Kayle vs Trundle Counter Pick

Subjugate steals a percentage of its target’s health, armour and magic resist, and Kayle is a poor donor. She carries 26 armor and 22 magic resist at level one and only 97.4 armour by level 18, so a proportional theft returns small numbers and Trundle‘s usual reward for spending his ultimate is muted. Kayle records 59.6% over 166 games on patch 16.13.1, a modest sample pointing in a consistent direction.

Everything else is a race between his early strength and her scaling. Trundle brings 68 attack damage against her 50, moves at 350 to her 335, and King’s Tribute heals him for a share of the maximum health of any enemy unit dying nearby, which makes him hard to grind down while minions fall. Chomp adds an attack damage steal on top of its slow, cutting into her basic attacks during the phase she is weakest. Pillar of Ice, however, is double-edged: it blocks a chase, and it equally blocks a melee champion trying to reach a target that will eventually outrange him. The extra range from Divine Ascent, the resistance shred on Radiant Blast and the invulnerability of Divine Judgment are what turn his opening advantage into a losing position. He still finishes far bulkier, on 2,520 health and 113.5 armour against 2,234 and 97.4, and the difficulty scale rates him 5 to her 7, so the whole matchup rests on how cleanly the weaker early champion is played.