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Kled League of Legends champion guide

the Cantankerous Cavalier

Also known as كليد

Class
FighterRiot data
Damage
AD
Difficulty
Medium
Data patch
16.21.1
Tactical identity

Kled, Fighter

Kled, the Cantankerous Cavalier, is a Fighter champion in League of Legends. Everything below comes from Riot's Data Dragon for patch 16.21.1: ability text, base stats and Riot's tips. Counters and matchups by class are worked out from that text, and each one shows its reason.

Riot's ratings, out of 10

Attack
8
Defense
2
Magic
2
Difficulty
7
Typical lanes (class-based)Top, Jungle
ResourceCourage

Playing as Kled

Riot's own tips

  • Kled generates some courage by killing minions, but gets much more from fighting Champions.

  • The last hit of Violent Tendencies deals more damage than the first three - make sure you hit it!

  • Chaaaaaaaarge!!! can be cast at a great range. Try and predict where the enemy team will be by the time you reach them.

Playing against Kled

Riot's own tips

  • Kled generates courage by damaging enemies with his Pocket Pistol and basic attacks, killing minions, and attacking structures or epic monsters.

  • Watch Kled's courage bar when he's off his mount - when it reaches 100%, he will remount and regain a significant amount of health.

  • Kled is much more threatening when he has Violent Tendencies ready.

What the kit does

Analysis read from Riot's ability text. Each line shows the words it rests on.

  • Hard crowd control

    Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled"

  • Knock-up, knock-back or pull

    Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled"

  • Dash, leap or blink

    Jousting: "Kled dashes"

  • Zones with walls, traps or fields

    Bear Trap on a Rope: "a bear trap that damages"

Kled's abilities

Riot's own text and preview clip for each ability, from Riot's Data Dragon, patch 16.21.1. Pick an ability and its clip plays here, muted.

PPassive

Skaarl, the Cowardly Lizard

Kled rides his trusty steed, Skaarl, who takes damage for him. When Skaarl's health depletes, Kled dismounts. While dismounted, Kled's abilities change and he deals less damage to champions. Kled can restore Skaarl's courage by fighting enemies. At maximum courage, Kled remounts with a portion of Skaarl's health.

QQ

Bear Trap on a Rope

Cooldown
11/10/9/8/7 s
Range
800

Kled throws a bear trap that damages and hooks an enemy champion. If shackled for a short duration, the target takes additional physical damage and is yanked toward Kled. When dismounted, this ability is replaced by Pocket Pistol, a ranged gun blast that knocks back Kled and restores courage.

Effects in the text

  • Hard crowd control
  • Knock-up, knock-back or pull
  • Zones with walls, traps or fields
  • Physical damage

WW

Violent Tendencies

Cooldown
13/12/11/10/9 s

Kled gains massive attack speed for four attacks. The fourth attack deals more damage.

EE

Jousting

Cooldown
13/12/11/10/9 s
Range
550

Kled dashes, dealing physical damage and gaining a short burst of speed. Kled can cast this ability again to dash back through his initial target, dealing the same damage.

Effects in the text

  • Dash, leap or blink
  • Physical damage
  • Can start a fight

RR

Chaaaaaaaarge!!!

Cooldown
140/125/110 s
Range
3500/4000/4500

Kled and Skaarl charge to a location, leaving a speed-granting trail behind them and gaining a shield. Skaarl locks onto and rams the first enemy champion encountered.

Effects in the text

  • Dash, leap or blink

Build direction, Analysis

Items and runes that fit Kled

Riot publishes no builds and this page invents none. Below: completed items ranked by how many of the stats Kled's kit uses they give (attack damage (AD) first), the runes whose official text matches the kit, and picks for each enemy type. A fit, not a strength ranking. No win rates.

Closest stat fit

Editorial estimate

Completed items ranked by how many of the stats Kled's kit uses they give. A fit, not a verdict: Riot publishes no builds and no win rates.

  • Serylda's Grudge3,000
    • +45 Attack DamageKled scales with it
    • +35% Armor Penetrationits damage is physical
    • +15 Ability Hastecasts abilities often
  • Axiom Arc2,750
    • +55 Attack DamageKled scales with it
    • +20 Ability Hastecasts abilities often
  • Bastionbreaker3,000
    • +55 Attack DamageKled scales with it
    • +15 Ability Hastecasts abilities often
  • Black Cleaver3,000
    • +45 Attack DamageKled scales with it
    • +20 Ability Hastecasts abilities often
  • Chempunk Chainsword3,000
    • +45 Attack DamageKled scales with it
    • +15 Ability Hastecasts abilities often
  • Death's Dance3,300
    • +60 Attack DamageKled scales with it
    • +15 Ability Hastecasts abilities often

Boots

Rune fits

Editorial estimate

Runes whose official text matches the most things Kled's kit does. Each line shows the words it rests on.

