Talk:Kayle/@comment-5077305-20120626141431/@comment-2124153-20120626211238

Executioner's will work against Yorick, but the cooldown on the active doesn't match his Famine cooldown, so you're still somewhat exposed.

Best thing to do against Yorick is what Malphite did to you: brush-juke. When Yorick drops ghouls on you, drop into the brush to break aggro, it kills his sustain plus wastes his mana. It means you have to sit in the top of the lane, so have the jungle approaches well-warded. Also you can go 11 down the Defense tree (ghouls count as minions, so flat + minion reduction reduces the damage they do by 4, which adds up quickly), drink a lot of potions (do NOT use W to heal yourself, you need it to counter his Pestilence ghoul), don't let him get into melee range (his Q ghoul will destroy you), and call for ganks when possible (Yorick has no escapes). Yorick is considered a Kayle counter, but with a skilled Kayle I think the opposite is true. Not an easy lane for her, but you can win, and at worst you just outlast and beat him lategame.

As for other champions that Executioner's is good on, it's basically a good item on anyone that relies on sustain to win the lane or stay in it. That's a lot of top lane champions. I wouldn't use it against borderline people like Wukong or Darius that rely on potions (not worth it), but it's great against guys like Garen, Mundo, GP, Sion, Warwick, Swain, Vlad, etc that have some sort of built-in sustain. It's even good against people who itemize heavily for lifesteal/spell vamp.