Kalista vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Kalista
based on 1,976 Kalista vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Brand
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 Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Kalista vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Kalista in LoL
The stats provided here show several influential Kalista versus Brand matchup stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Brand’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Brand..
Kalista normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Brand. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Brand
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Who is Better, Kalista or Brand?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when facing off against Brand, with a 45.2% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a bad counter to Brand.
While Kalista does have a much lower winrate than Brand, when facing one another, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Kalista into Brandas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Brand. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Kalista vs Brand matchups, Brand 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 teamfights.
Kalista is a terribly counter for Brand. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Brand during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista often gets more CS compared to Brand. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Kalista versus Brand build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Brand than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 45.2% when playing against Brand with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Brand as Kalista, you should take 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 Brand counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.2% win rate overall.
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