Kayle vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Kayle
based on 2,256 Kayle vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Illaoi
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 Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Kayle vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several significant Kayle versus Illaoi matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Illaoi’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Illaoi..
Kayle normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Illaoi. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayle and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Kayle or Illaoi?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when facing off against Illaoi, with a 55.7% win rate. As a result, Kayle makes a fantastic counter to Illaoi.
While Kayle does have a much higher win rate than Illaoi, when they face off with one another, Kayle also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Kayle into Illaoias her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayle also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Illaoi matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kayle is a great counter for Illaoi. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kayle against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayle to counter Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Illaoi. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kayle versus Illaoi build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Kayle incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs. Illaoi than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average win rate of 55.7% battling Illaoi with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Illaoi as Kayle, Kayle players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Kayle vs Illaoi LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 55.7% winrate overall.
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