Kayle

Kayle is an AP carry in the top, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 53.4% win rate, 2.7% pick rate, 31,159 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 63.0% win rate across 3,846 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.

The matchup to respect is Seraphine, where Kayle sits at just 43.7%, the lane swings the other way into Mel (60.5%), and on the team side, Kayle gains the most from a Veigar (+13.0% pair win rate).