Yasuo vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Yasuo
based on 7,617 Yasuo vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Kayle
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some significant Yasuo vs. Kayle matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayle..
Yasuo often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kayle. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Kayle
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kayle, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Yasuo makes an ok counter for Kayle.
While Yasuo does have a lower winrate than Kayle, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Kayleas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yasuo also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Yasuo is a somewhat poor counter for Kayle. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yasuo to counter Kayle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kayle. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Yasuo versus Kayle build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo used at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Kayle than with most other common builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 49.6% when countering Kayle with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Kayle as Yasuo, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Yasuo vs Kayle battles, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.6% win rate overall.
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