Kayle vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Kayle
based on 1,634 Kayle vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Kayle vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several critical Kayle vs. Xayah counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah..
Kayle often has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Kayle or Xayah?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually wins when facing off against Xayah, with a 52.9% win rate. As a result, Kayle makes a good counter to Xayah.
While Kayle does have a higher winrate compared to Xayah, when facing one another, Kayle also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kayle into Xayahas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Xayah 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kayle is an above average counter for Xayah. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayle in order to counter Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Xayah. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kayle versus Xayah build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Kayle combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Xayah than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average win rate of 52.9% battling Xayah with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Xayah as Kayle, you 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 players used for Kayle vs Xayah battles, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.9% winrate overall.
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