Talk:Kayle/@comment-4664737-20120910140426/@comment-2124153-20120912155338

I have nothing against mages (my favorite champion is Anivia), but you need to have the kit for it. Kayle is not a good burster. She is not even a mediocre burster. A 100% AP ratio on her Q is outstripped by every mage in the entire game, because she has no follow-up nuke, only her autoattacks.

Mages scale AP/MPen/CDR for damage. Kayle scales AP/AS for damage. It's a subtle but important distinction between her and your bog-standard "mage".