Yone vs Kayle — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yone against Kayle · 52.82% win rate over 1,736 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Yone is favoured — Yone owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Kayle's 1. Yone wins 52.82% of games vs Kayle in top lane (1,736 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YoneLevel 1 is Yone's — Kayle is immobile, melee and rangeless early.
Level 2YoneLevel 2 stays yours as you shove and threaten the weak Kayle.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 is skill-decided by how well Kayle survives your pressure.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 are yours — you own the wave and all-in threat.
Level 6YoneAt 6 you stay ahead by baiting her long-cooldown R invuln.
First itemYoneFirst-item Yone crushes an under-levelled, denied Kayle.
Two+ itemsKayleAt 2+ items Kayle's ranged form and R invuln out-scale and beat you.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 are firmly yours — Kayle is a slow, melee, rangeless champ who can't contest your Q poke or dash, so shove and threaten every trade. Level 3 is skill-based only in how well she survives; punish any misstep and start zoning her off farm.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yone vs Kayle report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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