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How to Win Kalista vs Ivern Counter MatchupKalista is in the b tier of champions

Kalista vs Ivern

How to Beat Ivern as Kalista in LoLKalista is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Ivern as Kalista

based on 384 Kalista vs Ivern matchups
Win Rate
44.5 %
K/D/A
1.93
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our dataset, Kalista engaged Ivern 384 times. Having so many matchups for Kalista versus Ivern provides us a lot of faith in our capability to produce useful statistics and a supported build to defeat your opponent. This champ pairing is somewhat rare. Kalista is forced to battle against Ivern in only 1.1% of her matches.

Kalista vs Ivern Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kalista has done a awful job of beating Ivern. On average, she wins a lowly 44.5% of matches the champions clash against one another in. In Kalista versus Ivern matches, Kalista’s side is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood versus Ivern.

Best Kalista vs Ivern Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Kalista Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneGuinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Terminus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kalista to level upe
>
Second ability for Kalista to level upq
>
Last skill for Kalista to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kalista's passive ability p
Kalista's q ability q
Kalista's w ability w
Kalista's e ability e
Kalista's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Ivern as Kalista

Tips for Playing as Kalista against Ivern

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 Ivern

Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!

Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!

Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.

Kalista vs Ivern Counter Stats

Kalista Image
Win Rate
44.5 %
VS
Win Rate
55.5 %
Ivern Image
7.5
< Kills >
2.6
6.7
< Deaths >
4.5
5.4
< Assists >
13.8
1.73
< Killing Sprees >
0.61
173
< Minions Killed >
19
0.32
< Dragons Killed >
1.14
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.54
16,154
< Physical Damage >
2,720
2,435
< Magic Damage >
5,942
472
< True Damage >
1,054
19,062
< Damage Dealt >
9,717
22,396
< Damage Taken >
15,839
12,318
< Gold Earned >
9,630
2.37
< Towers >
1.89
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.3
6,430
< Total Healing >
5,955
11,755
< Experience >
12,204
18
< Vision Score >
25
8
< Wards Placed >
7
188
< Time Dealing CC >
267

How to Counter Ivern with Kalista in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some influential Kalista vs. Ivern counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ivern. This observation is largely a result of the differences in killsdeaths.

Kalista often has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Ivern. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kalista and Ivern

Damage Types Compared

Kalista
Ivern
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kalista
Ivern

Who is Better, Kalista or Ivern?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when facing off against Ivern, with a 44.5% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a bad counter to Ivern.

While Kalista does have a much lower win rate than Ivern, when facing one another, Kalista also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Ivernas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Kalista has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Kalista is a garbage counter to Ivern. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Ivern.

Additional Information for Kalista Players

How We Calculated Our Kalista vs Ivern Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ivern as Kalista, we analyzed 384 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ivern as Kalista comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to counter Ivern during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kalista typically racks up much more CS relative to Ivern. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Kalista versus Ivern build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Ivern than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 44.5% when countering Ivern with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Ivern as Kalista, Kalista players should take 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 players chose for Kalista vs Ivern LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 44.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ivern as Kalista are presented for every ranked division. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.