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Kayle vs Darius

Updated Jun 3, 2026

Overview

Kayle is a scaling carry who must avoid early pressure and survive to level 6 to unlock ranged trades and invulnerability.
This is a lane where Kayle should concede early lane pressure to Darius and focus on safe farming to reach key level and item breakpoints.
Prioritize a passive lane state that prevents Darius from establishing extended melee trades or stacking his passive.

Trading pattern

Avoid early trades and only engage when you have (R) available to negate Darius's burst and execute potential.
Use (Q) to slow Darius and reduce his resistances, enabling safer poke and disengage.
Punish missed (E) pulls by stepping forward for short trades and quick disengage before passive stacks build.

Danger windows

Kayle is vulnerable pre-6 due to Darius's high early pressure and pull threat; avoid extended trades in this window.
When (R) is down, Darius's burst and execute potential increases; do not overextend or commit to trades.
Beware of (E) pull range combined with passive stacks that enable lethal all-ins especially near level 6.

Early game

Stay near your tower and use (Q) to farm safely, avoiding extended trades until you hit level 6.
Use (W) to heal and mitigate poke damage when Darius attempts to engage.
Avoid walking into (E) pull range to prevent forced all-ins before your ranged form.

Power spikes

At level 6, Kayle gains ranged attacks and (R); stabilize lane and use (R) to deny Darius's lethal burst.
Kayle's late-game DPS and item scaling turn her into a strong side-lane threat; protect uptime and fight front-to-back.
Respect Darius's level 6 (R) execute and his first bruiser item spike which increases his kill pressure and durability.

Win conditions

Survive early levels without dying to Darius's all-ins and reach ranged form with (R) ready.
Use (Q) and (W) to safely farm and poke, then leverage ranged attacks to control trades post-level 6.
In late game, position to maximize DPS while using (R) to deny burst, enabling front-to-back fights where Kayle excels.