Aphelios vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Aphelios
based on 2,603 Aphelios vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Kayle
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
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.
Aphelios vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Aphelios in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several influential Aphelios vs. Kayle matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayle..
Aphelios usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Kayle. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Kayle
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when playing against Kayle, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes a bad counter for Kayle.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate compared to Kayle, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Aphelios into Kayleas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Aphelios has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Aphelios is a bad counter for Kayle. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Aphelios in order to counter Kayle during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Kayle. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Aphelios versus Kayle build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Aphelios combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Kayle than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when countering Kayle with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Kayle as Aphelios, Aphelios players should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Aphelios vs Kayle fights, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.4% winrate overall.
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