Jhin vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Jhin
based on 3,773 Jhin vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Kalista
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
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.
Jhin vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Jhin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Jhin vs. Kalista counter stats that can help you figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kalista..
Jhin often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Kalista. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jhin and Kalista
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Who is Better, Jhin or Kalista?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jhin usually wins when trying to fight Kalista, with a 54.2% win rate. Thus, Jhin makes a great counter to Kalista.
While Jhin does have a much higher win rate compared to Kalista, when on opposite teams, Jhin also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Jhin into Kalista.
Furthermore, Jhin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Kalista matchups, Jhin 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 late stage team fights.
Jhin is a great counter to Kalista. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jhin against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jhin to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kalista. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Jhin versus Kalista build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Jhin included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Kalista than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Jhin boasted an average win rate of 54.2% when countering Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Kalista as Jhin, you should take the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Jhin vs Kalista matchups, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.2% winrate overall.
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