Kalista vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Kalista
based on 462 Kalista vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Braum
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 Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Kalista vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several strategic Kalista vs. Braum counter statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Braum’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Braum. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Kalista typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Braum. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Braum
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Who is Better, Kalista or Braum?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when taking on Braum, with a 45.0% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a bad counter for Braum.
While Kalista does have a much lower win rate than Braum, when facing one another, Kalista also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kalista into Braumas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a trash counter to Braum. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Braum.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Braum during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically picks up much more CS relative to Braum. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Kalista versus Braum build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Braum than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 45.0% when playing against Braum with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Braum 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. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kalista vs Braum fights, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.0% win rate overall.
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