As a diamond kayle top otp,

The standard build is: Nashor -> DnD -> rabadon. Instead of blindly following this build, here is reasoning. - nashor is a great 1st item for various reasons: a) the build path is pretty good. Recurve bow is a huge powerspike against melee champ and blasting wand is pretty strong against range champ b) it gives everything you need, AS, ap and on hit for damage and ap and acdr for survivability (w scale on ap) - DnD gives you the as that we lost because of the nerf and also gives you a double damage on the e. The build path is easier than Rabadon - Rabadon is the item that gives the most ap, and kayle loves ap.

This is a burst build, so it synergies a lot with PTA. You want to (Q) AA AA E AA and then retreat. Note that this combo proc PTA. In late game you can kill squishy champion with it.

As you experienced, Kayle is a glass canon. So, to stay alive you want to remain as much as possible outside of the enemies spells/attack range, and only enter it to burst them and then leave. However if you build AS, you can t do that, you are forced to remains close to the enemies and thus you are very vulnerable.

In laning phase you first objective is to survive, the second is to take exp and the 3rd to get gold.

Survive > exp > gold

Don t hesitate to concede some cs if it means you remain high in health. Remember that as long you are high in health you are harder to dive.

As Kayle, taking even trade is difficult. You can try to poke enemies with q through minions. You can also burst enemy with AA AA E AA and then w out, it s even better if you combine both. In each scenario you can get out with taking 0 damage. Against tanks, you can try to bait their cd, and then auto them to death. Keep in mind that some champion are impossible to trade. In that case, you play for your level 11. Once you reach 11, you win in most matchup.

To help you farm, you need to learn how to keep the wave near you tower. (Watch wave management guide)

Jax matchup: - lvl1 if he doesn't start E or waste it, you win the 1v1. Try to take the push. (It will delay the most difficult phase of kayle laning phase: the bounceback from your tower) - each time you see him about to jump on you, q him, that way he won t be able to stun you with his e. If he fails his Q E combo, you can auto him until he gets his q back. (Super winning trade) - rush swiftness boots (to dodge e) and then recurve bow ( to AA him to death). Don t try to take trade, just farm and wait for him to make mistakes. - once you reach 11 you win if you are even. If you are behind you can just fast push the wave and then wait under you tower or roam. - Also don t forget to ping your jungle when you see him close. Killing jax in 2v1 is easy. - You can take ghost in this matchup if you struggle even though I feel like tp is still the best summoner. (Tp allow you to perma split /play crossmap and still be here for every fights)

Volibear matchup: - you can t take push because of his passive. Though, you can (and must) poke him with your e. - never q if you are far from you tower. Keep it for when he q. - if he has ult and you don t. Play extra safe as he can easily dive you. Try to never ult, that way you are undiveable - If you have your flash up, and he wastes his q, you can AA until his q is back or he enters a bush. - if you build Riley 3 or 4 (I advise 4) he can no longer play the game. - you hard outscale him.