Top · 188 games · NA

Kayle

Top · 64% of games Mid · 34%

Strongest when games end at 30–35 minutes (68%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−634 gold), and still wins 57%.

Win rate: 56.9%; ±7.1 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: S+; #2 of 85
Pick rate: 1.9%; ban 1.1%
Games: 188; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

Any opponent

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Kayle top wins 56.9% of 188 ranked games in NA, rank 2 of 85 top champions (tier S+). Most players finish Nashor's Tooth first, at about 14:18.

The build at a glance

What most Kayle players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Boots

Boots of Swiftness 8:00 · 90% of games

Item 1

Nashor's Tooth 14:27 · 87% · 154 games

Item 2

Dusk and Dawn 20:56 · 86% · 113 games

Item 3

Rabadon's Deathcap 26:36 · 85% · 55 games

Item 4

Shadowflame 31:00 · 55% · 11 games

Item 5 · late game

Void Staff 36:00 · 5 of 9 games

Runes

Press the Attack · Precision + Sorcery 15% of games · 50% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Blade + Health Potion 47% of games · 58% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 55% of games · 57% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Radiant Blast first 58% of games · 61% wins Skill orders →

When Kayle wins

Best when games end at 30–35′

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′60% wins29% of games · 55

Lasts 25′ or more57% wins68% of games · 127

Lanes

Watch out for Singed, Yone

Hard Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Kayle games

First Baron: 88% against 36%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 36% 88% +52

First dragon 35% 74% +39

First tower 43% 79% +36

Rift Herald 48% 78% +30

First blood 46% 67% +21

First Voidgrubs 53% 63% +10

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Kayle plays

Fewer solo kills, more multikills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average top laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

Fewer solo kills a game1.5 against 2.1 · −31%

More multikills a game0.54 against 0.43 · +26%

Fewer control wards a game0.32 against 0.42 · −24%

Less damage a minute658 against 781 · −16%

Less share of team damage19% against 22% · −14%

About average: damage to towers, gold, deaths, vision, assists.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~14:12

Item 2done ~20:42

Item 3done ~26:24

Item 4done ~31:00

Item 5done ~33:30

Most common full builds

Boots of Swiftness › Nashor's Tooth › Dusk and Dawn › Rabadon's Deathcap 71.4%35 games

Boots of Swiftness › Nashor's Tooth › Dusk and Dawn › Rabadon's Deathcap › Shadowflame 54.5%11 games

Nashor's Tooth › Boots of Swiftness › Dusk and Dawn › Rylai's Crystal Scepter 60.0%5 games

Boots of Swiftness › Nashor's Tooth › Dusk and Dawn › Shadowflame 60.0%5 games

Nashor's Tooth › Boots of Swiftness › Dusk and Dawn › Rabadon's Deathcap › Zhonya's Hourglass 100.0%5 games

Boots of Swiftness › Nashor's Tooth › Dusk and Dawn › Rabadon's Deathcap › Void Staff 50.0%4 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Dusk and Dawn 62%45

Shadowflame 57%14

Rabadon's Deathcap 43%30

Lich Bane 20%5

Nashor's Tooth 20%5

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Blade + Health Potion58.4%89

Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion55.9%59

Doran's Shield + Health Potion50.0%22

Boots

Boots of Swiftness ~8:0057.4%169

Berserker's Greaves ~6:1257.1%7

Plated Steelcaps ~9:0025.0%4

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport57.3%103

Flash + Ghost60.0%35

Exhaust + Flash52.9%34

Skills

Max

W60.6%109

Max

W52.6%78

Start

W59.6%109

Start

Q60.3%58

Hard lanes

Watch out for Singed, Yone

Easy lanes

No clearly easy lane yet

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 1 of 2, still wins 1 of them

Expected: what Kayle's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (24)

Nasus 71% · 7

K'Sante 71% · 7

Camille 50% · 6

Ornn 33% · 6

Fiora 83% · 6

Yasuo 67% · 6

Gragas 40% · 5

Urgot 80% · 5

Jayce 40% · 5

Malphite 60% · 5

Cho'Gath 60% · 5

Ambessa 40% · 5

Garen 60% · 5

Renekton 50% · 4

Volibear 100% · 4

Illaoi 75% · 4

Riven 50% · 4

Aatrox 100% · 4

Shen 25% · 4

Jax 25% · 4

Darius 50% · 4

Teemo 33% · 3

Tryndamere 100% · 3

Locke 33% · 3

Kayle vs Yone · 14 games · Early read

Kayle does worse than expected here

50%winsexpected 56%

−755gold at 15′average −634

−10.8minions at 10′ahead or behind

21%in on first bloodsolo kills −1.14 a game

Gold lead against Yone Kayle's average lead

Against Yone, Kayle is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 71% of games, and still wins 30% of those. When ahead, Kayle wins 100%.

Ahead at 15′100% wins4 games

Behind at 15′30% wins10 games

Full Kayle vs Yone page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies that cost Kayle games: Jhin

Enemy jungle Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy mid Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy bot Trouble

Jhin41% · exp. 60% −1817 games

Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies about as often as most top laners

Before 14 minutes Kayle dies 2.5 times a game (average 2.4). 34% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 39% for the average top laner. 58% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.5deaths per game before 14′about average (2.4)

34%involve the enemy junglerless than average (39%)

42%outnumbered (2+ enemies)less than average (47%)

84%with no teammate nearabout average (84%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Kayle dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of top lane

Ganks: 58% in your half of top lane. Collapses: 59% in your half of top lane. 1-v-1s: 72% in your half of top lane.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average top laner

What kills Kayle

Kind of death

Kayle Average

Gank 34% (avg 39%)Collapse 9% (avg 8%)1-v-1 58% (avg 53%)

Who gets the kill

Kayle Average

Bot laner 1% (avg 1%)Jungler 21% (avg 24%)Support 2% (avg 2%)Mid laner 8% (avg 7%)Top laner 68% (avg 64%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00–5:00, 6:00–8:00 and 9:00

Kayle Peak Average top laner

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Ward the river before 3:00, 6:00 and 9:00.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Kayle; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Kayle wins fights

Wins fights in the top-side river, loses them in your half of top lane

Before 14 minutes: 1.0 kills per death in the top-side river against 0.4 in your half of top lane. Overall 0.6 kills per death.

Your half of top lane 0.4 K/D 120 / 310

Their half of top lane 0.8 K/D 85 / 104

The top-side river 1.0 K/D 27 / 28

Your jungle 0.7 K/D 9 / 13

Their jungle 2.2 K/D 11 / 5

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Kayle wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsNo clear difference yetNear 13% of their team's dragon takes (average top laner 17%). The team wins 80% when Kayle is there and 76% when not.

Leaving laneWorth knowingFirst shows up in mid lane around 18:00 (average 16:00). Top laners who get there by 14:00 win 51% against 50%; for Kayle it is 43% against 61%.

Kayle

What most Kayle players run

Best when games end at 30–35′

Watch out for Singed, Yone

First Baron: 88% against 36%

Fewer solo kills, more multikills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for Singed, Yone

No clearly easy lane yet

Behind at 15 against 1 of 2, still wins 1 of them

Kayle does worse than expected here

Kayle does worse than expected here

Enemies that cost Kayle games: Jhin

Teammates that change Kayle's games

Dies about as often as most top laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of top lane

What kills Kayle

Ganks come at 3:00–5:00, 6:00–8:00 and 9:00

Wins fights in the top-side river, loses them in your half of top lane

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of top lane

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in their half of bot lane