Lee Sin vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Lee Sin
based on 3,285 Lee Sin vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Kayle
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several influential Lee Sin versus Kayle matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayle..
Lee Sin normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Kayle. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lee Sin and Kayle
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Kayle?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when playing against Kayle, with a 44.7% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes a poor counter for Kayle.
While Lee Sin does have a much lower winrate than Kayle, when on opposite teams, Lee Sin also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Lee Sin into Kayle.
Additionally, Lee Sin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Lee Sin is a terribly counter to Kayle. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin to counter Kayle 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Kayle. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Lee Sin versus Kayle build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Kayle than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average win rate of 44.7% when playing against Kayle with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Kayle as Lee Sin, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Lee Sin vs Kayle counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 44.7% win rate overall.
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