Talk:Kayle/@comment-69.150.181.11-20111219214333/@comment-2124153-20111219222906

Not that I recommend this as a go-to build for you or anything, but if you want to build tanky with Soraka you need to do something about her HP, which is 3rd lowest amongst all 80-something champions. She gets a huge temporary Armor buff from her heal, and a little bit of MR from her passive. Things like Rylai's and Spirit Visage are really good on her if you play this way.

Kayle can't do what you want her to, her heal is the worst in the game. She is a support DPS first and foremost, her W skill is a toy. Like most people, she can't build tanky without sacrificing damage output.

If you want to be kinda-beefy and still have an impact in fights, you might want to try a champion like Nunu. He has a lot of health by default, can eat minions to heal himself, and has some fun abilities like a move that buffs himself and one other ally, a snowball that does damage and slows people, and an ultimate that's hard to land but devastating if it goes off.

Ryze might also be interesting for you, he's a damage-dealer that becomes naturally hard to kill just by the items that he builds for damage output.