Amumu vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Amumu
based on 801 Amumu vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Kalista
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
Advice to Win Against Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Amumu vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several important Amumu versus Kalista matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kalista. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Amumu usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Kalista. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Kalista
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Who is Better, Amumu or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually wins when playing against Kalista, with a 53.7% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes a great counter for Kalista.
While Amumu does have a higher win rate than Kalista, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Amumu into Kalista.
Moreover, Amumu has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Kalista matchups, Amumu is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Amumu is a great counter for Kalista. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu on average picks up a lot less CS compared to Kalista. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Kalista build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Amumu bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Kalista than with most other typical builds. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 53.7% when countering Kalista with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Kalista as Amumu, Amumu players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Amumu vs Kalista counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.7% winrate overall.
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