Kalista vs Lissandra
How to Beat Lissandra as Kalista
based on 458 Kalista vs Lissandra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Lissandra Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Lissandra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lissandra as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Lissandra
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 Lissandra
Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.
Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.
The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.
Kalista vs Lissandra Counter Stats
How to Counter Lissandra with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several valuable Kalista versus Lissandra matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lissandra’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Lissandra..
Kalista normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Lissandra. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Lissandra
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Who is Better, Kalista or Lissandra?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Lissandra, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a poor counter for Lissandra.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate compared to Lissandra, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Kalista into Lissandraas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lissandra. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Lissandra matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kalista is a bad counter to Lissandra. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Lissandra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Lissandra during both the early game 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 listen to the build and tips 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 Lissandra. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kalista versus Lissandra build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Lissandra than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 48.0% when countering Lissandra with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Lissandra 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. Of all the rune combinations players used for Kalista vs Lissandra face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.
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