Naafiri vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Naafiri
based on 1,543 Naafiri vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Kayle
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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.
Naafiri vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several strategic Naafiri vs. Kayle matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Kayle. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Naafiri normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Kayle. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Kayle
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Kayle?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when playing against Kayle, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes an ok counter for Kayle.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate compared to Kayle, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Naafiri into Kayle.
Additionally, Naafiri also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Kayle matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Naafiri is a decent counter to Kayle. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Naafiri against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri in order to counter Kayle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kayle. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Naafiri versus Kayle build consist of Maw of Malmortius, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Naafiri used at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better when fighting Kayle than with most other common item sets. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Kayle with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Kayle as Naafiri, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Naafiri vs Kayle counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kayle as Naafiri are displayed for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.