Kayle vs Rek'Sai
How to Beat Rek'Sai as Kayle
based on 545 Kayle vs Rek'Sai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai
When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.
If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.
Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.
Kayle vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats
How to Counter Rek'Sai with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some influential Kayle versus Rek'Sai matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Rek'Sai..
Kayle typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Rek'Sai. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Rek'Sai
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Who is Better, Kayle or Rek'Sai?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when trying to fight Rek'Sai, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Kayle makes a good counter for Rek'Sai.
While Kayle does have a higher win rate than Rek'Sai, when facing one another, Kayle also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayle into Rek'Saias her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayle has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Rek'Sai 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 teamfights.
Kayle is a decent counter for Rek'Sai. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayle against Rek'Sai.
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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 Rek'Sai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle on average racks up much more CS compared to Rek'Sai. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kayle versus Rek'Sai build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Kayle combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Rek'Sai than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average win rate of 51.7% when playing against Rek'Sai with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Rek'Sai as Kayle, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Kayle vs Rek'Sai counters, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.
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