Kayle: Melee items first or Ranged first? [ Question to the PBE players ]

ADC Yuumi·Feb 21, 2019·1 votes·1,334 views

Knowing our 'guardian angel' has her rework on PBE I have a few questions about her kit.

As seen in her abilites, she doesn't become the godslayer on-hit angel of death via gold advantage anymore; but based on her level instead. Meaning she's stuck as a Melee Bruiser until level level 11, when she becomes the Marksman Battlemage.

Now, knowing that Melee only items and range only items auto-disable their passives / actives when they change auto attack type; will we be seeing Kayles rushing Ravenous Hydra for faster minion clearing = more exp sooner in exchange for a heavy Doran's blade lategame or Runaan's first item so they become a splitpushing god late game in return for a slower entrance into late?

And Morgana players, has the bonus movement on her R allowed her to be played more effectively as a mage now?

3 Comments

OleandervineFeb 21, 20192 votes

You would clearly never buy melee only items for her, considering that once she hits 11, they will become practically useless. You'll want to build things like item 3078 item 3115 item 3146 , especially the Trinity Force, since it feeds into her attack speed/kiting playstyle later.

kingDeDeDariusFeb 21, 20191 votes

If like to try frozen mallet, iceborn gauntlet, and ninja tabi or merc treads for the early survivability she will likely need. Think about it: plenty of slows from passives, lots of HP, some AD which she scales with, sheen proc, 20% CDR, some resistances. Basically the things she will desperately need just to survive early on, the Mana will help her poke, she'll be able to survive all ins, and come lvl 11 when she will want to buy more offense (most likely ap, perhaps even zhonyas mixed in), she will have plenty of slow effects to help her kite and self peel, especially against immobile champs. The bonus Mana from iceborn won't only let her poke more, but heal more, which she will desperately need. A full build I would like to try:

-merc treads or ninja tabi -frozen mallet -iceborn gauntlet -zhonyas -nashors tooth item -void staff (potentially rylais)

This would give her 40% CDR and pretty much everything she needs to kite or survive all ins, however, she would sacrifice some dps. But her base kit should offer plenty of damage and shred anyways, and with the right runes, she could get even more damage Amps. I'd reckon she would do well with new conquerors (although I do hope they make it melee only)