Kayle Counters
Find Kayle counters, difficult matchups and champions Kayle performs well against.
Weak Against — Champions That Counter Kayle
Win rate shown from Kayle's perspective — lower means a harder matchup.
Strong Against — Champions Kayle Counters
All Kayle Matchups
| Opponent | Role | Type | Win Rate | Games | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veigar | Mid | Counter | 38.5% | 104 | — |
| Malphite | Top | Counter | 41.7% | 624 | — |
| Vladimir | Mid | Counter | 44.6% | 168 | — |
| LeBlanc | Mid | Counter | 45.1% | 144 | — |
| Syndra | Mid | Counter | 46.8% | 250 | — |
| Tahm Kench | Top | Counter | 47.1% | 225 | — |
| Ekko | Mid | Counter | 47.2% | 197 | — |
| Teemo | Top | Counter | 47.3% | 374 | — |
| Riven | Top | Counter | 47.4% | 289 | — |
| Gragas | Top | Counter | 47.4% | 253 | — |
| Lux | Mid | Favorable | 59.2% | 103 | — |
| K'Sante | Top | Favorable | 58.9% | 783 | — |
| Galio | Mid | Favorable | 58.8% | 131 | — |
| Trundle | Top | Favorable | 58.6% | 186 | — |
| Yorick | Top | Favorable | 57.9% | 273 | — |
| Vayne | Top | Favorable | 56.8% | 111 | — |
| Olaf | Top | Favorable | 56.8% | 377 | — |
| Viktor | Mid | Favorable | 56.4% | 181 | — |
| Yasuo | Mid | Favorable | 56.3% | 277 | — |
| Akali | Mid | Favorable | 55.5% | 229 | — |
How to Use Kayle Counter Data
Hunting for dependable Kayle counters? The matchup figures below are pulled directly from live ranked Top lane games, not guessed from a tier list. Right now the hardest lane matchups for Kayle are Irelia, Master Yi, and Tahm Kench, where her win rate sits lowest in the current dataset. Irelia is the most punishing of the three: Kayle wins only 44.0% of 739 recorded games against her. Kayle, however, does well against Udyr, K’Sante, and Trundle, so those champions are the safer ones to face.
Every card lists Kayle’s win rate in that matchup along with the number of games it’s based on. A pairing with tens of thousands of games carries much more weight than one with only a few hundred. The Easy, Even, and Hard tags are derived from those win rates (under 48% shows as Hard, over 52% as Easy) and serve only as a quick guide, not as a separate statistic. The data covers ranked games at Emerald and above in every region, reflects patch 16.13.1, and updates every 48 hours, so it shifts along with the meta. For the strongest items and runes, see the current Kayle build, and for her abilities and full details, visit the Kayle champion page.
Kayle Counters — FAQ
Veigar is currently the strongest counter to Kayle — Kayle wins only 38.5% of 104 recorded games in that matchup. Other difficult opponents are listed in the Weak Against section above.
Kayle performs best against Lux, winning 59.2% of those games — see the full Strong Against list above.
Automatically every 48 hours, from ranked games at Emerald rank and above across all regions (currently patch 16.13.1).
Yes — every matchup record carries the patch it was collected on, and the whole page refreshes with each data update, so the numbers always describe the current patch rather than an old meta.