Akali vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Akali
based on 6,790 Akali vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Kayle
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Akali vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several important Akali against Kayle counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kayle. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Akali typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Kayle. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Kayle
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Who is Better, Akali or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akali usually loses when facing off against Kayle, with a 47.7% win rate. Thus, Akali makes a poor counter to Kayle.
While Akali does have a lower win rate than Kayle, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Akali into Kayleas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Akali is a trash counter to Kayle. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Akali against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akali in order to counter Kayle during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Kayle. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Akali versus Kayle build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Akali included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Kayle than with most other typical builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 47.7% when playing against Kayle with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Kayle as Akali, Akali players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Akali vs Kayle counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kayle as Akali are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular division, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.