Kayle is melee and very weak early before her ascension comes online, while Aurelion Sol keeps poking with the long range of Breath of Light (Q) and shoves the wave to dominate the pre-5 window.

Nasus is a melee with no gap closer, so Aurelion Sol shoves the lane and denies last hits from outside Breath of Light (Q) range, and with no way to close the gap his Siphoning Strike (Q) farm falls behind.

Ryze has to land Overload (Q) at short range, but Aurelion Sol shoves with the longer channel of Breath of Light (Q) to deny last hits, and punishes any approach with the slow from Singularity (E).

Zed dodges the Breath of Light (Q) beam with Living Shadow (W), then deletes the squishy, channel-reliant Aurelion Sol in one go with Death Mark (R) and his combo.

Talon closes in instantly with the wall-hopping mobility of Assassin's Path (E), then all-ins the channeling Aurelion Sol with Rake (W) bleed and his combo to blow him up early.

Fizz goes untargetable with Playful / Trickster (E) to dodge Breath of Light (Q), closes the gap, and all-ins the squishy Aurelion Sol with Chum the Waters (R) and his combo.

Wind Wall (W) does not block Breath of Light (Q)'s beam. Yasuo instead uses Sweeping Blade (E) through minions to move outside the beam's direction and interrupts the channel with Steel Tempest (Q)'s knock-up.

Katarina ignores Aurelion Sol's zoning with Bouncing Blade (Q) reset burst and Shunpo (E), sticking to him and instantly all-inning the channeling mage with Death Lotus (R).