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

Kayle vs Zoe

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

based on 1,452 Kayle vs Zoe matchups
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
1.81
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Zoe as Kayle resulted from an evaluation of 1452 ranked rounds where both champions fought one another. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Kayle encounters Zoe in only 1.3% of her matches.

Kayle vs Zoe Matchup Summary

Kayle has done a good job of beating Zoe. Normally, she wins a fantastic 52.3% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Kayle vs Zoe rounds, Kayle’s side is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, implying that she most likely won't be able to get first blood against Zoe.

Best Kayle vs Zoe Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
CullHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRecurve Bow

Core Kayle Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothShadowflame

Optional Items

TerminusRiftmakerGuinsoo's RagebladeWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
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
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Zoe as Kayle

Tips for Playing as Kayle against Zoe

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 Zoe

Zoe's Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown.

Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Stop Zoe from hiding in fog of war to prevent her from setting the spell up.

Zoe must return to her starting point after casting Portal Jump, making her vulnerable to a counterattack.

Kayle vs Zoe Counter Stats

Kayle Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Zoe Image
5.5
< Kills >
7.1
5.9
< Deaths >
5.6
5.2
< Assists >
7.1
1.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
195
< Minions Killed >
137
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.48
6,747
< Physical Damage >
1,741
13,088
< Magic Damage >
18,185
508
< True Damage >
3,365
20,343
< Damage Dealt >
23,291
23,258
< Damage Taken >
18,846
12,472
< Gold Earned >
11,268
2.83
< Towers >
1.85
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
7,166
< Total Healing >
2,392
15,590
< Experience >
13,590
17
< Vision Score >
25
8
< Wards Placed >
12
239
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Counter Zoe with Kayle in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify several important Kayle vs. Zoe counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between these two champions. As an example, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zoe’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zoe..

Kayle often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Zoe. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kayle and Zoe

Damage Types Compared

Kayle
Zoe
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kayle
Zoe

Who is Better, Kayle or Zoe?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when taking on Zoe, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Kayle makes a good counter for Zoe.

While Kayle does have a higher winrate compared to Zoe, when on opposite teams, Kayle also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Kayle into Zoeas her relative depth means that 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 Zoe. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Zoe 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 good counter to Zoe. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Zoe.

Additional Information for Kayle Players

How We Calculated Our Kayle vs Zoe Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zoe as Kayle, we analyzed 1,452 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 Zoe 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 Zoe during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kayle often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Zoe. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Kayle versus Zoe build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Kayle used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Zoe than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kayle had an average win rate of 52.3% when playing against Zoe with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Zoe as Kayle, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kayle vs Zoe battles, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zoe as Kayle are displayed for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.