Kalista vs Gragas
How to Beat Gragas as Kalista
based on 644 Kalista vs Gragas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Gragas Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Gragas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Gragas
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 Gragas
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.
Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
Kalista vs Gragas Counter Stats
How to Counter Gragas with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several influential Kalista versus Gragas matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Gragas..
Kalista normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Gragas. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Gragas
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Who is Better, Kalista or Gragas?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Gragas, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes an ok counter to Gragas.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate than Gragas, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Kalista into Gragasas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach 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 Gragas. 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 in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Gragas matchups, Gragas is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter to Gragas. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Gragas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to counter Gragas 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 suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista usually racks up more CS relative to Gragas. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions 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 do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kalista versus Gragas build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Gragas than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 49.8% battling Gragas with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Gragas as Kalista, you 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 builds we have analyed for Kalista vs Gragas fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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