  • AftershockResolve, Keystone · Matches: 1
    • It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled"
  • Glacial AugmentInspiration, Keystone · Matches: 1
    • It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled"
  • Stormraider's SurgeSorcery, Keystone · Matches: 1
    • It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled"
  • Approach VelocityInspiration · Matches: 1
    • It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled"
  • Cheap ShotDomination · Matches: 1
    • It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled"
  • Font of LifeResolve · Matches: 1
    • It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled"

Against each enemy type

Editorial estimate

Situational picks, counted from what the champions of each class do in Riot's Data Dragon. Swap a slot when the enemy team has several of that class.

Counted from the official ability text, League of Legends patch 16.21.1. These are counts of champions, not win rates.

Rune trees

Lit runes: their official text matches something Kled's kit does (Analysis). Select a rune to read why.

Precision0 lit

Domination2 lit

Sorcery1 lit

Resolve2 lit

Inspiration3 lit

Matchups by class

Kled against each class of champion, counted from the official ability text. Choose a class or a lane to narrow it down.

Against all 172 champions: 26 ahead, 57 even, 89 behind. Each class is read against that, so check the best and toughest tags too.

Class
Lane
Patch
16.21.1Older patches: not available yet

Against Tanks

Weak

Toughest class

0 ahead · 11 even · 35 behind of 46

Struggles against
  • Their silence shuts down your dash-based kit.
  • Their hard crowd control punishes your dashes.

What to do: A risky pick into tanks. Wait for the enemy draft before you lock it, or pick it with a team that covers the gap.

Against Fighters

Weak

4 ahead · 25 even · 30 behind of 59

Struggles against
  • They clear waves faster and can push the lane.
  • Their hard crowd control punishes your dashes.

What to do: A risky pick into fighters. Wait for the enemy draft before you lock it, or pick it with a team that covers the gap.

Against Assassins

Even

Best class

15 ahead · 21 even · 10 behind of 46

Struggles against
  • Your hard crowd control stops their dashes.
  • They clear waves faster and can push the lane.

What to do: Neither side has a clear edge over assassins. Execution and the team around you decide it.

Against Mages

Weak

11 ahead · 27 even · 37 behind of 75

Struggles against
  • They out-range you and you have no healing to recover.
  • Their silence shuts down your dash-based kit.

What to do: A risky pick into mages. Wait for the enemy draft before you lock it, or pick it with a team that covers the gap.

Against Marksmen

Even

11 ahead · 6 even · 16 behind of 33

Struggles against
  • You have early pressure while they need time to scale.
  • They out-range you and you have no healing to recover.

What to do: Neither side has a clear edge over marksmen. Execution and the team around you decide it.

Against Supports

Weak

1 ahead · 11 even · 31 behind of 43

Ahead of
Struggles against
  • They out-range you and you have no healing to recover.
  • Their silence shuts down your dash-based kit.

What to do: A risky pick into supports. Wait for the enemy draft before you lock it, or pick it with a team that covers the gap.

Source: Nexus Lab rules over the official ability text, League of Legends patch 16.21.1. Each champion of the class is compared with Kled one by one; the counts come from those rules, not from match results, so they are not win rates. Strong, even and weak compare the number of champions ahead and behind. Lanes are the lanes each class usually plays (Riot ships no lane data per champion), not play rates.

Building against Kled

Analysis: answers to what Kled's own kit does.

Picks that can punish Kled

Analysis: rules over Riot's ability text.

Bard

Counters you

Bard has hard CC (Cosmic Binding: "it will stun the initial") that can stop Kled's dashes (Jousting: "Kled dashes").

1 more reason

Bard is ranged (Mage role) and can poke Kled, a melee champion (Fighter role) with no sustain to recover.

Blitzcrank

Counters you

Blitzcrank has hard CC (Rocket Grab: "damage and dragging it back") that can stop Kled's dashes (Jousting: "Kled dashes").

1 more reason

Blitzcrank can silence (Static Field: "and silence them briefly"), which shuts down Kled's dash-based kit (Jousting: "Kled dashes").

Jhin

Counters you

Jhin has hard CC (Deadly Flourish: "they are rooted") that can stop Kled's dashes (Jousting: "Kled dashes").

2 more reasons

Jhin is ranged (Marksman role) and can poke Kled, a melee champion (Fighter role) with no sustain to recover.

Jhin clears waves more easily (Deadly Flourish: "It pierces through minions") and can push the lane against Kled.

Watch out: Jhin needs time to scale (Marksman role) and Kled has early pressure (Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled") to punish that.

Alistar

Counters you

Alistar has hard CC (Triumphant Roar: "roar by stunning or displacing") that can stop Kled's dashes (Jousting: "Kled dashes").

1 more reason

Alistar clears waves more easily (Triumphant Roar: "or when nearby enemies die") and can push the lane against Kled.

Amumu

Counters you

Amumu has hard CC (Bandage Toss: "stunning and damaging") that can stop Kled's dashes (Jousting: "Kled dashes").

1 more reason

Amumu clears waves more easily (Despair: "nearby enemies lose a") and can push the lane against Kled.

