Kayle

Kayle is an AP carry in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 52.9% win rate, 0.6% pick rate, 7,193 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Kayle is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Kayle wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Kayle tips the fight, and winning the wave and turning push priority into map control. The kit grades 8/10 teamfighting, 8/10 waveclear, 7/10 split-push. Kayle's soft spots are roaming and mobility (2/10, 2/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.

The most-played core build is Nashor's Tooth, Dusk and Dawn, Rabadon's Deathcap, which holds a 59.4% win rate across 1,437 games this patch. Set the enemy team at the top of the page to see how the path shifts against that comp.

The matchup to respect is Nocturne, where Kayle sits at just 44.5%, the lane swings the other way into Malzahar (57.6%), and on the team side, Kayle gains the most from a Nocturne (+10.3% pair win rate).