Kalista vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Kalista
based on 760 Kalista vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Talon Counter Build
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Core Kalista Items
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Guide to Countering Talon as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Kalista vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Kalista vs. Talon counter statistics that can help us realize the differences between these two champions. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Talon..
Kalista often has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Talon. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Talon
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Who is Better, Kalista or Talon?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when playing against Talon, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a bad counter to Talon.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate compared to Talon, when facing one another, Kalista also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kalista into Talonas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Talon. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Talon matchups, Talon is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kalista is a bad counter to Talon. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kalista to counter Talon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Talon. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale 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 many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kalista versus Talon build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Talon than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when countering Talon with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Talon as Kalista, Kalista players 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 sets players chose for Kalista vs Talon face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Talon as Kalista are presented for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.