Kayle

Recommended Build

Patch 16.11 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 6/9/2026

55.1% Based on 158 games wr in Top

Build path

1. Boots any step
   

   Boots of Swiftness

   1000 gold

   55 Move Speed
   
   Fleetfooted
   Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.

   Boots of Swiftness

   96% pick · 55.0% Based on 151 picks wr
2. Item 1 3 options
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     Doran's Blade

     450 gold

     10 Attack Damage
     80 Health
     2.5% Omnivamp
     
     
     Doran's Blade

     46% pick · 56.2% Based on 73 picks wr
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     Doran's Shield

     450 gold

     110 Health
     
     Enduring Focus
     Restore 4 Health every 5 seconds.
     After taking damage from a champion, restore Health over 8 seconds.
     
     Helping Hand
     Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
     or Doran's Shield

     22% pick · 54.3% Based on 35 picks wr
   • 
     Doran's Bow

     400 gold

     8 Attack Damage
     15% Attack Speed
     1.5% Omnivamp
     
     
     or Doran's Bow

     22% pick · 51.4% Based on 35 picks wr
3. Item 2 2 options
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     Nashor's Tooth

     2900 gold

     80 Ability Power
     50% Attack Speed
     15 Ability Haste
     
     Icathian Bite
     Attacks deal bonus magic damage On-Hit.
     Nashor's Tooth

     59% pick · 62.0% Based on 92 picks wr
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     Cull

     450 gold

     7 Attack Damage
     
     Reap
     Restore 3 Health On-Hit.
     Killing minions grants 1 gold, up to 100. Reaching the limit grants another 350 gold.
     
     or Cull

     36% pick · 46.4% Based on 56 picks wr
4. Item 3 2 options
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     Dusk and Dawn

     3100 gold

     300 Health
     60 Ability Power
     20 Ability Haste
     20% Attack Speed
     
     Spellblade (0s)
     After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus magic damage and heals you for On-Hit and then applies On-Hit effects an additional time.
     Dusk and Dawn

     50% pick · 59.7% Based on 72 picks wr
   • 
     Nashor's Tooth

     2900 gold

     80 Ability Power
     50% Attack Speed
     15 Ability Haste
     
     Icathian Bite
     Attacks deal bonus magic damage On-Hit.
     or Nashor's Tooth

     36% pick · 48.1% Based on 52 picks wr
5. Item 4 2 options
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     Rabadon's Deathcap

     3500 gold

     130 Ability Power
     
     Magical Opus
     Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
     Rabadon's Deathcap

     47% pick · 79.5% Based on 44 picks wr
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     Dusk and Dawn

     3100 gold

     300 Health
     60 Ability Power
     20 Ability Haste
     20% Attack Speed
     
     Spellblade (0s)
     After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus magic damage and heals you for On-Hit and then applies On-Hit effects an additional time.
     or Dusk and Dawn

     37% pick · 42.9% Based on 35 picks wr

Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).

Summoner spells

Flash

Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.

Flash +

Teleport

After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.

Teleport 70% · 52.7% Based on 110 picks wr

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Q Radiant Blast

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

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W Celestial Blessing

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

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E Starfire 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.

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R Divine 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.

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Precision

Press the Attack · selected

Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.

Lethal Tempo

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

Fleet Footwork

Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS.

Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Absorb Life · selected

Killing a target heals you.

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.

Presence of Mind

Restore a small amount of mana or energy when damaging an enemy champion. Takedowns restore mana or energy.

Legend: Alacrity · selected

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.

Legend: Haste

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Basic Ability Haste.

Legend: Bloodline

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Life Steal, up to a cap. Once the cap is reached, increase your max health. Weaker earlier but stronger later game than other Legend Runes.

Coup de Grace

Deal more damage to low health enemy champions.

Cut Down

Deal more damage to high health enemy champions.

Last Stand · selected

Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.

Sorcery

Axiom Arcanist

Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Nimbus Cloak

After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Celerity · selected

All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Absolute Focus

While above 70% health, gain extra adaptive damage.

Scorch

Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.

Waterwalking

Gain MS and AP or AD, adaptive in the river.

Gathering Storm · selected

Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, adaptive over the course of the game.

Stat shards

Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Attack Speed · selected

+10% Attack Speed.

Ability Haste

+8 Ability Haste.

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Move Speed

+2% Move Speed.

Bonus Health

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).

Health

+65 flat Health.

Tenacity & Slow Resist

+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist.

Bonus Health · selected

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).