Kalista vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Kalista
based on 1,317 Kalista vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Thresh
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 Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Kalista vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some strategic Kalista versus Thresh counter statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Thresh’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Thresh. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kalista normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Thresh. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Thresh
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Who is Better, Kalista or Thresh?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually fairs equally well when playing against Thresh, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes an ok counter to Thresh.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate than Thresh, when facing one another, Kalista also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kalista into Threshas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Thresh matchups, Thresh is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar 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 for Thresh. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kalista in order to counter Thresh during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista usually gets much more CS as Thresh. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kalista versus Thresh build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Thresh than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 49.9% when playing against Thresh with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Thresh as Kalista, Kalista players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kalista vs Thresh fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
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