Best Kayle Build Guide | Runes | Spells | Items in League of Legends

Kayle is a versatile top laner that can become unstoppable if played correctly, and winning every game with her will be easier with her best build

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Best Kayle Build Guide | Runes | Spells | Items in League of Legends

Kayle is a champion played in the top lane who has an evolving playstyle once you reach the mid game or late game. What's so good about her is her insane attack speed and attack range of her auto attacks, which is something strange to see in a fighter such as herself.

Best Kayle Build

Her best build highlights her magic damage because yes, playing Kayle means you're going to deal magic damage a lot since she is that type of champion. What makes her so lethal in the late game is the fact that Kayle deals AoE damage with each auto attack only, being able to wipe enemies away to the gray screen, hence why in this build you'll find runes and items that increase her attack speed, even during the laning phase.


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Best Kayle Runes

For her best runes, the choices are in the "Precision" and "Resolve" rune tree. In the first part, "Lethal Tempo" is excellent as she progressively gains attack speed as she attacks an enemy champion, ideal for the early game. "Triumph" recovers HP with every takedown. "Legend: Alacrity" grants more attack speed with every kill, and "Last Stand" increases your attack damage as you.

Best Rune PathPrecision
Resolve

Best Keystone
Lethal Tempo


Best Slot 1 (Rune)
Triumph


Best Slot 2 (Rune)
Legend: Alacrity

Bone Plating

Best Slot 3 (Rune)
Last Stand

Overgrowth

For the second section of runes "Bone Plating" reduces damage from combos, while "Overgrowth" helps gain HP as you farm in the early game.

Best Kayle Rune Shards

For the "Offense" socket, Attack Speed is what you should go for, to ensure fast auto attacks in the laning phase.

BEST RUNE SHARDS
EFFECT
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive Force
+6 Armor

In the "Flex" socket choose Adaptive Force to do more damage with the combos from her skill order. Finally, in "Defense" choose Armor to resist as much damage as possible in the baron lane.

Best Kayle Spells

"Flash", is a must-have for almost all champions when it comes to summoner spells. Everyone knows how it works and the uses skilled Kayle players can give to it in League of Legends.

BEST SPELLS
ICON

Flash
Teleport

"Teleport" is an outstanding choice among summoner spells in League of Legends for champions in the top lane to go back to their turret and avoid losing it, or reach a team fight and help your team.


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Best Kayle Abilities Order

When it comes to Kayle's skill order, you want to level up first "Radiant Blast", which summons a celestial sword that shreds the enemy's magic resistance. After that, focus on "Starfire Spellblade", which makes Kayle's celestial sword deal bonus magic damage passively. Actively, her next auto attack smites her target with celestial fire, dealing bonus damage proportionate to the target's missing health.


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After that one, max out "Celestial Blessing", thanks to this one Kayle heals and gains bonus movement speed for herself and the nearest ally. As always, as she levels up and spends skill points, you should invest in her ultimate "Divine Judgment", which makes an ally invulnerable as a holy rain of swords fall in an area.

Best Kayle Items

Kayle’s best items are focused on taking advantage of the resistance shred from her “Radiant Blast” with items that give her Attack Speed and tons of Ability Power so she can become the hyper carry she is as she deals bonus magic damage with her huge attack range. She can be quite a tough matchup and here we'll explain why.

Best Starter Kayle Items

In the early game of League of Legends, you want to play safe as you farm for your first two major items which are "Wit's End" and “Nashor’s Tooth”, the first items in this patch 12.14 to get are listed below.

FIRST ITEMSECOND ITEMTHIRD ITEM
Doran’s Blade

Health Potion

Stealth Ward

Best Mid Game Kayle Items

In this Kayle build, after the early game, equip "Wit's End" and "Nashor's Tooth", these will give you enough attack speed and ability power for your AoE damage to be worthy of respect.

FIRST ITEM
SECOND ITEM
THIRD ITEM
Wit’s End

Berserker’s Greaves

Nashor’s Tooth

As you reach the late game, any ability or buff that grants movement speed is phenomenal to chase enemies and get kills with these core items from this Kayle build in League of Legends.


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Best Final Late Game Kayle Items 

Once you get these items in League of Legends for Kayle, she becomes a monster thanks to the maximum stacks of "Lethal Tempo" and all the passive damage she actually gets in later stages.

FIRST ITEMSECOND ITEMTHIRD ITEMFOURTH ITEMFIFTH ITEMSIXTH ITEM
Wit’s End
Berserker’s Greaves
Nashor’s Tooth
Rift Maker
Rylai’s Crystal Scepter
Rabadon’s Deathcap

With her skill order at max stacks, it's hard to lose most matchups in the late game.

Best Champions to pair with Kayle

Kayle's win rate is high with champions such as Kayn, Graves, and Master Yi thanks to the movement speed she offers.

CHAMPIONWIN RATE %ICON
Kayn53.7%
Graves51.7%
Master Yi51.4%

Strongest Champions against Kayle

Sejuani, Singed, and Tryndamere are League of Legends champions Kayle struggles with despite dealing damage based on their missing health.

CHAMPIONWIN RATE %ICON
Sejuani31.6%
Singed37.9%
Tryndamere42.1%

Weakest Champions against Kayle

But she is also quite strong against Gragas, Gwen, and Garen thanks to her high attack range that can deal AoE damage.

CHAMPIONWIN RATE %ICON
Gragas65.9%
Gwen62.5%
Garen58.3%

In this Kayle build we through everything that you need to carry any game, from her core items to the best Kayle runes, you are now good to go thanks to this Kayle guide.

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