Kayle vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Kayle
based on 5,802 Kayle vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Master Yi
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 Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Kayle vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Kayle in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several vital Kayle against Master Yi matchup statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between the two. Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Master Yi..
Kayle typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Master Yi. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Kayle or Master Yi?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when taking on Master Yi, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Kayle makes a good counter for Master Yi.
While Kayle does have a higher winrate than Master Yi, when they face off with one another, Kayle also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kayle into Master Yias her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Master Yi matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kayle is a decent counter for Master Yi. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kayle against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayle to counter Master Yi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle often accumulates much more CS relative to Master Yi. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kayle versus Master Yi build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Kayle included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Master Yi than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kayle boasted an average win rate of 51.6% when playing against Master Yi with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Master Yi as Kayle, you should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Kayle vs Master Yi clashes, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Master Yi as Kayle are given for every ranked division. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.