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Kayle Top build & stats

MarksmanMage B 374 games · patch 16.16
Win rate
53.2%
Pick rate
2.0%
Ban rate
1.8%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Bow
Doran's Bow
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
73.3% 15 games

Build in this order

Nashor's Tooth 1
Nashor's Tooth
2,900 gold
Dusk and Dawn 2
Dusk and Dawn
3,100 gold
Rabadon's Deathcap 3
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
9,500 gold
66.7% WR 9 games

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
1,000 gold
53.6% 179 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
56.4% WR
39 games · 10% 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.

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

Flash Ghost
57.5% 40 games

Max order

Starfire Spellblade E Radiant Blast Q Celestial Blessing W
70.0% 10 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 53.2% of games as Top on patch 16.16 (374 games).
  • Most common core: Nashor's Tooth → Dusk and Dawn → Rabadon's Deathcap — 73% win rate over 22 games.
  • Take Press the Attack as keystone: picked in 71% of games with a 56% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Camille (88% over 8 games). Hardest: Sion (11% over 9 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Kayle scales: 56% win rate after 35 minutes versus 43% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Nashor's Tooth 1
Nashor's Tooth
Dusk and Dawn 2
Dusk and Dawn
Rabadon's Deathcap 3
Rabadon's Deathcap
66.7% WR
9 games · 2% pick

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Health Potion
52.4% WR
21 games · 6% pick
Doran's Bow
Doran's Bow
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
73.3% WR
15 games · 4% pick
Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield
Health Potion
Health Potion
33.3% WR
9 games · 2% pick

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
53.6% WR
179 games · 48% pick
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves
27.3% WR
11 games · 3% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
25.0% WR
4 games · 1% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
80.0% 1% (5)
77.8% 2% (9)
75.0% 1% (4)
72.2% 5% (18)
71.4% 2% (7)
63.6% 3% (11)
60.3% 21% (78)
54.2% 32% (118)
53.1% 48% (179)
50.0% 2% (6)
48.6% 10% (37)
33.3% 1% (3)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
56.4% WR
39 games · 10% 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.

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
46.7% WR
15 games · 4% pick
Lethal Tempo Absorb Life Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Celerity Gathering Storm
Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
85.7% WR
7 games · 2% pick
Press the Attack Absorb Life Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Celerity Gathering Storm

Keystones

  • 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. 55.9%38% 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. 34.8%12% pick
  • Fleet Footwork Fleet Footwork Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS. 43.8%4% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 47.7%29% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 53.7%11% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 57.5%11% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Radiant Blast Q Starfire Spellblade E Celestial Blessing W 50.0%34 games
Starfire Spellblade E Radiant Blast Q Celestial Blessing W 70.0%10 games

Most common first three levels: E → W → Q (60%), E → Q → W (48%).

  • 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.