Kayle vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Kayle
based on 1,552 Kayle vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Kayle vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several vital Kayle vs. Jarvan IV counter statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jarvan IV’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Jarvan IV..
Kayle typically has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Jarvan IV. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Kayle or Jarvan IV?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when taking on Jarvan IV, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Kayle makes a good counter to Jarvan IV.
While Kayle does have a higher winrate than Jarvan IV, when they face off with one another, Kayle also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kayle into Jarvan IVas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Jarvan IV matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kayle is a decent counter to Jarvan IV. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayle to counter Jarvan IV during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle on average racks up much more CS as Jarvan IV. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kayle versus Jarvan IV build include Nashor's Tooth, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kayle combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when facing Jarvan IV than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Jarvan IV with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Jarvan IV as Kayle, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Kayle vs Jarvan IV counters, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
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