Talk:Kayle/@comment-3532889-20120309062818/@comment-2124153-20120309181732

Kayle in solo top is excellent, a role for her that's second only to coming out of the jungle. The nicest thing about her is what you've already noticed: she counters traditional solo top opponents pretty easily. As an added bonus, she's very good at shoving out waves, so you can punish people who leave the lane by taking down their tower. Also, it's very hard to gank or even tower-dive her because of her MS buff, slow, and ult.

Main complaint that people have, is that she doesn't fit the meta. If Kayle is solo top for your team, that means that you need initiation/beef coming out of the jungle or in your bot support (like an Alistar for example). Even if you were to build tanky, Kayle is not really that great at starting fights, unless you catch someone out of position with her Q. She doesn't even have an instant gap-closer.

So that's the issue, it's hard to fit her. The solution is to put her on a team with someone like Skarner, Malphite, Alistar, Galio, GP, J4, whatever. A hero that can start a fight for your team, so that Kayle can support DPS and protect the carry.