Kalista vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Kalista
based on 758 Kalista vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Soraka Counter Build
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Core Kalista Items
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Kalista vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several influential Kalista against Soraka matchup statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Soraka. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Kalista typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives more damage than Soraka. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Soraka
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Who is Better, Kalista or Soraka?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually fairs equally well when facing off against Soraka, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes an ok counter for Soraka.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate than Soraka, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kalista into Sorakaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter to Soraka. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Soraka.
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How We Calculated Our Kalista vs Soraka Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Soraka during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista most often gets much more CS compared to Soraka. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Kalista versus Soraka build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Soraka than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 49.1% battling Soraka with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Soraka 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. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kalista vs Soraka LoL games, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Soraka as Kalista are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.