Kalista vs Anivia
How to Beat Anivia as Kalista
based on 482 Kalista vs Anivia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Anivia Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Anivia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Anivia as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Anivia
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Advice to Win Against Anivia
Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.
If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.
Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.
Kalista vs Anivia Counter Stats
How to Counter Anivia with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several influential Kalista vs. Anivia counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Anivia’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Anivia. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in deaths.
Kalista typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Anivia. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Anivia
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Who is Better, Kalista or Anivia?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when facing off against Anivia, with a 44.6% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a poor counter for Anivia.
While Kalista does have a much lower win rate than Anivia, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kalista into Aniviaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Anivia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Anivia matchups, Anivia 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.
Kalista is a trash counter for Anivia. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Anivia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista to counter Anivia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Anivia. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kalista versus Anivia build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Anivia than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 44.6% when countering Anivia with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Anivia as Kalista, Kalista players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Kalista vs Anivia counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.6% winrate overall.
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