Rank 1 "Kayle 1v9's" Kayle Guide
for Top and Mid
k1
May 16th, 2023 ⸱ 18 min read
TLDR super quick guide

Quick Kayle AP Top Build
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 Grandmaster almost every single year since Season 10 and I am currently in Grandmaster as well. I play on EUW and EUNE. I have arround 7 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 I'm a little masochistWhat are the pros about
Kayle : really good scaling, simple kid, good splitpusher and good teamfightingWhat are the cons about
Kayle : weak early game, really item and level dependend, needs time to come online, really selfish playstyleSo when should you pick up
Kayle and when shouldn't 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(
Lulu ,
Soraka ,
Zilean ) on your team, she also has some really nice synergy with junglers like
Jarvan IV and
Sejuani .
Kayle counters assassins with her
Divine Judgment and is really good into immobile champs or team comps, she also 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
Starfire Spellblade costs no mana, so make sure to use it as much as possible. I'm maxing
Radiant Blast every single time top and try to use it for both poking and last hitting at the same time.
Once you hit level 6 you can look for small auto attack trades with an AA +
Starfire Spellblade 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
Divine Judgment , your
Divine Ascent 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
Starfire Spellblade 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
Starfire Spellblade the tower, a lot of people dont know that so use it as your advantage.Extra Tip: Settings > Hotkeys > Abilities > Selfcast Spell 4 bind it to any key. I use my mouse button. This way I can use
Divine Judgment on myself without having to actually click on Kayle.
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
Divine Judgment 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
MY STREAM
Runes (Loadout)
Armor or
Magic Resist depending on who you play against. against bruisers, mages and fighters, for free match ups and into tanks.
against short trade champs, for extended trades (Tanks, other Champs etc.) is good if you wanna overall just play safer or to counter Sustain champs.
into champs with lots of fighting power, into tanks. only if you play with Sustain Items ( , etc).
against all in champs. for poke and harass champs. Into free Match Ups with / . Page is kinda nice into
Jax and
Jayce (you just play like a poke mage).- PTA Rizzlords
- Lethal Tempo Enjoyer
- exquisite Fleet taker
- hidden Arcane tech
Summoner Spells (Loadout)
Skill Path
Radiant Blast max is better for top. Better wave clear, better burst + poke dmg. Higher slow which makes it a lot easier to kite most top champs since they're mostly melee.You can also put 3 Points into
Radiant Blast and then max
Starfire Spellblade . That works for both Top and Mid.
Kayle

Kayle
Item Builds
into melees and if you wanna play aggro. against poke and harass lanes. nice for Q spam and if you play against hard lane that doesn't have lots of poke (Mages etc). only good first options against free lanes such as
Garen ,
Singed or if you're fine with using your early on.- Into Mages
- Into Melees
- Into Poke
- AD Kayle
- Chinese Build
- Best AP 13.10 Build
- Best On-Hit 13.10 Build
- Energized Build 13.10
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 around her E cooldown. You outscale her
You win until lvl 6. She will always try to trade her Ult with yours since her R CD is way lower than yours. I like running Fleet with Conditioning into her. Rush Wits End and try to go for Q + auto + E trades. Always Ult her E2.
Extremly hard match up. I honestly always try to flip lvl 1 by cheesing with ignite, lethal and dblade start in bush. Try poke him with Q and ask for Jungle help.
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.
Honestly kinda free match up. Just farm up and outscale. He will roam a ton so early Cull is an great option.
Dorans Shield + Second Wind and Fleet Footwork. You will be staying under Tower all game. Try to not die and hope for Jungle ganks.
Skill match up. You will lose lvl 2-5. Once you're 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. Also always Ult her Q2. Don't stand near to walls.
Dorans Shield + Second Wind and 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. It's all about small poke trades with Q + auto + E
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. BotrK must buy item if he goes tank. Also Ghost can be extremly helpful.
Stay behind minions and get an early cull. He scales really good. Make sure to not get his by his rockets and it's chill lane. Run TP.
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. BotrK kinda must item.
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. But be careful, Ekko snowballs really hard, so avoid giving him any early lead.
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 ults 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 for free in lane. 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 hit by q and his passive auto. Ult when hes about to hit his E. Easy scaling lane since he will mostly look for plays on the map with his R.
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. You can always easily destroy his barrels since you can use your aa reset with e to kill them quickly.
3 points Q into 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. Otherwise really free match up.
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. you win against mini gnar but dont try when he's in his mega form.
mercs rush, fleet second wind. kind of free farm lane, just make sure you dont get poked to hard in early game. but you outscale so just farm.
play around your wave to dodge his autos. at lvl 11 you should win.
early move speed helps a lot. Ult either her fully stacked Q or her R3.
