Kayn vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Kayn
based on 5,298 Kayn vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Kayle
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Advice to Win Against Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Kayn vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Kayn against Kayle matchup stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayle..
Kayn usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Kayle. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Kayle
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Who is Better, Kayn or Kayle?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayn usually loses when taking on Kayle, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes a poor counter for Kayle.
While Kayn does have a lower winrate than Kayle, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Kayleas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter to Kayle. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayn in order to counter Kayle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Kayle. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kayn versus Kayle build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Kayle than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 48.2% when playing against Kayle with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Kayle as Kayn, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Kayn vs Kayle counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.2% winrate overall.
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