Kayle vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Kayle
based on 1,543 Kayle vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Naafiri
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.
Kayle vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Kayle against Naafiri matchup stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Naafiri..
Kayle typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Naafiri. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Kayle or Naafiri?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually fairs equally well when playing against Naafiri, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Kayle makes an ok counter to Naafiri.
While Kayle does have a lower win rate than Naafiri, when facing one another, Kayle also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Kayle into Naafirias her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayle has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kayle is a somewhat poor counter to Naafiri. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayle against Naafiri.
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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 Naafiri 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 tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Naafiri. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Kayle versus Naafiri build include Nashor's Tooth, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Riftmaker. When Kayle used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Naafiri than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kayle had an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Naafiri with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Naafiri as Kayle, you should use 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 Naafiri counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
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