Caitlyn vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Caitlyn
based on 1,072 Caitlyn vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Kalista Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Kalista
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some valuable Caitlyn vs. Kalista matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kalista..
Caitlyn usually has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Kalista. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Kalista
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually wins when taking on Kalista, with a 52.2% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes a good counter for Kalista.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate compared to Kalista, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Caitlyn into Kalista.
Moreover, Caitlyn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Kalista matchups, Caitlyn 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.
Caitlyn is a good counter for Kalista. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Kalista. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Kalista build include Galeforce, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Kalista than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 52.2% battling Kalista with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Kalista as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Caitlyn vs Kalista face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.2% win rate overall.
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