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League of Legends Champion KalistaKalista is in the b tier of champions

Kalista

Marksman
Kalista is a marksmanRolemarksman
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeMid-Game
Martial Poise abilityp
Pierce abilityq
Sentinel abilityw
Rend abilitye
Fate's Call abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Kalista Build

based on 21,959 matches
Win Rate
47.8 %
Pick Rate
1.4 %
Ban Rate
0.2 %

How We Come Up with Our Kalista Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Kalista build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Kalista builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Kalista core items and runes for any situation.

Kalista Build Summary

Kalista is a a below average bottom lane champ in League of Legends. Her best rune sets are Precision Resolve. Adding the specific runes shown below into your Kalista build will provide you the additional stats to guarantee she plays well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. You should start by building up her e ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Kalista

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Vampiric ScepterBerserker's Greaves

Core Kalista Items

~22 Mins
Guinsoo's RagebladeGuardian AngelBlade of The Ruined KingBerserker's Greaves

Optional Items

Phantom DancerThe CollectorBloodthirsterImmortal Shieldbow

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kalista to level upe
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Second ability for Kalista to level upq
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Last skill for Kalista to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kalista's passive ability p
Kalista's q ability q
Kalista's w ability w
Kalista's e ability e
Kalista's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
3
W
4
E
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E
6
R
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E
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Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
15
W
16
R

Kalista Matchups Overview

Kalista is Weak Against

NilahNilah40.7% winrateKarthusKarthus41.8% winrateKog'MawKog'Maw44.1% winrateVayneVayne44.8% winrate

Kalista is Strong Against

ZeriZeri52.9% winrateJhinJhin51.9% winrateEzrealEzreal50% winrateApheliosAphelios49.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Quinntop+ 53.2% 308 GamesEkkomiddle+ 54.1% 412 GamesSorakasupport+ 54.5% 510 GamesIvernjungle+ 55.4% 148 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Kalista Players

Tips and Tricks

You can zone out your enemies and evade skillshots with Martial Poise passive and by always moving around. The same can be used to kite enemies

Kalista's Sentinel and Fate's Call need to be coordinated with your support's CC to be effective.

Additional Kalista Build Insights

LoL Kalista players may find her to be a challenging character to build out properly. You'll find that her build varies when she is fighting either well-rounded or homogenous team compositions, showing you shouldn't take the same Kalista build every round of League of Legends

The most essential items to use in your champion's build include: Guinsoo's Rageblade, Guardian Angel, and Blade of The Ruined King. Those who included these items in their gear had a greater win rate than players who tried for other Kalista builds. Similarly, if you are trying to beat a well-mixed enemy team composition, you should really consider grabbing yourself the Precision, and Resolve runes. In recent matches, she won the largest fraction of her rounds when using these runes.

We came up with our Kalista build recommendations by examining 21,959 recently ranked LoL rounds with her in them. We only advise the best winrate Kalista builds that have been used by ranked LoL players enough times for us to suggest them. With so many rounds in our dataset, we are quite confident in our provided builds.