Heimerdinger vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Heimerdinger
based on 483 Heimerdinger vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Kalista
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several significant Heimerdinger against Kalista counter stats that can help you grasp the differences between these two champs. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kalista..
Heimerdinger normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Kalista. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Kalista
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Kalista?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when facing off against Kalista, with a 53.2% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a great counter for Kalista.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate than Kalista, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Heimerdinger into Kalistaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger has a good 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Kalista matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a great counter to Kalista. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger to counter Kalista during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kalista. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Kalista build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Kalista than with most other common item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 53.2% when countering Kalista with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Kalista as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Kalista counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.2% win rate overall.
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