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Kayle

DifficultyHigh
Role
FighterSupport
Lane
TopMid

Roles and difficulty from the global official site, lane from the China-server official site

Latest Meta Stats

Mid
D
Win Rate52.0%
Pick Rate1.7%#34
Ban Rate0.4%

Not in the Master+ sample — figures from All ranks

Top (Solo)
D
Win Rate50.7%
Pick Rate2.2%#27
Ban Rate0.3%

Popular Kayle builds in game

Taken from the in-game loadout screen as of 2026-08-29. The pick count and win rate are shown exactly as the game reports them.

Build 1Win rate 56.41%Picks 3,522

Bigger single hits through Lich Bane's AP scaling

  • Nashor's Tooth
  • Lich Bane
  • Rabadon's Deathcap
  • Infinity Orb
  • Oceanid's Trident
  • Spellslinger's Shoes

When enemies have heavy crowd control and you can't keep attacking

Lich Bane's Spellblade makes the next attack within 10 seconds of using an ability deal bonus magic damage equal to 75% base AD + 45% AP, on a 1.5s cooldown. Build 1 totals 455 Ability Power, so that 45% coefficient comes back in full on that one empowered hit. Movement speed stacks as well, with +45 from Spellslinger's Shoes on top of Lich Bane's +5%.

Build 2Win rate 56.21%Picks 2,303

Health and attack speed from Dusk and Dawn

  • Nashor's Tooth
  • Dusk and Dawn
  • Rabadon's Deathcap
  • Infinity Orb
  • Oceanid's Trident
  • Spellslinger's Shoes

When the enemy team brings frontliners and fights drag on up close

Dusk and Dawn packs 350 Max Health, 25% Attack Speed, 70 Ability Power and 20 Ability Haste into one item. After you use an ability, its Spellblade deals 75% base AD + 10% AP bonus magic damage on your next attack, then applies on-hits to the target one extra time after a brief delay, on a 1.5s cooldown. Nashor's Tooth's Gnaw is an on-hit effect, so it rides that extra application. Build 2 totals 70% Attack Speed and 550 Max Health.

The commentary is AI-written. It is cross-checked against this site’s item data and the official lane assignments before publishing.

Skill Order (Lv 1 - 15)

3
1
2
3
Ult
3
3
1
Ult
1
1
2
Ult
2
2

Max Skill 3, your main damage source, first; then Skill 1, which deals damage and shreds defenses; and finally Skill 2 for healing and Movement Speed.

Kayle Skills

Divine Ascent
Passive

Divine Ascent

Kayle ascends as she gains levels.
Level 1: Attacks grant 4% Attack Speed (4% + 1%AP) for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. Gains 8% Movement Speed at max stacks.
Level 5: Attack range is increased to 525.
Level 9: Attacks fire waves of flame at max stacks, dealing the passive damage of Starfire SpellBlade.
Level 13: Attack range is increased to 575. The bonus from reaching max stacks becomes permanent.
Radiant Blast
Skill 1

Radiant Blast

11s
Launches a celestial sword, dealing 60 magic damage (60 + 60% bonusAD + 50%AP). Enemies hit are slowed by 26% for 2 seconds and their AR and MR is reduced by 20% for 4 seconds.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3LVL 4
Cooldown111098
Cost708090100
Base Damage60100140180
Slow26%34%42%50%
Celestial Blessing
Skill 2

Celestial Blessing

14s
Heals herself and an allied champion for 60 (60 + 30%AP) and grants them 25% Movement Speed (25% + 0.08%AP) for 2 seconds.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3LVL 4
Cost75808590
Heal6095130165
MS25%30%35%40%
Starfire Spellblade
Skill 3

Starfire Spellblade

8s
Passive: Attacks deal bonus 8 magic damage (8 + 5% bonusAD + 15%AP).
Active: Empowers her next attack to become ranged and deal bonus magic damage equal to 7% (7% + 0.02%AP) of the targets' missing HP.
When Kayle reaches level 9, Starfire Spellblade affects all nearby enemies.
Deals 60% damage to monsters.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3LVL 4
Cooldown87.576.5
On-hit Damage8111417
Base Damage7%8%9%10%
Divine Judgment
Ult

Divine Judgment

100s
Makes an allied champion invulnerable for 2.5 seconds and then purifies the area around them, dealing 150 magic damage (150 + 85% bonusAD + 60%AP) to nearby enemies.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3
Cooldown1009080
Cost100500
Base Damage150225300

Base Stats

League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official champion library (patch 7.2, as of 2026-08-25)

The site's latest patch is 7.2d, but these figures come from 7.2. The 8 champions adjusted since then — Yone, Jinx, Leona, Rumble, Nasus, Ryze, Jayce, Nidalee — no longer match the live game.

