Kayle vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Kayle
based on 6,790 Kayle vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Akali
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Kayle vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Kayle in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some strategic Kayle against Akali counter stats that may help us explain the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali..
Kayle often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Akali. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Akali
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Who is Better, Kayle or Akali?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually wins when facing off against Akali, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes a good counter for Akali.
While Kayle does have a higher winrate than Akali, when on opposite teams, Kayle also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kayle into Akalias her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Akali matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kayle is a good counter for Akali. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayle to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Akali. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kayle versus Akali build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. When Kayle combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Akali than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kayle had an average win rate of 52.3% battling Akali with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Akali as Kayle, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Kayle vs Akali counters, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.3% win rate overall.
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