I love going ignite into her, makes it a lot easier early on to go for trades with Dblade and Lethal.
cull and farm under tower, kinda free because u get to scale. just be careful to not get poked out of lane to fast. TP is must here.
berserker + healing cut and then you gotta dodge all her spells. R her R and run away. You start winning at 6. Poke when she's going for last hit and stay behind minions to not get hit by her E. Tentacles are also very easy to destroy with aa + E
ALWAYS ignite + LT + dorans blade. dont let her stack passive, perma hit wave lvl 1 and all in her. Here's a mini guide: https://www.tiktok.com/@kayle_1v9/video/7222393530923306245
https://i.imgur.com/mNFkNcb.png + resolve bone plating and unfliching. Perma spam Q, play Kayle like a poke mage. Really hard match up. You can also try Fleet.
really hard match up. Would do the same as against Jax. Early cloth is super nice.
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 and make sure to ping everytime shes missing. Try to freeze as much as possible in front of your tower to prevent her from roaming.
Mercs + wits end. D shield and Second Wind.
Berserkers + Q Max. Ult his last W auto. Try to dodge his Q. and then Q and auto, auto + E for small trade.
double mr shards, wit's rush. Fleet kinda nice. Try to not get perma poked by her Electrocute. Other than that can't really do much in this match up.
Cleanse broken, also unflinching in runes kinda broken vs her. Wait for 11 and you outscale.
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
my must ban every game top. He's giga broken right now you can't win at all.
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. also ignite goes kinda hard
Phase rush + flash ghost + swifties if you really wanna play. But it's really hard sine he will perma W you and outscale as well. Good luck XD
havent played against lane neeko (new reworked one) but it's def not easy. try to play around jg.
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 or you wont be able to do much.
Early cull. Cut down in runes. Bork kinda broken vs him, dont stand close to walls or his Q and just play hit and run.
tenacity broken vs him. you gotta r right before he stuns you with his W.
I like going exhaust or barrier. second wind is super nice since his Q is really low mana cost and cd.
JUST A YORDLE WITH A HAMMER.
early cloth armor and q max and you outscale at 11. I honestly like going Crown as long as they dont have too much high range.
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.
i would try to play as aggro as possible early on with ignite/exhaust. If he gets bush control you wont really have a chance.
Q max, berserker rush. if she goes in, Q her and W away to dodge her spells, then follow up with auto, auto + E. I love exhaust into her, barrier is also great.
Dorans Shield + Second Wind. Stay behind minions. You never win any trades early on. But you start to outscale him at lvl 11. Make sure you dont give him any lead since he's snowballing really hard.
mercs + wits end. d shield. kinda hard match up. he has more range, hard cc and outscales. so having cc jungler is kinda needed.
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. really free lane at 6. early cull giga good
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. if he goes tank then get botrk. always tp into him.
ignite + pta + dblade Poggers.
At lvl 11 you auto win. dont die or he hard snowballs. who ever ults first will lose.
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
honestly go fuck your self if you really play Kench solo lane. You are disgusting.
fuck you, you little rat. Q max + ludens, sweeper rush once hes 6. beg you got a jgler that cares about you xd
Q max and early berserker. Careful about his Pillar.
Phase Rush + zhonya rush. Haven't played against him with the new R rework sadly but im sure it's a lot better now.
Cleanse or Mercs + tenacity in runes. he will roam a lot so cull good value
Dont get hit by his E. Play safe and scale. at lvl 11 and items u win. its just hit and run.
pretty easy. play around his cage. all spells are pretty easy to dodge, ult his R. KEKW
Dodge ball all lane. early berserkers help a lot with dodging.
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. pray you got cc jg, then easy gank. If not then have fun ;)
as long as youre not playing vs Elite500 it should be free, ult his empowered Q+ E. stay behind minions, go ignite or healing cut, easy.
Q max and Berserker Rush, as long as he doesnt get on to you its chill. so poke and run
ignite or early healing cut. Q max. Once you're 6 just perma poke everytime he goes for an last hit.
Havent seen that champ at all in top. Ulting his R2 is usually what works best for me. PTA also kinda nice with Q max and ignite.
Dodge ball. early berserkers. same as vel
Ignite + LT+ berserker rush. E max. You can stand inside of his Winwall and you will be able to hit him. Try to avoid fighting in waves since he can use it very well.
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. He snowballs extremly hard so avoid falling behind. I like going ignite or barrier into him.
all about dodging his E and W. You can auto + reset E to kill his wall early on.
early cloth armor has insane value. zhonya 2nd or 3rd must. I like running exhaust. Poke with e and q in lane but dont get hit by his. stand behind your wave since his Q is dealing reduced dmg after first hit.
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! :)