# Kayle Counters Who counters Kayle? Best and worst picks against Kayle by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Kayle in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) ## Page Content [Kayle guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) [Play against Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/how-to-play-against/) [Kayle counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/counters/) Best and worst picks against Kayle in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Tahm Kench, Irelia and Malphite beat Kayle most often. Irelia, Yone and Gangplank win the laning phase against Kayle by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Kayle Highest win rate versus Kayle in Top. - 1 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 197 games 60.4% - 2 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 350 games 56.9% - 3 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 438 games 56.2% - 4 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 155 games 55.5% - 5 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 157 games 54.1% - 6 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 591 games 53.8% - 7 [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) 222 games 53.6% - 8 [Gragas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gragas/) 126 games 53.2% - 9 [Nasus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/) 475 games 53.0% - 10 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 173 games 52.6% - 11 [Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) 103 games 52.4% - 12 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 243 games 51.9% - 13 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 613 games 51.7% - 14 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 264 games 51.1% ## Worst picks against Kayle Lowest win rate versus Kayle in Top. - 1 [Kled](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kled/) 138 games 40.6% - 2 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 281 games 40.9% - 3 [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) 154 games 42.2% - 4 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 129 games 43.4% - 5 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 167 games 43.7% - 6 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 390 games 44.6% - 7 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 363 games 44.6% - 8 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 1,249 games 45.4% - 9 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 508 games 46.1% - 10 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 266 games 46.2% - 11 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 308 games 46.4% - 12 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 202 games 46.5% - 13 [Urgot](https://baronbuff.com/champions/urgot/) 297 games 47.1% - 14 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 411 games 47.2% - 15 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 141 games 47.5% ## Best lane counters vs Kayle Largest gold lead over Kayle at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 172 games +2,116 - 2 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 211 games +1,187 - 3 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 141 games +1,162 - 4 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 233 games +1,142 - 5 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 146 games +1,116 - 6 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 259 games +1,105 - 7 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 259 games +1,079 - 8 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 154 games +1,016 - 9 [Teemo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/teemo/) 166 games +1,012 - 10 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 189 games +1,007 - 11 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 281 games +919 - 12 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 148 games +902 - 13 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 112 games +859 - 14 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 170 games +806 - 15 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 117 games +720 ## How to play against Kayle Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Punish every early last-hit walkup before her ranged pattern takes over. - Crash waves cleanly, then harass under turret when she steps up for minions. - Force grouped objectives before she can farm side waves safely into her late spike. - Avoid isolated side-lane duels once R is available; make her spend it before committing for the kill. - Bait R before the decisive engage, then restart the fight while it is down. ## Where Kayle is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Kayle sacrifices early agency for scaling, so denied farm delays the ranged damage pattern that defines her threat. - Kayle's protection is tied to a single invulnerability window, making baited or forced ultimates heavily punishable. ## Kayle counters: questions ### Who counters Kayle in Top? At Gold+, Tahm Kench (60.4%), Irelia (56.9%) and Malphite (56.2%) have the highest win rates against Kayle. ### Who does Kayle counter? Kayle wins most often against Kled (40.6%), K'Sante (40.9%) and Gwen (42.2%). ### Who wins lane against Kayle? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Irelia (+2,116), Yone (+1,187) and Gangplank (+1,162) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Kayle. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Irelia counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters/) - [Yone counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)