Talk:Kayle/@comment-58.106.254.39-20130103124005/@comment-2124153-20130103140144

Vlad is very straightforward to beat in lane, because he is weak early and Kayle is strong. If you lose to Vlad, it's because you weren't aggressive enough (or the jungler camped your lane).

Take E first, ward the jungle approaches, and just run him off the creep line and kill him. Don't be afraid of his Q, it has a huge cooldown at low levels. If he hits you with it, just chase him. Vlad will lose every trade to you, even if you only get in a couple of autoattacks.

Alternatively, you can go into pushing mode, and just throw waves of creep against his tower. Vlad cannot wave clear safely without a strong E, so punish him for maxing Q first by getting on his nuts right from the start. If he burns his W to kill minions, tower dive him.

I know that you said you don't like asking the jungler for help, but if the jungler can level 2 gank Vlad before he has Trollpool, you will easily snowball that lane yourself afterwards with no additional help needed.