Official ratings
Damage3/3
Survivability1/3
Utility3/3
Difficulty2/3

A three-step guide set by the official champion library. For difficulty, a higher number means harder to play.

1
Health630LV15 2198
Mana345LV15 919
Attack Damage54LV15 96
Armor37LV15 100
Magic Resist36LV15 52.8
Movement Speed345

Critical damage is 175% for every champion. These figures exclude items and runes.

Kayle Strengths

  • Late-game scaler whose range and damage grow with levels.
  • AoE DPS from auto-attacks that rises sharply late.
  • Ult that makes herself or an allied carry invulnerable.

Kayle Weaknesses

  • ×One of the weakest early games of any champion
  • ×Struggles even to last hit minions while still melee
  • ×Has no answer if the game ends before she scales

Early Game

Kayle is very weak early, so avoid fights you do not need. Dropping some CS is acceptable. Stay in range to soak minion experience and ride out the early game under your turret.

Mid Game

Becoming ranged at Level 5 gives some breathing room, but you are still far from your power spike. Avoid needless deaths. Keep farming side lanes and open jungle camps to get your levels and items as fast as possible.

Late Game

After her final evolution at Level 13, Kayle shreds enemies one after another with long range and high AoE DPS. She is still squishy, though, so position carefully to stay out of enemy CC.

Teamfights

From a safe spot in the back, keep auto-attacking and melt the enemy frontline first. The key moment is when an enemy assassin dives your backline. Use your Ult on yourself or your carry to make them invulnerable, then counter-attack.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

Pushing the wave in the weak early game and becoming a gank target

Kayle is a late-game carry who evolves with levels. Hitting minions and pushing the lane early makes you an easy target for the enemy jungler. Freeze the wave in front of your turret and put safe experience above everything else.

Kayle Combos

Basic Trade

Slow and shred armor with Skill 1, weave an auto, then reset it with Skill 3 for extra damage.

1
AA
3

Kiting Combo

Heal and speed up with Skill 2 to make space, then kite behind the slow from Skill 1.

2
1
AA
3

Champions Kayle struggles against (reader votes)

↑ loses the matchup / ↓ not really

Jax
Irelia

Kayle Patch History

Kayle
KaylePatch 7.2b
Nerf
Radiant Blast Mana cost: 80/85/90/95 → 70/80/90/100 Damage: 70/120/170/220 → 60/100/140/180 Celestial Blessing Mana cost: 85/90/95/100 → 75/80/85/90 Heal: 95/125/155/185 + 40% AP → 60/95/130/165 + 30% AP Kayle loses damage and sustain at the same time, so her early and mid game push far less hard. The mana on Radiant Blast is reshaped rather than simply lowered — cheaper at rank 1, more expensive at max — which makes leaning on it late more costly. Celestial Blessing gives up flat healing and AP scaling together, so standing and trading is no longer a safe answer, and the wait for her levels and items gets longer.
Kayle
KaylePatch 7.1f
Buff
Base Stats Base AD: 50 → 54 Mana Regen: 12 → 16 Celestial Blessing Base Heal: 65/105/145/185 → 95/125/155/185 Kayle trades a weak early game for a strong late game, but that early game had become too punishing. The extra 4 base AD steadies her last-hitting and her short trades, while the higher mana regen lets her stay in lane longer. Celestial Blessing gains 30 healing at rank 1 and nothing at rank 4, so the help lands exactly where she needed it. Spending the whole laning phase pinned under tower should be a rarer outcome.
Kayle
KaylePatch 6.3f
Nerf
Base Stats Base movement speed: reduced E Passive base damage: reduced R Damage: reduced Ratio: reduced Three separate cuts land at once, all aimed at how much a fed Kayle decides a game by herself. The slower base movement speed makes her positioning in lane and her escapes from a gank a little more awkward. With the E passive and both the damage and scaling on R coming down, her late-game output drops as well, so surviving long enough to reach it matters more than before.

Kayle Skins

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