Galio vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Galio
based on 898 Galio vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Kalista
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Galio in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several influential Galio versus Kalista counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kalista..
Galio often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Galio and Kalista
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Who is Better, Galio or Kalista?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Galio usually wins when facing off against Kalista, with a 53.7% win rate. As a result, Galio makes a great counter for Kalista.
While Galio does have a higher win rate than Kalista, when on opposite teams, Galio also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Galio into Kalista.
Furthermore, Galio has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Galio vs Kalista matchups, Galio is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Galio is a great counter to Kalista. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Galio against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Galio to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kalista. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Galio versus Kalista build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Kalista than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Galio had an average win rate of 53.7% battling Kalista with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Kalista as Galio, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Galio vs Kalista clashes, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.7% win rate overall.
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