Kayle vs Annie
You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.
Build vs Annie
The champion's reference build, for lack of enough games in this matchup
Recommended items for Kayle: Nashor's Tooth, Dusk and Dawn, Rabadon's Deathcap, Berserker's Greaves, Shadowflame, Void Staff, Zhonya's Hourglass, Cosmic Drive.
Starting items
Core build
Standard
Summoner spells
Anti CC
Other options
Power Spikes
Strength by game phase
Annie's abilities
Passive, spells and ultimate
After casting 4 spells, Annie's next offensive spell will stun the target.Annie begins the game and respawns with Pyromania available.
Cooldowns
Cooldowns by spell rank
| Level | Q | W | E | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4s | 7s | 10s | – |
| 6 | 4s | 7s | 10s | 2m10 |
| 9 | 4s | 7s | 10s | 2m10 |
| 11 | 4s | 7s | 10s | 1m55 |
| 16 | 4s | 7s | 10s | 1m40 |
| 18 | 4s | 7s | 10s | 1m40 |
Playing as Kayle
Tips to maximize your impact
- Play safe early
Play safe early on: Divine Ascent (passive) empowers your autos with each level, adding range, speed and waves of fire.
- Save your W for ganks
Save Celestial Blessing (W) to escape a gank or hold your lane: it heals you and an ally, and gives you both move speed.
- Push once you get fire waves
Push the wave as soon as you unlock your waves of fire: Divine Ascent (passive) adds them to your autos, and minions go down much faster.
- Ult the ally they're focusing
Cast Divine Judgment (R) on the ally being focused, at the last moment: they become invulnerable, then the area around them damages enemies.
Playing against Annie
How to counter and exploit weaknesses
- Back off when her stun is ready
Back off when Pyromania (passive) is ready: after 4 spells, her next offensive spell stuns you. She has it ready at the start and every time she respawns.
- Poke her from outside her range
If your range is longer than hers, poke her from outside it: her autos and Disintegrate (Q) reach 625, Incinerate (W) 600.
- Respect her level 6
Once she hits level 6, stay well outside her range when her stun is ready: with Flash, Summon: Tibbers (R) can land on you from much farther away.
- Play hard once Tibbers is gone
Take the teamfight once Tibbers has been cast and is gone, because Summon: Tibbers (R) has a 130 to 100 second cooldown and is her biggest source of damage.
Other Kayle matchups
Patch 16.21.1