Kayle vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Kayle
based on 11,352 Kayle vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Kayle vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Kayle in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some critical Kayle against Caitlyn counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Caitlyn..
Kayle typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Caitlyn. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayle and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Kayle or Caitlyn?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually wins when trying to fight Caitlyn, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Kayle makes a good counter for Caitlyn.
While Kayle does have a higher winrate than Caitlyn, when facing one another, Kayle also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayle into Caitlynas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayle also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Caitlyn matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kayle is a decent counter to Caitlyn. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayle in order to counter Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Kayle versus Caitlyn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Riftmaker. When Kayle combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better against Caitlyn than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Caitlyn with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Caitlyn as Kayle, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Kayle vs Caitlyn fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.4% win rate overall.
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