Kalista vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Kalista
based on 1,566 Kalista vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Graves
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 Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Kalista vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several significant Kalista against Graves matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences between the two. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Graves’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Graves..
Kalista usually has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Graves. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Graves
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Who is Better, Kalista or Graves?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Graves, with a 47.6% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a poor counter to Graves.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate than Graves, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Gravesas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a bad counter to Graves. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to counter Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista on average racks up much more CS compared to Graves. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Kalista versus Graves build consist of Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Kalista bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Graves than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 47.6% when countering Graves with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Graves 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. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kalista vs Graves matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.
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