Talk:Kayle/@comment-58.106.254.39-20130103124005/@comment-2124153-20130105052037

Your only other option is to max Q first and nuke him. For this I'd run Doran's Ring.

He can't harass you without getting into range of Reckoning, and you should be able to follow-up with a few hits. The problem is that this strategy precludes a strong push (Righteous Fury doesn't splash enough to shove the lane harder than him), it's very mana-intensive, and you'll eventually start losing ground once he gets his Q to rank four with some AP behind it. But for a while, your superior range, scaling, and cooldown will keep him on his heels.

I don't like this solution, personally. It closes more doors than it opens. I prefer to just force a 2v1 top and hold on for dear life. Strictly speaking, with an even skill match-up, Vlad will lose his tower to you unless the jungler comes to help or you reverse snowball somehow. If it's not safe to hit his tower, just throw a minion wave against it and go counter-jungle, especially when it's early and he doesn't have a high enough rank of Tides to waveclear effectively.