Talk:Kayle/@comment-3363768-20110127220149/@comment-67.169.207.175-20110127235613

I have done a straight AD/AS build with Kayle and, as expected, it's very effective. Her Righteous Fury hits them for a ton of damage and she's very fast at it.

However, here's the problem with not doing a hybrid build: you won't receive the bonus from AP boosts from her innate and, if you decide to go with the Gunblade (which is a very sound investment for Kayle), the spell vamp from her Righteous Fury won't be nearly as potent. And I can tell you that there is a very significant difference between getting the Rageblade early and getting anything else at all of comparable cost - the Rageblade is easily worth every penny.

My recommendation with Kayle is not to focus too heavily on her AP side because it's not as needed, but I would spend some money there. The purpose of Kayle, in my opinion, should be to get as close as possible to permanently spamming Righteous Fury while siphoning health in the process. To that end, my perfect build for Kayle has been (in this order):

1. Guinsoo's Rageblade 2. Boots of Swiftness (or Ionian, if you need the CD reduction) 3. Bloodthirster 4. Phantom Dancer 5. Hextech Gunblade (the active ability is ridiculous with Kayle) 6. Infinity Edge

When I have all of these items, it's not uncommon for all other champs to avoid me completely in straight combat. Typically, either I'm ganked or I'm invincible.

With a straight AD/AS build, I had a more difficult time with healing and mob control, but it wasn't significant. So I suppose the conclusion is an AD/AS build is great, but for me, a focus on AD/AS with some AP helped more.