Rank 1 "Kayle 1v9's" Kayle Guide
for Top and Mid
k1
January 1st, 1 ⸱ 14 min read
Intro
Hello my Name is Kayle 1v9 I have been playing League since Season 3, I started one tricking Kayle at the end of Season 5 and have been pretty much only playing her since then, I have hit 690LP in Grandmaster last Season and I am currently in Masters. I play on EUW. I have arround 5.5 million Mastery Points (combined) on Kayle.
Why Kayle?
What makes me enjoy Kayle so much is her 1v9 potential, having an insane scaling and being able to just dominate late game. Also maybe a little masochist
What are the pros about Kayle: really good scaling, simple kid, good splitpusher and good teamfighting
What are the cons about Kayle: weak early game, really item and level dependend, needs time to come online, really selfish playstyle
So when should you pick up Kayle and when shouldnt you pick her?
Kayles worst enemy is hard CC, especially knock ups since they are not reducable by tenacity, Kayle also struggles into champs with a lot of range and mobility, but once you are on them its usually pretty easy to beat them. We talked about what bad comps are for her, but what about good condtions?
Kayle really starts to shine when there's an healing or shieling support on the team, she also has some really nice synergy with junglers like Ivern, Jarvan and Sejuani.
Kayle counters assassins with her ult and is really good into immobile champs or team comps, also Kayle benefits from squishy enemies since she can pretty much just one shot any squishy adc or support late game
How to play:
Let's talk about early game and how to play it: The most important part is for you to understand that Kayle isn't really a champion before level 6, so you need to be really careful in the first few levels, you rarley win trades so its just best to sit back and farm until you get your range at lvl 6. I usually just ignore my opponent and focus on farming. I don't really use my spells to poke, I'd rather use them to get last hits, your E costs no mana, so make sure to use it as much as possible. I also rarley use my Q because I save the mana for my W instead so I can stay longer in lane.
Once you hit level 6 you can look for small auto attack trades with an E reset whenever the opponent is collecting cs. I usually still just focus on farming until I'm level 11 because this is when I really get to play the game. Kayle can't really follow up roams, so everytime you see that the enemy laner is roaming, make sure to push in the wave, maybe get a plating and then just recall to buy items.
In mid game your first priority should still be getting as much cs possible so you can get that lvl 16 asap. A little trick is to just take some jungle camps on the way to lane or when you just shoved in a wave; I do this once im lvl 11 because it makes clearing the camps a lot easier with your waves. For Splitpushing you should stay in the oppoiste sidelane depending on which objective is going to be up next. So when there's dragon up soon you should go top lane and pressure the lane, but only when you got your tp up.
Once you hit that juicy lvl 16, its usually just best to group up with your team and look for objectives or force teamfights. Kayle has one of the best teamfight kits because your Ult can be such a big game changer. Ulting the right target at the right time can literally just be the game changer. Also a small tip, ulting your self or the stronges member of your team is your best bet to win. Don't hesiate using it to early, but try to not get baited into using it. You should never ult the 0/12 Yasuo or your Nami support
Here are also some small mechanics that not everyone knows.
1. your auto attacks and your waves both have their own crit chance, So when your auto crits it doesnt necessarily mean that your wave will crit, and yes, your waves can crit.
2. Whenever you use your ult, your passive will get reset after ult ends no matter what, so when you have 4 stacks and they are about to run out you can just ult yourself to keep the 4 stacks.
3. Your E splash at lvl 11 also applies on turrets, inhibs and wards. Sometimes when the enemy sits really low under tower, or you are chasing someone to their tower but cant quite get them, just E the tower, a lot of people dont know that so use it as your advantage
So what is Kayles win condtion?
It's pretty simple, scale. As long as you farm safe, stay in xp range and dont die early on, you have really high chances of winning, you are a scaling champ, so the less you fall behind early, the easier it will be for you to win!
Lets sum up the most important parts.
First of all, dont pick her into comps with a lot of cc or range, you wont have a great time, I promise you. She's great into immobile champs with less hard cc.
Play passive, and I really mean passive, if you die early on or miss out on a big wave you are kinda screwed.
Focus on farming and gettting your items, stay in sidelane, farm jungle camps and make sure to only look for fights / tp plays when you have your ult up. You pretty much beat any champ in a 1v1 late game so don't be too scared to try out stuff. Once you got your lvl 16, group up force fights, dont plays frontline and focus the squishy targets such as the adc.