Galio

Counters you

Galio has hard CC (Shield of Durand: "Galio will taunt and damage") that can stop Kled's dashes (Jousting: "Kled dashes").

1 more reason

Galio clears waves more easily (Colossal Smash: "magic damage in an area") and can push the lane against Kled.

Who Kled is good against

The same rules, read the other way.

Kassadin

You pressure

Kled has hard CC (Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled") that can stop Kassadin's dashes (Riftwalk: "Kassadin teleports to a").

Locke

You pressure

Kled has hard CC (Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled") that can stop Locke's dashes (Ashen Pursuit: "location before dashing to attack").

Quinn

You pressure

Kled has hard CC (Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled") that can stop Quinn's dashes (Vault: "Quinn dashes to an").

Sivir

You pressure

Kled has hard CC (Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled") to catch Sivir, a squishy champion with few escapes (Marksman role).

Twisted Fate

You pressure

Kled has hard CC (Bear Trap on a Rope: "blast that knocks back Kled") to catch Twisted Fate, a squishy champion with few escapes (Mage role).

Counter picks are Analysis: rules over Riot's ability text, each with the words it rests on. They are not win rates, and no League of Legends matchup list has been reviewed by hand yet.

Official story

Kled's official story on Riot UniverseA link to the official source (in English). We do not copy its text.

Champion video guide

Video by 3 Minute League of Legends · Watch on YouTube The player loads from YouTube (privacy-enhanced mode) only after you press play.

Measured numbers

Numbers published or counted by a named source. Each row names the source and the patch.

Attack8
Defense2
Magic2
Difficulty7

Riot data Riot's ratings out of 10, Riot's Data Dragon, patch 16.21.1

Base stats
StatLevel 1Per levelLevel 18
Health410+841838
Mana100-100
Armor35+5.2123.4
Magic resist28+2.0562.85
Attack damage65-65
Attack speed0.625+3.5%0.997
Attack range125-125
Move speed345-345
Health regen per 5 seconds6+0.7518.75

Riot data Riot's Data Dragon, patch 16.21.1. Level 18 is calculated from Riot's growth formula on the same numbers.

Editorial estimates

Our reading of the data. These are not measured rates and they change when the rules or the data change.

Counter picks
6 Editorial estimateNexus Lab rules over Riot's ability text, patch 16.21.1
Good against
5 Editorial estimateNexus Lab rules over Riot's ability text, patch 16.21.1
Typical lanes
Top, Jungle Editorial estimateLanes of the class; Riot ships no lane data per champion
Best class (relative)
Assassins Editorial estimateWins minus losses over the class, compared with the other classes; counts of champions, patch 16.21.1
Toughest class (relative)
Tanks Editorial estimateWins minus losses over the class, compared with the other classes; counts of champions, patch 16.21.1

What no source gives us

  • Win rate, pick rate and ban rate. Riot publishes none we may print (the Riot API cards are switched off) and no third-party statistics site is read, so none is shown.
  • Popular builds. Riot publishes no builds: the items and runes in Build & Runes are a fit to the kit, not a popularity ranking.

Sources

  • Riot Games Data Dragon

    Names, ratings, base stats, ability text, cooldowns, costs, range, items, runes and art.

    Patch 16.21.1, file generated 2026-10-26
    Open
  • Riot ability preview clips

    Played from Riot's own server when you press play; never copied here.

    Each clip checked with a request before it is offered
  • League of Legends Wiki

    Release dates and skin prices in RP (CC BY-SA).

    Committed data, see the skins page
    Open
  • Nexus Lab rules

    Counters, matchups by class, item and rune fit: rules over Riot's ability text, each with the words it rests on.

    Patch 16.21.1
  • Riot Universe

    The official story of Kled (a link, nothing copied).

    Open

Kled skins

RP prices from the League of Legends Wiki. Dollar prices are The Nexus store's own.

All 4 skins

Artwork and data: Riot Games (Data Dragon). Prices and dates in RP and Wild Cores from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Quick answers

Who counters Kled in League of Legends?

By rules over Riot's ability text, the picks that fit best against Kled are Bard, Blitzcrank and Jhin, and each one is listed on this page with its reason. This is Analysis, not a win rate.

How do you play against Kled in League of Legends?

Riot's own tip: Kled generates courage by damaging enemies with his Pocket Pistol and basic attacks, killing minions, and attacking structures or epic monsters. The counter picks on this page add the champions whose abilities answer Kled, each with its reason.

Who is Kled good against in League of Legends?

Read the other way round, the same rules over Riot's ability text find Kled strong into Kassadin, Locke and Quinn. The reason for each is on this page. This is Analysis, not a win rate.

Which lanes does Kled play?

Data Dragon has no lane data. As a Fighter champion, Kled typically plays Top and Jungle. This is a class-based filter, not a play rate.

How hard is Kled to play?

Riot rates the difficulty of Kled as Medium (7 out of 10).

Every answer here is built from Riot's Data Dragon data and the Nexus Lab rules over it. Where there is no data we say so instead of guessing.

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