Blitzcrank vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Blitzcrank
based on 1,266 Blitzcrank vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Kalista
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some critical Blitzcrank against Kalista matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kalista. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Kalista
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Kalista?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when playing against Kalista, with a 53.4% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes a great counter to Kalista.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher win rate than Kalista, when on opposite teams, Blitzcrank also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Blitzcrank into Kalista.
Furthermore, Blitzcrank has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Kalista matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Blitzcrank is a great counter to Kalista. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Blitzcrank against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank in order to counter Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Kalista. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Blitzcrank versus Kalista build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Blitzcrank combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Kalista than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average winrate of 53.4% when playing against Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Kalista as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Blitzcrank vs Kalista counters, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.4% win rate overall.
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