My Kayle Guide
Runes (Loadout)
armor or magic resist rune shards depending on who you play against.
- Most common
- Lethal Tempo Enjoyer
- GIGACHAD Fleet Player
- L9 Arcane tech
Summoner Spells (Loadout)
Skill Path
Kayle
Kayle
Item Builds
- Into Mages
- Into Melees
- Into Poke
- AD Kayle
- Chinese Build
Matchups and Synergies
taking tenacity in runes will help a lot. Fleet or Press the Attack. Wit's End rush. You can also run mercs. Play arround her Stun.
rushing early berserkers and oblivion orb helps a lot, I also like putting 3 points into q and then max E. It's all about dodging his Q's. At level 11 you should be able to dominate him
Stay behind Minions so you cant get hit by her E. Early boots help to dodge her Q and E better. You can run cleanse for her E. You have to play arround her Charm cool down. Yout outscale her
Digusting Match up. Would recommend to dodge. Your ult has twice the amount of cooldown than hers. So dont over extend. Dont go in when she has her shroud up, try to poke with Q.
Really hard match up as well. Galeforce hidden op to dodge her Q. She's really squishy so if you manage to dodge her Q and get on to her its an easy target.
3 points in to Q for poke. Same as Anivia. Play arround his Q, i you dodge it go in. Ult his Q because he will most likley R after you got stunned.
Dorans Shield + Second Wind and Fleet Footwork. You will be staying under Tower all game. Try to not die and scale.
Skill match up. You will lose lvl 2-5. Once youre 6 and you got your berserkers its kinda easy. Its all about spacing and dodging her E. Dont die early on or she will snowball. Q max helps a lot.
Dorans Shield + Second Wind and Fleet Footwork or Lethal Tempo. You have to dodge her Q or she will just run you down with ms + E. You can go cleanse for her R. Qss works too.
Easy match up. You outscale, early berserkers and wits end to dodge his spells. Q max as well. Ult when hes close. He will W into R, so you have to ult before he hits his W.
Stay behind minions and get an early cull. He scales really good. Make sure to not get his by his rockets.
Run Flash Ghost. Early berserkers and Q max. Ghost when he ghosts. Play safe till 6, then you can poke with Q and auto +e. If you dont get hit by E you win. You can also R his R if you have fast reaction time.
Lethal Tempo, Early healing reduction. Stay behind minions. You outscale at 3 items.
lovely match up. 3 points Q into E max. You can ult his R, you can dodge his Q pretty easy. Best way to use your Ult is when he jumps hin with E because he will Q and auto after to proc his passive.
all 3 runes work. If you are beta go Tabi rush. If you wanna show your package go berserkers. Its all about dodging her W. Ult when she ult you, go into bush to reset vital. Zhonyas is also a great item to counter her R
early zhonya. dont let him proc his electrocute. Q max and just poke until you got Zhonyas + lvl 11.
if you run pta you can all in him lvl 1 if hes dumb. perma shove, dont get his my q and his passive auto. Ult when hes about to hit his E. Easy scaling lane
Dorans shield + second wind. Once your 6 you can poke with auto + e. At 11 you win. Dont get hit too many times by his grasp + Q or first strike + Q.
E max because his Q can remove your slow from Q. Berserker rush. Rylais is also a good item. when you are low make sure to r when hes about to hit his Q. He will Q + E + R so if you dont R his silence then you are kinda fucked.
Disgusting match up. He perma wins trades, If you can somehow make it to lvl 11 + 2 items you might have a chance if you R his CC.
play around your wave to dodge his autos. at lvl 11 you should win.
early healing cut, ult her last R. use W to dodge her Q. Dont fight early. Dorans Shield is really good.
cull and farm under tower, kinda free because u get to scale.
berserker + healing cut and then you gotta dodge all her spells. R her R and run away.
ALWAYS ignite + pta + dorans blade. dont let her stack passive, perma hit wave lvl 1 and all in her. you will always win.
https://i.imgur.com/mNFkNcb.png + resolve bone plating and unfliching. Perma spam Q, play Kayle like a poke mage.
Hullbreaker + Fleet angle. Makes you super tanky.
Play really aggressive. Pta + ignite + Dorans Blade. spam E on him. You can go AD but AP is really fine too.
She cant really kill you in lane will roam a lot. Buy cull and farm free lane.
Berserkers + Q dodge. Ult his last W auto. Try to dodge his Q. and then Q and auto, auto + E for small trade.
