Kalista vs Pantheon
How to Beat Pantheon as Kalista
based on 1,514 Kalista vs Pantheon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Pantheon Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Pantheon
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 Pantheon
Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.
Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
Kalista vs Pantheon Counter Stats
How to Counter Pantheon with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some influential Kalista vs. Pantheon counter stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pantheon’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Pantheon..
Kalista typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Pantheon. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Pantheon
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Who is Better, Kalista or Pantheon?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when playing against Pantheon, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a bad counter for Pantheon.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate compared to Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kalista into Pantheonas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Pantheon matchups, Pantheon is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter to Pantheon. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing 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 Pantheon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Pantheon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista on average picks up more CS compared to Pantheon. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kalista versus Pantheon 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 did much better countering Pantheon than with most other common builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 48.1% battling Pantheon with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Pantheon as Kalista, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Kalista vs Pantheon face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% winrate overall.
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