Talk:Kayle/@comment-4664737-20120529160805/@comment-2124153-20120529162750

You didn't specify, but I assume you are talking about Kayle as a 0 CS bot lane support, babysitting an AD carry. If that's not the case, disregard this post and be more specific about what you're asking.

I'd rate her as a "tier 2" support. She is not as effective as the top supports like Janna, Soraka, or Sona, who work excellently without farm, and maintain usefulness throughout the game during all phases. However, she's better than joke/situational supports like Galio, Lux, Yorick, etc.

She only has two skills that are really useful in lategame battles: her W and her R. Q is semi-useful for peeling, but E is basically trash without items to augment it, and you're not going to have the income to buy said items. Kayle's strength in the laning phase is basically that she has higher DPS than any other option. Turn on Q + E, and you will shred people at level 2. You want to be aggressive in lane with her, working with the carry to zone the enemy out and get yourself an advantage in CS/kills. You play Kayle to win the lane.

Kayle in fine in a "passive" farming lane as well. Her heal is pretty good for sustain purposes, and it's hard to gank the lane because of Q's slow, W's heal/MS boost, and R's invulnerability. There are usually better choices than Kayle for a passive lane, though. Soraka is the best, obviously, but Janna and Alistar are also pretty good at it.

tl;dr Kayle is a decent 0 CS support, competitively viable, but not the greatest at any one particular thing.