Braum vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Braum
based on 462 Braum vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Kalista
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
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.
Braum vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Braum in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several influential Braum versus Kalista matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kalista. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Braum often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Braum and Kalista
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Who is Better, Braum or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Braum usually wins when trying to fight Kalista, with a 55.0% win rate. Therefore, Braum makes a great counter to Kalista.
While Braum does have a much higher winrate compared to Kalista, when facing one another, Braum also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Braum into Kalista.
Additionally, Braum also has a good amount 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 isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Braum vs Kalista matchups, Braum is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Braum is a great counter to Kalista. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Braum against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Braum in order to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum most often picks up a lot less CS as Kalista. Champs 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 able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Braum versus Kalista build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Braum used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Kalista than with many other common builds. In fact, Braum boasted an average winrate of 55.0% battling Kalista with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Kalista as Braum, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Braum vs Kalista clashes, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 55.0% winrate overall.
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