Kayle vs Vladimir Counter Pick

Kayle starts with 22 magic resist, lower than her own 26 armor, and Vladimir deals magic damage from 450 range. Transfusion drains life from its target and returns it to him, hitting considerably harder while his Crimson Rush resource is full, and it costs no mana because he has none. Against a 175-range champion who needs levels before she can respond, that pattern is hard to escape, leaving Kayle at 45.9% across a 266-game sample on patch 16.13.1.

Crimson Pact deepens the problem. Every 30 points of bonus health grants him 1 ability power and every point of ability power grants 1.6 bonus health, so the durability items that would normally make a mage less threatening make this one stronger, and he finishes on 2,470 health against her 2,234. Sanguine Pool then removes him from targeting for two seconds, long enough to void a committed Starfire Spellblade or the tail of a Divine Judgment, while Hemoplague raises the damage everyone inside it takes. Kayle’s path is survival until Divine Ascent’s range and attack speed let her hit him first, with Radiant Blast’s resistance reduction and Celestial Blessing’s heal and move speed covering the interval. Both are rated 7 for difficulty, so neither side gets an execution discount. She is fractionally quicker on foot, 335 to his 330, which is the only column she leads before items arrive.