League of Replays

I seriously need help. I just finished a game where I destroyed my enemies like there was no tomorrow. I got ganked 3 times and got 3 double kills every time with my massive early game damage and when I got my ulti it was over, you gank you die. I mean, I pushed my top lane all the way to inhib took that out, pushed mid all the way to inhib took that out and pushed bot all the way to inhib and took that out all on my own. It is ridiculous how powerful Kayle is, noone bothered to gank me when I was pushing lanes cause I could pull off a 1v5 with Kayle. And I am thinking to myself, MAN Kayle is strong HOW DO YOU COUNTER KAYLE???

That is the big question. Please help me with this. Thanks guys, love ya.

First off, Kayle is an exceptionally strong top laner.

She works particularly well against characters with no gap closer. Since Kayle has a slow, a movement speed enhance, and a temporary ranged attack, melee characters who can't efficiently close the gap to Kayle get extremely sad in lane. Kayle players want to poke at you and discourage retaliation. When you try to close in on her she will Q you, once you run away she will activate her ranged attack and slap you around.

Naturally characters like Jax who have a gap closer and high amounts of burst damage are good against Kayle, also things that have sustain in lane like Nidalee can match up well.

But that isn't most top laners, so what can one do when stuck against Kayle 1v1 top lane?

- Try to avoid her when E is active. E lasts 10 seconds, and is on a 16 second cooldown. If you are melee and want to fight, try and wait until the E fades to go in for your attack (that way she doesn't hit you from 525 range while you try to engage her)

- Try to get into the brushes in lane. If you force Kayle to start the fight at melee range, you usually have an advantage. Her biggest advantages come from poke, range, and heal.

- Keep in mind that Kayle has high mana costs. She can't pull off the poke game forever. If you bring a couple of extra health potions into lane you may be able to withstand the barrage of poke.

- Kayle pushes the wave very quickly when using her E ranged attack. If you can coordinate, have your jungler pay extra special attention to top lane since Kayle is probably always pushed up past the halfway point in the lane.

I should rephrase. While her individual mana costs aren't that high, she consumes a large amount of mana anytime she trades/pokes at you. If you are actively trying to dodge E, then Kayle has to burn a Q on you when you move in for a fight. Also her W is 1 mana per 1 health healed at rank one.

The mana cost point should probably read "Aggressive Kayle harass (Q,E, Heal after) will run Kayle out of mana" rather than "Kayle mana costs are low"

thanks