Talk:Kayle/@comment-76.95.106.252-20121230144833/@comment-2124153-20121231154035

^ The problem isn't that it's bad, but that's it's not necessarily efficient. Extra AD in an AP/AS build isn't any sort of problem, but unless it's incidental (such as from Rageblade), you're mixing and matching and potentially setting yourself back.

AD is better at single target DPS, but single target DPS is only worth it with triple multiplicative scaling (AKA, crit). AP is nearly twice as good cost-wise for Q and E's splash, and it's about 70% as effective as AD for the single target (subject to differences between Armor and MR), plus the fact that it helps your heal and applies extra damage from Spellsword and Malady.

You can build dumb shit on Kayle and still succeed, but that doesn't imply that dumb shit is viable, just that your skill and/or teammates papered over the gap.