Kayle vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Kayle
based on 2,603 Kayle vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Aphelios
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 Aphelios
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.
Kayle vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several influential Kayle against Aphelios counter statistics that may help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Aphelios..
Kayle often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Aphelios. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayle and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Kayle or Aphelios?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when playing against Aphelios, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes a good counter for Aphelios.
While Kayle does have a higher winrate compared to Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Kayle also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Kayle into Apheliosas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aphelios. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Aphelios matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kayle is a good counter for Aphelios. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayle to counter Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Aphelios. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kayle versus Aphelios build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Kayle included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Aphelios than with many other common builds. In fact, Kayle had an average winrate of 52.6% when playing against Aphelios with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Aphelios as Kayle, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kayle vs Aphelios fights, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.6% winrate overall.
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