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How to Win Kayle vs Darius Counter MatchupKayle is in the s tier of champions

Kayle vs Darius

How to Beat Darius as Kayle in LoLKayle is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Darius as Kayle

based on 4,193 Kayle vs Darius matchups
Win Rate
54.2 %
K/D/A
1.9
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL games each week. Within our database, Kayle faced off against Darius in 4193 rounds. Using so many matchups for Kayle versus Darius provides us confidence in our capacity to produce informative statistics and a pro build to shatter Darius. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Kayle encounters Darius in only 3.7% of her rounds.

Kayle vs Darius Matchup Summary

Kayle does a great job of beating Darius. Typically, she wins a whopping 54.2% of the time the champions face one another in. In Kayle versus Darius matches, Kayle’s team is 0.2% less expected to earn first blood, implying that she probably won't get first blood versus Darius.

Best Kayle vs Darius Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
CullHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Kayle Items

~22 Mins
Guinsoo's RagebladeTerminusRiftmaker

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapRylai's Crystal ScepterWit's EndShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kayle to level upe
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Second ability for Kayle to level upq
>
Last skill for Kayle to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kayle's passive ability p
Kayle's q ability q
Kayle's w ability w
Kayle's e ability e
Kayle's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Darius as Kayle

Tips for Playing as Kayle against Darius

Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.

Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.

Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.

Advice to Win Against Darius

When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.

Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.

Kayle vs Darius Counter Stats

Kayle Image
Win Rate
54.2 %
VS
Win Rate
45.8 %
Darius Image
5.7
< Kills >
6.7
6
< Deaths >
5.8
5.7
< Assists >
4.2
1.32
< Killing Sprees >
1.55
192
< Minions Killed >
167
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.48
6,896
< Physical Damage >
14,556
13,809
< Magic Damage >
77
547
< True Damage >
3,276
21,252
< Damage Dealt >
17,909
22,364
< Damage Taken >
31,194
12,500
< Gold Earned >
11,869
2.86
< Towers >
2.35
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
6,846
< Total Healing >
7,395
15,547
< Experience >
14,585
17
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
237
< Time Dealing CC >
157

How to Counter Darius with Kayle in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some valuable Kayle versus Darius matchup statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between this pair of champions. Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Darius’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Darius..

Kayle normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Darius. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kayle and Darius

Damage Types Compared

Kayle
Darius
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kayle
Darius

Who is Better, Kayle or Darius?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually wins when taking on Darius, with a 54.2% win rate. As a result, Kayle makes a great counter for Darius.

While Kayle does have a much higher winrate than Darius, when on opposite teams, Kayle also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kayle into Dariusas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Kayle also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Darius. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Darius matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Kayle is a great counter for Darius. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kayle against Darius.

Additional Information for Kayle Players

How We Calculated Our Kayle vs Darius Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Darius as Kayle, we analyzed 4,193 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Darius as Kayle comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayle to counter Darius 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kayle on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Darius. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Kayle versus Darius build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus, and Riftmaker. When Kayle incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Darius than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average win rate of 54.2% when countering Darius with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Darius as Kayle, Kayle players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Kayle vs Darius matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Darius as Kayle are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.