Talk:Kayle/@comment-99.51.149.188-20121006032749/@comment-178.166.24.118-20121012113830

Optimal runes and masteries are pretty much the same you would take for an AD carry, as the above anon said. With 21 points in offense plus AD marks and quints you start with 75 AD, which scales to 80 at lvl 2. Start off with Q and try to level up ASAP to get your E. I would even suggest taking some exp from the wolf camp (with your junglers permission) to get ahead. As soon as you hit lvl 2 just Q the enemy laner and E him continuously. You should be dealing close to 90 dmg per hit, which is simply the best lvl 2 in the game, even ahead of Lee Sin. Q also improves ignite damage, meaning it's ridiculously easy to get first blood with Kayle if the enemy laner commits to the fight or at least burn his flash/ zone him for the next 2 minutes.

You play Kayle as a laning bully. Favoured matchups would be champions with lack of gap closers and who can get kited easily, or simply champions with a bad early game. Good examples would be Darius, Udyr or Vladimir. Bad matchups are basically the top lane global counters: Yorick or Jayce. Jax is also a tough skill matchup.