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Kayle Top build & stats

MarksmanMage C 108 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
44.4%
Pick rate
2.6%
Ban rate
1.5%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Dusk and Dawn
Dusk and Dawn
3,100 gold
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Nashor's Tooth
Nashor's Tooth
2,900 gold
9,500 gold
46.2% WR 26 games

Boots

Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves
1,100 gold
44.4% 27 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
48.6% WR
35 games · 32% pick
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
76.9% 13 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Kayle

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Kayle wins 44.4% of games as Top on patch 16.18 (108 games).
  • Most common core: Dusk and Dawn → Rabadon's Deathcap → Nashor's Tooth — 46% win rate over 26 games.
  • Take Lethal Tempo as keystone: picked in 47% of games with a 51% win rate.
  • Kayle scales: 55% win rate after 35 minutes versus 43% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Dusk and Dawn
Dusk and Dawn
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Nashor's Tooth
Nashor's Tooth
46.2% WR
26 games · 24% pick
Dusk and Dawn
Dusk and Dawn
Nashor's Tooth
Nashor's Tooth
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
75.0% WR
4 games · 4% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
Nashor's Tooth
Nashor's Tooth
66.7% WR
3 games · 3% pick

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
44.6% WR
74 games · 69% pick
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves
44.4% WR
27 games · 25% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
33.3% WR
3 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
75.0% 4% (4)
55.2% 27% (29)
50.9% 51% (55)
50.0% 7% (8)
50.0% 4% (4)
47.1% 16% (17)
46.2% 36% (39)
45.5% 10% (11)
45.2% 86% (93)
44.4% 8% (9)
40.0% 9% (10)
30.0% 9% (10)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
48.6% WR
35 games · 32% pick
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
42.9% WR
35 games · 32% pick
Press the Attack Absorb Life Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Celerity Gathering Storm
Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
60.0% WR
5 games · 5% pick
Fleet Footwork Absorb Life Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Celerity Gathering Storm

Keystones

  • Lethal Tempo Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack. 51.0%47% pick
  • Press the Attack Press the Attack Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions. 37.3%47% pick
  • Fleet Footwork Fleet Footwork Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS. 50.0%6% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 39.0%55% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 45.8%22% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 76.9%12% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PDivine Ascent

    Kayle's attacks are empowered by the heavens as she levels up and spends skill points. Her wings are lit aflame as she progressively gains Attack Speed, Move Speed, Attack Range, and waves of fire on her attacks.

  • QRadiant Blast

    Kayle conjures a portal, summoning a celestial sword that pierces through enemies, slowing, damaging, and reducing the resistances of all hit.

  • WCelestial Blessing

    Blessed by the divine, Kayle heals and grants Move Speed to herself and the nearest ally.

  • EStarfire Spellblade

    Passive: Kayle's celestial sword, Virtue, deals bonus magic damage to enemies she attacks.Active: Kayle's next attack smites her target with celestial fire, dealing bonus damage proportionate to their missing health.

  • RDivine Judgment

    Kayle makes an ally invulnerable and calls upon former Aspects of Justice to purify the area around her target with a holy rain of swords.