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Kayle
Patch 16.2.1
TopDifficulty
Hard
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Play for experience over gold if necessary. Reach level 16 without letting the enemy top laner snowball. In late game, stay behind your frontline and melt whoever is closest.
Playstyle
Survival horror for the first 15 minutes that turns into a power fantasy. You are the ultimate insurance policy—if the game goes long, you win.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- + can completely negate an enemy's ultimate or burst combo
- + makes you one of the highest DPS characters in the game past level 16
- + provides both armor and magic resist shred, helping your whole team kill tanks
- + gives a huge movement speed boost for kiting or chasing
Weaknesses
- -Extremely low base stats makes you a prime target for level 3 tower dives
- -Melee until level 6, making it hard to contest minions against lane bullies
- -Wave management is difficult once starts proccing waves at level 11
- -Long cooldown on early makes you a sitting duck once it's used
Abilities
Passive scaling. Level 6 grants range. Level 11 adds fire waves to attacks. Level 16 keeps you permanently 'Exalted' and increases range further. Always stack on minions before a fight starts.
Slows and shreds resistances. Don't just use it for damage; use it to shred a tank before you and your ADC focus them. It also helps you land your execute safely.
Heals you and the nearest ally. The movement speed is the real value here. Use to dodge skillshots or bridge the gap to land an on a fleeing target.
Passive magic damage on every hit. The active is a range-extending auto-reset that deals missing health damage. Save the active for the end of a trade to maximize the execute damage.
Invulnerability for a few seconds followed by AOE damage. You cannot attack during the initial channel at lower ranks, so time to block the most damage rather than just for the swords.
Teamfight Role
Late-game hypercarry and emergency protector.
Position like an ADC. Use on the frontline to shred them, and use either on yourself to survive an assassin or on your initiator to guarantee the damage lands.
If your ADC is more fed than you, prioritize and on them. Two carries living is better than one.
Combos
Safe Poke
->
Use to slow them so they can't trade back, then hit them with the ranged active. This is your main way to chip health early.
Fast Stack All-in
AA -> AA -> AA -> -> -> AA ->
Standard trade once you have range. Use to stay in range, to shred them, and as the finisher.
The Bait
(on self) -> ->
Wait for the enemy to commit their burst, yourself to soak it, then use the slow from to make sure they're hit by the swords.
Flash Execute
-> Flash -> AA ->
Unexpected burst. Use from distance, flash in to close the gap, and reset your auto with for the kill.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | Surprisingly, and make your level 1 very strong against many melee champs if you can stack your passive first. |
| Level 6 | You finally become ranged. You can now farm safely and poke the enemy laner while staying out of reach. |
| Level 11 | Your attacks now launch fire waves. This massive jump in waveclear and AOE damage makes you a real threat in teamfights. |
| Level 16 | Peak form. You are permanently Exalted with extra range. Most games end shortly after you hit this point. |
Tips & Tricks
- • is an auto-attack reset. Always AA then immediately use to maximize DPS.
- •Pre-level 6, use to last hit minions you cannot safely walk up to.
- •At level 11+, try to keep your stacks up by hitting jungle camps or minions before a fight breaks out.
- • makes the target invulnerable but NOT immune to CC. You can still be stunned while the shield is active.
- •You can cast on an ally to get the heal and MS for yourself too, even if you don't target yourself.
- •The resistance shred from applies to everyone hit. Try to line it up through the wave to hit the champion.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using too late→You die mid-animation or get CC'd and cannot cast it at all, wasting your most powerful defensive tool.
- ✕Overextending for a minion pre-6→You lose 50% of your HP or get forced to Flash, losing all lane pressure and becoming diveable.
- ✕Wasting on high HP targets→You lose the missing HP execution damage which is a huge part of your kill pressure.
- ✕Neglecting stacks→You enter a fight with low attack speed and no fire waves, significantly lowering your initial DPS.
- ✕Holding only for yourself→Your fed jungler or ADC dies, and you lose the teamfight despite being the only one alive.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached