Kayle Top Build

Kayle Champion Guide

Role: Mage

Lane: Toplane

The best build for Kayle Top includes Nashor's Tooth, Boots of Swiftness, Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Lich Bane. The most effective rune setup consists of Lethal Tempo, Absorb Life, Legend: Alacrity, and Last Stand in the primary tree, along with Celerity and Gathering Storm in the secondary tree.

Kayle Champion Abilities

Divine Ascent

Kayle's attacks rank up as she gains levels and spends ability points.

Level 1: Kayle's attacks grant 6% (+1% per 100 ability power) attack speed for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. At max stacks, Kayle becomes Exalted, gaining 10% movement speed.

Level 6: Attack range is increased to 525.

Level 11: Attacks while Exalted launch fire waves that deal 15-35 (+25% of ability power) (+0.1 per bonus attack damage) magic damage.

Level 16: Kayle is permanently Exalted. Attack range is increased to 625. P

Radiant Blast

Kayle fires a celestial sword that stops on the first enemy hit, dealing 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 (+60% of ability power) (0.5 per attack damage) magic damage, slowing by 26 / 32 / 38 / 44 / 50% for 2 seconds, and removing armor and magic resistance by 15% for 4 seconds from the target and enemies behind them. Q

Celestial Blessing

Kayle infuses herself and an allied champion with light, restoring 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 (+25% of ability power) health and granting 24 / 28 / 32 / 36 / 40% (+8% per 100 ability power) movement speed for 2 seconds. W

Starfire Spellblade

Passive: Kayle's attacks deal an additional 20-41 (+20% of ability power) (+0.1 per attack damage) magic damage.

Active: Kayle's next attack becomes ranged and deals an additional 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12% (+2% per 100 ability power) of target's missing health as magic damage. When Kayle reaches level 6, this attack explodes on hitting the target, dealing damage to surrounding enemies. E

Divine Judgment

Kayle makes an allied champion invulnerable for 2.5 seconds and then purifies the area around them, dealing 200 / 300 / 400 (+70% of ability power) (+1.0 per bonus attack damage) magic damage to nearby enemies. R

Kayle Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Teleport

Teleport is a unit-targeted summoner spell that blinks your champion to the target allied unit after a few seconds of channeling.

Teleport transforms into Unleashed Teleport after 10:00.

Kayle Runes

Kayle Items

Kayle Ability Order

Kayle Matchups Overview

Strong against

Akali

Rumble

Zed

Udyr

Heimerdinger

Kled

Weak against

Tryndamere

Vladimir

Irelia

Yone

Aurora

Volibear

Kayle Tips and Tricks

Kayle is a weak early-game champion until she unlocks her Ultimate R, which grants her additional range and survivability. Play safely until you have access to your Ultimate. Whenever your Ultimate R is on cooldown, play more cautiously, as you become quite squishy and can easily be taken down if caught without it. In the early game, try to keep the wave closer to your side of the map to increase your survivability and reduce the enemy's ability to harass you or set you behind.

Best Kayle Build, Runes, and Items for Top

Most Popular Build

For Summoner Spells, take Flash and Teleport. For runes, choose Lethal Tempo as your keystone, followed by Absorb Life, Legend: Alacrity, and Last Stand in the primary tree. In the secondary tree, pick Celerity and Gathering Storm. For rune shards, select Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex, and Health Scaling in defense, though adjust based on the matchup. For items, build Nashor's Tooth first, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Rabadon's Deathcap. For the last three items, build Shadowflame, Lich Bane, and finish with Rylai's Crystal Scepter. Stick with the skill order of E - Q - W.

Situational Build

Depending on your game's context, your matchup, and the enemy champions, you might need to adapt your runes and item choices. For example, adjust your rune shards to take either Armor or Magic Resist depending on who you're laning against. Be flexible with your build to best suit the situation at hand.