Kalista vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Kalista
based on 3,773 Kalista vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Kalista vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Kalista in LoL
The stats provided here show some vital Kalista vs. Jhin counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Jhin..
Kalista normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Jhin. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Jhin
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Who is Better, Kalista or Jhin?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Jhin, with a 45.8% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a bad counter to Jhin.
While Kalista does have a much lower win rate than Jhin, when facing one another, Kalista also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kalista into Jhinas 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 CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a bad counter to Jhin. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Jhin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Jhin. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Kalista versus Jhin build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Jhin than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 45.8% battling Jhin with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Jhin as Kalista, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Kalista vs Jhin LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.8% winrate overall.
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