Kayle vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Kayle
based on 2,423 Kayle vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Kayle vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some valuable Kayle versus Gwen counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Gwen..
Kayle often has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Gwen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Gwen
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Who is Better, Kayle or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually wins when playing against Gwen, with a 55.8% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes a fantastic counter to Gwen.
While Kayle does have a much higher winrate compared to Gwen, when facing one another, Kayle also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kayle into Gwenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Gwen matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kayle is a great counter for Gwen. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kayle against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayle to counter Gwen 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Gwen. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kayle versus Gwen build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Kayle included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Gwen than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kayle had an average win rate of 55.8% battling Gwen with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Gwen as Kayle, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Kayle vs Gwen clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 55.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Gwen as Kayle are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.