Kayle/Strategy

Skill usage

 * Use at the start of a fight in order to inflict as much damage as possible.
 * Aggressive use of enables  to dominate her lane effectively.
 * It is possible to hit enemies easily while staying at the back of the minion wave by using . This can be accomplished because not only does the splash damage 'spill' over to nearby enemies when you last-hit a minion, but also allows you to harass melee enemies. Staying behind your wave in this fashion will let you wait for cooldowns and heal yourself or allies.
 * Putting a point into instead of  at level one may improve your ability to harass and stay in lane due to its lower mana cost and more continuous effect/duration.
 * Upon using try to run back because enemies might start focusing you.
 * Use to rescue fleeing allies,  to hasten them, and  to slow their pursuers.
 * is also an effective ability to bait enemies to attack or turret dive at low health making them commit to killing your ally or die.
 * It may not always be best to an ally when they are near death. If they are about to recieve a large amount of burst damage (such as an  combo), shield them then, your shield will absorb more damage than if you would shield them right as they are about to die (which may end up saving their life or prolonging it more effectively than if you were to wait til the last second).

Build usage

 * Getting an item with Mana Regeneration at the beginning of the laning phase, along with getting at least one rank of allows you to stay in your lane for a very long time.
 * One item that will make an immediate impact in the laning phase, and whose effect will not fade out into mid to late game is.
 * and are excellent items on her as they give her both attack damage and ability power. These items make  more effective.
 * Cooldown reduction is very strong on, with 40% you can have  almost always active since its duration is 10 seconds, and with maxed cooldown reduction its cooldown is reduced to 10.8 seconds.  in conjunction with masteries and runes is easily able to achieve the cap.
 * Using attack speed in combination with can yield interesting results in team battle.
 * If your team is on the squishy side, Kayle can deal decent damage and still get the most out of and  by switching to a more tank-oriented role with items such as, , or perhaps
 * Kayle can also play a supporting role with items that provide auras to benefit both yourself and your allies such as or
 * In either of the above cases, you may have even more trouble than usual last-hitting minions, and might find it advantageous to buy items with a "Gold per 10" effect and let your laning partner farm.