model size. She can take up an enormous amount of space with wings that don't even count as her hitbox, or she can be shrunk down and not take up half the screen. There's pros and cons of each, but when it comes right down to it, gameplay visuals and clarity trump thematic expectations of size.

Luxs Destiny9/18/2016, 1:57:57 AM1 votes

I mean, tl;dr, but, I play Kayle. More often than not, she's my go-to pick in top lane. She's a niche pick at this point, but she's fun. There's no reason to change her; they've done that in the past and hit the mark of battle-ready angel that has the ability to be a presence in battle yet extremely useful to allies.

Nagoh Shan9/18/2016, 2:58:37 AM1 votes

You don't like her gameplay, cool.

I like it, and so do the other people that play her. If you don't like her playstyle, there's lot's of other champs for you. It's unneccesary to homogenize playstyles so that one group likes all the champions and everyone else can just suck it.

bio9099/18/2016, 5:03:59 AM1 votes

I agree that kayle should get a bit of a rework but not crazy like some of them, i think they should just do some changes to make her less bland as you say. i think she should stay at the level she is now for how easy she should play but they should update her because she is a bit outdated. maybe make her abilities synergize better and make her a more friendly support but at the same time keeping her identity intact because her E is kinda the first ability i think of when i think kayle and some players will prob agree with me. graphicly she is outdated. overall she does need a bit fo a rework, but other characters need it alot more then her.