Lets talk Kayle

Zyorhist··1 votes·205 views

So when I first started on the fields the first champ I picked up was Kayle, and she carried me most the way to 30. Since then however I have slowly stopped playing her. This is because, while she fills many (possibly all) of the roles, she doesn't do any of them overly well. I would like to have some discussion on some minor tweaks that could potentially give her some character definition or at least point out some of her major flaws.

To start I would like to point out that yes she can do any role;

  • Top, she has poke and sustain,
  • Mid she scales on AP and can poke/wave clear decently,
  • Support she has sustain and some minor buffs that help the ADC,
  • ADC she has range on her W,
  • Jungle she has camp clear and can sustain plus she has some minor gankability.

That being said she doesn't do any of those jobs well enough to actually be considered highly for doing them. Her scaling isn't high enough for her to do burst damage, her sustain isn't high enough for her to do sustained damage, her poke isn't high enough for her to trade easily, and her move speed/attack speed are all low enough that you can only really focus on one or the other unless you want to get rid of some of her all important damage stats. So where can there be improvements to make her more viable (not op).

5 Comments

J0HN C3N41 votes

What runes, Masteries and item builds are you running on her for those roles? You're making her sound mediocre which I disagree with. TBH I think she can be Borderline OP because she can build both AP and AD.

Zyorhist1 votes

I have tried many different ones. Again I played her for a good year solid, I'm not saying she is weak by any stretch she just doesn't have anything she EXCELLS in. She is just meh for most anything up until late game.

As far as builds go for her, I love running her as AD AP AS (adapas as i call it), but even still I can help but feel lacking everytime i run her. Even when i get a Tri-Force, hextech, Nashors, and ROA on her they dont ever change her quite enough for me to feel good about it.

J0HN C3N41 votes

I personally think her ability to do either AD or AP is one of the areas she Excels in. TBH after Nashor's tooth, Guinsoo's, Zerk or Sorc boots + Voidstaff she shreds just about anything. Her MS boost heal + her slow give her great mobility to escape fights and her E splash dmg just tears every1 in group fights and OFC her ULT is super powerful. If you wanna roll like a troll get a Zhonyas and a GA.

Zyorhist1 votes

Not saying i disagree but to me she just feels more like trundle, amazing potential but nothing substantial...

edit: not to mention that everytime i pick her someone dodges or trolls because they think she is supp/mid only...

Adinsx1 votes

Triforce, Hextech, and especially ROA are all terrible items on Kayle.

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