Kai'Sa vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Kai'Sa
based on 1,549 Kai'Sa vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kai'Sa vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Kai'Sa vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Kai'Sa
Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Kalista
Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.
Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.
Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.
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.
Kai'Sa vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Kai'Sa in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several significant Kai'Sa vs. Kalista matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kalista..
Kai'Sa normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Kalista. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kai'Sa and Kalista
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Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Kalista?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kai'Sa usually fairs equally well when taking on Kalista, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes an ok counter for Kalista.
While Kai'Sa does have a higher win rate compared to Kalista, when facing one another, Kai'Sa also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kai'Sa into Kalista.
Furthermore, Kai'Sa has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Kalista matchups, Kai'Sa is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kai'Sa is a decent counter for Kalista. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kai'Sa against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kai'Sa to counter Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kai'Sa usually gets a similar amount of CS as Kalista. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling 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 case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kai'Sa versus Kalista build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Kalista than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average winrate of 50.3% when countering Kalista with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Kalista as Kai'Sa, Kai'Sa players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Kai'Sa vs Kalista counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.3% win rate overall.
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