Taric vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Taric
based on 1,157 Taric vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Kayle
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several valuable Taric versus Kayle matchup stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayle. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Taric usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kayle. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Kayle
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Who is Better, Taric or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taric usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kayle, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Taric makes an ok counter for Kayle.
While Taric does have a higher winrate compared to Kayle, when facing one another, Taric also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Taric into Kayle.
Moreover, Taric also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayle. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Kayle matchups, Taric is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Taric is a decent counter to Kayle. 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 Taric against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Taric in order to counter Kayle during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric often racks up a lot less CS relative to Kayle. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Taric versus Kayle build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Kayle than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Taric had an average win rate of 50.6% when countering Kayle with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Kayle as Taric, Taric players should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Taric vs Kayle counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.
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