Kalista vs Neeko
How to Beat Neeko as Kalista
based on 973 Kalista vs Neeko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Neeko Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Neeko Counter Build
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Core Kalista Items
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Guide to Countering Neeko as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Neeko
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 Neeko
Pop Blossom's warning visuals are invisible if Neeko is disguised.
Standing behind minions against Neeko is very dangerous as Tangle-Barbs become stronger.
Kalista vs Neeko Counter Stats
How to Counter Neeko with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some important Kalista against Neeko matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Neeko’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Neeko..
Kalista normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Neeko. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Neeko
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Kalista or Neeko?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when taking on Neeko, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a poor counter to Neeko.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate compared to Neeko, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Neekoas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Neeko. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Neeko matchups, Neeko 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 teamfights.
Kalista is a bad counter for Neeko. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Neeko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kalista to counter Neeko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista often picks up more CS as Neeko. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually 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 best items to have in your Kalista versus Neeko build include 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 Neeko than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 47.0% when playing against Neeko with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Neeko as Kalista, you 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 sets we have analyed for Kalista vs Neeko counters, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.0% winrate overall.
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