You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several influential Neeko vs. Kayle counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, showing that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kayle..
Neeko often has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Kayle. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Neeko usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kayle, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Neeko makes an ok counter for Kayle.
While Neeko does have a lower winrate compared to Kayle, when they face off with one another, Neeko also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Neeko into Kayle.
Moreover, Neeko has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Neeko is a somewhat poor counter for Kayle. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Neeko against Kayle.
If you would like to truly master Neeko to counter Kayle during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Neeko often racks up less CS relative to Kayle. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Neeko versus Kayle build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Neeko included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Kayle than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Neeko had an average winrate of 49.6% when playing against Kayle with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Kayle as Neeko, you should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Neeko vs Kayle clashes, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.6% winrate overall.
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