Kayle is one of the hardest-scaling champions in the League of Legends. Her starts are slow but she gets exponentially stronger as she starts getting levels and items. To make the most of her strength you will definitely want to have exactly the right items. For this reason, I have scoured the profiles of top EUW and Korean challengers, to bring you the most efficient Kayle build.
Best Kayle Items
Nashor’s Tooth
Nashor’s Tooth is a great first item for Kayle. It increases her attack speed for just the right amount, and it enhances her abilities due to its AP stats. The increased attack speed is great for farming, and skirmishes in the lane.
Rabadon’s Deathcap
Kayle is one of the few champions that can build Rabadon’s Deathcap as the second item, and we should surely take advantage of this perk. We only need to recall about 3 times to pick up the two components and build the full item. After that, it’s all smooth sailing.
Lich Bane
Lich Bane is a great buy because it empowers our short trades. It helps chunk down enemies to low HP, and then execute them when the time is right.
Rylai’s Crystal Scepter
Kayle does deal tons of damage, but you have probably noticed that she is not the most mobile champion. This fact can make some of her fights extremely hard, and it can make you miss out on a good amount of kills.
To remedy this lack of mobility, we are gonna build a perfect item that makes enemies just as immobile, the Rylai’s Crystal Scepter. This item’s passive will slow the enemy each time you hit them with an ability. This in turn will make you a much bigger threat, and it will make space for better dueling.
Zhonya’s Hourglass
By the time you get to Zhonya’s, you will be loaded with stats, money, and fame. As the enemies take note of this, you will start getting focused like the most wanted criminal. Thankfully, you will soon be in possession of Zhonya’s Hourglass which will make you a much bigger fish.
After building Zhonya’s you can take the liberty of risky fights. Closing in on the enemy and slapping them with a Q, E, auto-attack combo. After bursting them sufficiently you can peace out by clicking Zhonya’s (in case enemies start focusing on you of course).
Boots
The boots we will want to run with this setup are none other than Sorcerer’s boots. We are in the business of profiting from the AP we will be obtaining with this build
Best Kayle Runes
- Fleet Footwork
- Absorb Life
- Legend: Alacrity
- Last Stand
- Celerity
- Gathering the storm
The runes business is straightforward. We want to take Fleet Footwork for early sustain and healing, the same is the case for Absorb Life. We take Alacrity and Last Stand for attack speed and damage respectively. Celerity and Gathering the Storm are taken for late-game scaling.
In conclusion
Kayle is most definitely the best hyper carry in the game, conversely, she is one of the weakest early-game champions. To compensate for this, we will want to play slow until we build up some strength, and we can also take runes like Fleet Footwork and Absorb Life to give us some breathing space.
As we start closing in on level 16 with a lot of items in our bag, we will be ready to take over the game. We can start joining fights more frequently, and take as many objectives as possible with our team, until eventually claiming the enemy nexus.