Kalista vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Kalista
based on 483 Kalista vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Kalista vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some influential Kalista against Heimerdinger counter stats that can help us realize the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger..
Kalista typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Kalista or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when facing off against Heimerdinger, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a poor counter to Heimerdinger.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Heimerdingeras her relative depth means 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 Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a terribly counter for Heimerdinger. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Kalista versus Heimerdinger build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Heimerdinger than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 46.8% when countering Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Heimerdinger 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kalista vs Heimerdinger counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.
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