Kayle vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Kayle
based on 1,389 Kayle vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Kayle vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Kayle in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several influential Kayle against Zilean matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zilean..
Kayle usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Zilean. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Zilean
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Who is Better, Kayle or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kayle usually loses when playing against Zilean, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Kayle makes a bad counter for Zilean.
While Kayle does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when on opposite teams, Kayle also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayle into Zileanas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayle has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a lower 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 somewhat poor counter to Zilean. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kayle against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayle in order to counter Zilean during both the laning 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 shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle most often racks up much more CS as Zilean. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Kayle versus Zilean build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Kayle incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Zilean than with many other common builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average winrate of 48.7% when countering Zilean with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Zilean as Kayle, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Kayle vs Zilean clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.7% winrate overall.
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