Talk:Kayle/@comment-5077305-20120626141431/@comment-2124153-20120626163224

Executioner's is honestly the best item that nobody ever builds, right up there with QSS and Haunting Guise. It counters people with time-based passives (Garen, Malphite, Teemo), delays time-based stealthers (Eve, Twitch), rock-blocks Recalls, and pisses in the Cheerios of every health-sustain-based top laner (too many to count). It's not even an awkward item on Kayle, like it would be for other top lanes, since Kayle wants both stats.

Solution to your bush-juking problem is a ward. Three minutes of control is worth 4 CS for a 75g green, just throw one in the sidelane bush and zone him out. If you are worried about ganks, just ward in appropriate places. For blue side, ward Baron den and tribush. For purple side, ward Baron den and ask mid to ward the jungle entrance for you if your jungle has weak control.

About Philo, yeah it works, but it's a crappy solution. Basically when you get a Philo, you're conceding that you can't win lane, and instead want to avoid losing it. You're counting on your lategame being better than your opponent's, because once you get a GP/10 you can't stop them from farming anyway. For me, this is Plan C at best. When I am top lane Kayle, I want to win straight-up, or win with jungler help, before I give up and just try to avoid losing lane.