Maokai vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Maokai
based on 4,382 Maokai vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Kayle
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
Advice to Win Against Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Maokai vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several valuable Maokai versus Kayle counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayle. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Maokai normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Kayle. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Kayle
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Who is Better, Maokai or Kayle?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Kayle, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes a good counter for Kayle.
While Maokai does have a higher winrate than Kayle, when facing one another, Maokai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Kayle.
Furthermore, Maokai also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Kayle matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Maokai is a decent counter to Kayle. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Maokai in order to counter Kayle during both the lane 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 above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai on average picks up a lot less CS compared to Kayle. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Kayle build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Kayle than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 51.8% when playing against Kayle with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Kayle as Maokai, Maokai players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Maokai vs Kayle LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.
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