Aatrox vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Aatrox
based on 5,624 Aatrox vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Kayle
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
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.
Aatrox vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Aatrox in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several significant Aatrox against Kayle counter statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayle..
Aatrox normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Kayle. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aatrox and Kayle
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually fairs equally well when playing against Kayle, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Aatrox makes an ok counter to Kayle.
While Aatrox does have a higher win rate than Kayle, when they face off with one another, Aatrox also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Kayle.
Furthermore, Aatrox also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Kayle matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Aatrox is a decent counter to Kayle. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aatrox against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Aatrox in order 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 listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kayle. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Aatrox versus Kayle build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Spear of Shojin. When Aatrox included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Kayle than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Aatrox boasted an average winrate of 50.1% battling Kayle with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Kayle as Aatrox, Aatrox players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Aatrox vs Kayle LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kayle as Aatrox are given for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.