Kayle vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Kayle
based on 3,221 Kayle vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Kayle vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Kayle in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several important Kayle vs. Vi matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vi’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Vi..
Kayle typically has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Vi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayle and Vi
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Who is Better, Kayle or Vi?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually fairs equally well when taking on Vi, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes an ok counter for Vi.
While Kayle does have a lower winrate than Vi, when facing one another, Kayle also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayle into Vias her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayle also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kayle is a somewhat poor counter for Vi. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayle in order to counter Vi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle often picks up much more CS as Vi. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kayle versus Vi build include Lich Bane, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Kayle incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Vi than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kayle had an average winrate of 49.5% battling Vi with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Vi as Kayle, Kayle players should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kayle vs Vi fights, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
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