Jarvan IV vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Jarvan IV
based on 512 Jarvan IV vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Kalista
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several significant Jarvan IV vs. Kalista matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kalista. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Kalista. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Kalista
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when facing off against Kalista, with a 45.9% win rate. As a result, Jarvan IV makes a poor counter for Kalista.
While Jarvan IV does have a much lower win rate than Kalista, when they face off with one another, Jarvan IV also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Jarvan IV into Kalista.
Additionally, Jarvan IV has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Kalista matchups, Kalista is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Jarvan IV is a bad counter for Kalista. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jarvan IV to counter Kalista during both the laning 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 tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Kalista. Champions who typically 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 properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Jarvan IV versus Kalista build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Kalista than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 45.9% battling Kalista with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Kalista as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Jarvan IV vs Kalista battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.9% win rate overall.
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