Ezreal vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Ezreal
based on 6,569 Ezreal vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ezreal vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Ezreal vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Kayle
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
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.
Ezreal vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Ezreal in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some important Ezreal against Kayle counter statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayle..
Ezreal usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Kayle. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ezreal and Kayle
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Who is Better, Ezreal or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when taking on Kayle, with a 45.4% win rate. Thus, Ezreal makes a poor counter for Kayle.
While Ezreal does have a much lower win rate than Kayle, when facing one another, Ezreal also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Ezreal into Kayleas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ezreal also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Ezreal is a terribly counter to Kayle. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ezreal against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ezreal to counter Kayle during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ezreal on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Kayle. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Ezreal versus Kayle build include Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and Serylda's Grudge. When Ezreal combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Kayle than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Ezreal boasted an average winrate of 45.4% when countering Kayle with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Kayle as Ezreal, Ezreal players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Ezreal vs Kayle battles, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.4% win rate overall.
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