Kalista vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Kalista
based on 1,266 Kalista vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Core Kalista Items
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Kalista vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several strategic Kalista vs. Blitzcrank matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kalista typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Blitzcrank. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Kalista or Blitzcrank?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Blitzcrank, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a poor counter for Blitzcrank.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate than Blitzcrank, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Kalista into Blitzcrankas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a terribly counter to Blitzcrank. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Blitzcrank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically racks up much more CS relative to Blitzcrank. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Kalista versus Blitzcrank build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Blitzcrank than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 46.6% when countering Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Blitzcrank as Kalista, Kalista players should use 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 rune combinations players chose for Kalista vs Blitzcrank counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.6% win rate overall.
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