Kayle·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kayle Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Fleet Footwork as your keystone, followed by Overheal, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Celerity and Gathering Storm in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Nashor's Tooth as your first item, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Rabadon's Deathcap. For your last 3 items, you should build Shadowflame, Lich Bane and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 59.5% winrate over 5 334 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Kayle Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Kraken Slayer, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Guinsoo's Rageblade as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Terminus, Rylai's Crystal Scepter and Blade of The Ruined King. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 54.4% win rate over 5 176 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Overheal, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Kraken Slayer as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Guinsoo's Rageblade as a third item. You want to finish the build with Terminus, Rylai's Crystal Scepter and Wit's End. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 54.3% win rate across 3 160 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Kayle Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Nashor's Tooth as your first item, then finish Berserker's Greaves as your second item, and Rabadon's Deathcap as third item. The last 3 options are Shadowflame, Lich Bane and Banshee's Veil. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 60.3% win rate over 524 matches played.

Situational Kayle Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Kayle build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.