Kalista vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Kalista
based on 720 Kalista vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Kalista vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several strategic Kalista versus Gwen counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Gwen..
Kalista often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Gwen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Gwen
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Who is Better, Kalista or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when playing against Gwen, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a poor counter for Gwen.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate than Gwen, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Gwenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Gwen matchups, Gwen is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kalista is a garbage counter to Gwen. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kalista to counter Gwen during both the lane 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 mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gwen. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kalista versus Gwen 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 performed significantly better vs Gwen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 47.9% battling Gwen with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Gwen as Kalista, Kalista players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Kalista vs Gwen clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.
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