Talk:Kayle/@comment-24082016-20140729223554/@comment-5763148-20140809003312

Yeah there are tonnes of em man. You have no idea how many ppl biched at me for goin Kayle Support. Guess what? The first ranked game i played in OCE was Kayle Support and they forced me to Support. We won that game cos i freakin helped my carry setup. This shows Kayle Support is solid and back then I only knew the basics for the role.

The problem is that Kayle has very low Champ synergy in general cos of her condensed Kit. She is flexible but this only comes into play as the game goes on.

Kayle is still a fresh Champ when it comes to the Support world. She couldn't function as a Support in the past cos she lacked all the items that let her be a good one. She was and always will be gear dependant regardless of her role.

So far Kayle is only good with Cait, Ashe, Varus, Vayne and Jynx. This is mainly thanks to her Q and Holy Ferver as those 2 skills synergise with these Champs and their Kit.

The problem is that the meta for Supports, while vast now, had the least change done in plays cos they are JUST Support.

People EXPECT Supports to focus on buffing teams and disrupting oppositions only. So they always go with Champs with Flashy disruption skills like Leona, Braum, Lulu, etc.

There are 3 types of Supports as to date:

- Classic Support: what everyone knows. Just general buffing, healing, disruption, etc. This playstyle has existed for so long that ppl won't deviate from it in most cases. Champs like Lulu, Janna and Soraka are examples.

- Tank Support: ironically enough, I said all kinds of shitt in Classic, but these Champs have risen again. Naturally tanky, they can safely help their Carry to their heart's content. With the release of Braum, they have become more popular. Only classic Support I've seen much of since then is like Lulu and maybe Janna once or twice.

- Beatdown Supports: where Tank Supports help soak up and nullify damage, these Supports focus on helping the Carry secure kills by attackin alongside em. These Supports often buy 1-2 items they usually buy when solo laning to get a solid amount of damage output while not disregarding the Support basics like buying wards for example. Beatdown Supports often have skills that let the allies deal more damage but at the same time they can exploit it as well. Leona is therefore not in this category cos her Passive lets her allies deal morr damage but she can't exploit it. So far Kayle is the pioneer of this role and Lulu can also take this path. Ironically enough, this playstyle should let those who are new to Support but are great at solo plays learn Support quickly since it doesn't immediately deviate from the playstyle of a Solo Lane.