Caitlyn vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Caitlyn
based on 11,352 Caitlyn vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Kayle
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some critical Caitlyn against Kayle matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences between the two. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kayle..
Caitlyn usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Kayle. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Kayle
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when trying to fight Kayle, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes a bad counter to Kayle.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate compared to Kayle, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Kayle.
Moreover, Caitlyn has almost no 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter for Kayle. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Kayle during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Kayle. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Kayle build include Phantom Dancer, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn used at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Kayle than with many other typical builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average winrate of 48.6% battling Kayle with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Kayle as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Caitlyn vs Kayle counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.6% winrate overall.
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