Cleanse broken, also unflinching in runes kinda broken vs her
Fuck you solo lane Lucian players. Rune page vs poke. at 2 items and lvl 11 you win.
Early cull, just farm. dont get hit by q or you will die. Galeforce hidden op
Dorans shield + second wind. Once your 6 you can poke with auto + e. At 11 you win. Dont get hit too many times by his comet + Q. You can also Ult his R if you have fast reaction time.
QSS must buy. I would even rush it tbh. Try to play around his Q cooldown. You should always win late with qss.
Wits End and Berserkers + Q max. Its all about doging his E. Just perma poke at lvl 6. If he Ult you, try to ult his isolated Q. Zhonyas is a really good item vs him.
Phase rush + flash ghost. I dodge this match up and you should too. He will perma W you and outscale as well. Good luck XD
play around E cooldown. PTA helps you identify her clone. Ult right before she hits her R.
Dorans Shield + Second Wind and Fleet Footwork. You will be staying under Tower all game. Try to not die and scale. You need CC jungler
Early cull. Cut down in runes. Bork kinda broken vs him, dont stand close to walls or his Q.
tenacity broken vs him. you gotta r right before he stuns you with his W.
JUST A YORDLE WITH A HAMMER.
My ban in mid lane. Dodge or ban.
Q max, stay behind minions to not get hit by her blind, You outscale. Just R when shes about to E you.
bone plating and tenacity will help. dont fight when he has his furry stacked. R his W. Healing reductions is op!
dont play it. if you really want to, zhonya rush.
Q max, berserker rush. if she goes in, Q her and W away to dodge her spells, then follow up with auto, auto + E.
Dorans Shield + Second Wind. Stay behind minions.
mercs + wits end. d shield. kinda hard match up. he has more range, hard cc and outscales.
care pre 6. berserker rush + q max. Its all about spacing. really easy match up if you dont get hit by E.
its all about dodging (or ulting) his E. You outscale him so just relax till 11 and poke him with Q max.
Best match up for Kayle. Q Max, Cull start. early boots and then just kite, dont let him close to you. Rylai kinda bonkers here.
solo bolo (not with Q max) you outscale him. be careful about his Q. at lvl 11 its auto win.
ignite + pta + dblade Poggers.
At lvl 11 you auto win. dont die or he hard snowballs.
Dorans Shield + Second Wind and Fleet Footwork. You will be staying under Tower all game. Try to not die and scale. You need CC jungler. Play around her E CD. R her R
fuck you, you little rat. Q max + ludens, sweeer rush once hes 6.
Q max. Careful about his Pillar.
Phase Rush + zhonya rush. Dodge or ban for me tho.
Cleanse or Mercs + tenacity in runes.
Dont get hit by his E. Play safe and scale. at lvl 11 and itens u win.
pretty easy. play around his cage. all spells are pretty easy to dodge, ult his R.
Dodge ball. early berserkers
unfliching in runes vs her fear. Once you have wits end you can win trades.
Viktor from Arcane BatChest. Honestly broken champ. you win once you got wits and nashors. Dshield vs his poke.
as long as youre not playing vs Elite500 it should be free, ult his empowered Q+ E. stay behind minions, go ignite, easy.
if you play ww top i have no respect for you. fucking elo terrorist
Havent seen that champ at all. Ult his E + Q engage. You outscale him after lvl 11.
Dodge ball. early berserkers
Ignite + PTA + berserker rush. E max. You can stand inside of his Winwall and you will be able to hit him. with auto + e if you are in melee range.
what a disgusting champ. dodge in top. in mid go ignite. R his R. run when he E's. poke with 3 points in Q, then max E.
all about dodging his E and W. You can auto + reset E to kill his wall early on.
shattered queen rus tbh. zhonyas also great 3rd option. ult after he r'd or before the mark explodes.
Galeforce hidden op to get close to him. He's really squishy. Early berserkers and then dodge ball.
CLEANSE. MERCS. FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUU ZOE PLAYERS!
shield, attack speed, hp, move speed. what else does kayle want
his r and w are really great for kayle
DADDY IVERN with the perma shields.
great synergy, nice frontline and cc to help out kayle
imaging fiddle r with your r and then he uses zhonyas after LOL!
funnel players Keep Yourself Safe
makes you one shot people
That's it for my guide. Join my stream or dm on twitter (@kayle_1v9) if you have any questions! :)
