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How to Win Kayle vs Pantheon Counter MatchupKayle is in the s tier of champions

Kayle vs Pantheon

How to Beat Pantheon as Kayle in LoLKayle is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Pantheon as Kayle

based on 5,021 Kayle vs Pantheon matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
1.84
Pick Rate
4.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League matches each week. Within our dataset, Kayle faced Pantheon in 5021 rounds. Having so many games with Kayle versus Pantheon gives us faith in our capability to prepare informative stats and a recommended build to obliterate Pantheon. This particular champion pairing is somewhat uncommon. Kayle encounters Pantheon in only 4.4% of her games.

Kayle vs Pantheon Matchup Summary

Kayle has done a decent job of beating Pantheon. On average, she wins a acceptable 51.8% of games the champions fight one another in. In Kayle vs Pantheon games, Kayle’s side is 0.2% less probable to earn first blood, implying that she probably won't get first blood versus Pantheon.

Best Kayle vs Pantheon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Kayle Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Lich BaneRylai's Crystal ScepterShadowflameTerminus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kayle to level upe
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Second ability for Kayle to level upq
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Last skill for Kayle to max outw

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Kayle's passive ability p
Kayle's q ability q
Kayle's w ability w
Kayle's e ability e
Kayle's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Kayle

Tips for Playing as Kayle against Pantheon

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 Pantheon

Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.

Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.

Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.

Kayle vs Pantheon Counter Stats

Kayle Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Pantheon Image
5.7
< Kills >
7.5
6.3
< Deaths >
6.6
5.9
< Assists >
7.1
1.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
190
< Minions Killed >
108
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.44
6,707
< Physical Damage >
19,138
13,281
< Magic Damage >
778
495
< True Damage >
1,144
20,484
< Damage Dealt >
21,060
23,800
< Damage Taken >
25,781
12,456
< Gold Earned >
11,394
2.72
< Towers >
1.78
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
7,084
< Total Healing >
5,148
15,494
< Experience >
13,156
17
< Vision Score >
30
8
< Wards Placed >
13
242
< Time Dealing CC >
69

How to Counter Pantheon with Kayle in LoL

The stats provided here feature some valuable Kayle against Pantheon counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pantheon’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Pantheon..

Kayle normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Pantheon. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kayle and Pantheon

Damage Types Compared

Kayle
Pantheon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kayle
Pantheon

Who is Better, Kayle or Pantheon?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually wins when facing off against Pantheon, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Kayle makes a good counter to Pantheon.

While Kayle does have a higher winrate than Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Kayle also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayle into Pantheonas 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 only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Pantheon 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 for Pantheon. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Pantheon.

Additional Information for Kayle Players

How We Calculated Our Kayle vs Pantheon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pantheon as Kayle, we analyzed 5,021 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Pantheon as Kayle comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayle to counter Pantheon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kayle usually gets more CS compared to Pantheon. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Kayle versus Pantheon build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Kayle included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs. Pantheon than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kayle had an average winrate of 51.8% when countering Pantheon with this counter build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Pantheon as Kayle, you should equip 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 runes we have analyed for Kayle vs Pantheon counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Pantheon as Kayle are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.