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[Main Kayle Player] Changes for your consideration

Fires of Justice·5/24/2014, 3:45:23 AM·3 votes·655 views

Hello PBE Testers and Riot Developers,

I have been a longtime, loyal Kayle main since 2010. I have seen every change, adjustment, and rework under the sun for her. To be honest, for a while I felt that Kayle needed some love, and I see that you don't agree. That's okay. I read in the Live Gameplay discussion where you are headed with her, and wanted to throw out some of my ideas. But before I do, a quick rant.

I feel that none of this would have been happening to Kayle until pro players decided to give her a swing. Just like last time. I hope that you are taking into account the skill level of normal players like myself, versus these higher level ELO players. I love Kayle, but I don't think I'll ever be as good as that. Just consider the changes that you are making on behalf of the majority and not high level matches where few will see the light.

I see that you want Kayle closer in the fray. My first thought was, WTF NOT AGAIN. Then, wtf what's the point of even having her as a Range. The fact that you want to reduce her range worries me because it makes me feel that you still don't know what to do with her, and should just consider a kit overhaul completely.

If you choose to bring her closer to combat please consider trying the following:

Restore her Magic Resist/level. Let her gain some sustainability back. Because even with all the Lifesteal/Spell Vamp, she is a total glass cannon.

Prevent Reckoning from resetting her attack speed. When Reckoning is cast, she stops attacking, and while I get that is a potential risk/reward concept, it's not going be worth it unless an enemy is running away. Which might be unlikely due to Kayle's closer and squishy nature.

Thanks for your consideration.

Insufferably yours, Mogey Bear

P.S. Please get me on the PBE so I can help with Kayle.

3 Comments

Linna Excel5/24/2014, 5:37:03 AM2 votes

Considering she constantly gets nerfs and rarely gets buffs, as soon as Riot's done screwing Soraka over, Kayle is probably next.

AhhShucks5/25/2014, 4:50:35 PM2 votes

Range seems like such a strange thing to nerf on her. Its not like her range is very long. I feel like that kind of nerf is going to hurt low elo with her WAY more than high elo, where they have the positioning awareness to work with it.

HazeyInDaHead5/24/2014, 3:52:09 PM1 votes

Cmon guys, kayle has little counter play besides baits and ambushes and even those need to be well played and she cant have much safety to run to.

You cannot enter kayles effective range without ending up experiencing her full kit. Guaranteed everytime.

Enter Q range get E'd, she W's when shes low/you try to run and she R's if she needs to.

Teamfights? She gets focused, R and team peels for her she es and q/ws away..

not focused? Oh boy. She Es to hearts content, chunks multiple times w q and peels, heals with her w and then can initiate the whole thing with an r.

Just admit it, the only thing you can do against kayle is fully engage her and win or out live her entire rotation, possibly twice, or die.

There are no skill shots no counter play besides baiting her r out.

Admit it she needs work to stay up with all the other actually counter playable kits out there. The only thing keeping kayle back is players not playing her like an adc and keeping her positioning in check.