Kalista vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Kalista
based on 1,450 Kalista vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Kalista vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several valuable Kalista versus Varus counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between these two champs. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Kalista usually has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Varus
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Who is Better, Kalista or Varus?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Varus, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate compared to Varus, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kalista into Varusas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kalista versus Varus build consist of Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Varus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 49.6% battling Varus with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Varus as Kalista, you should use 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Kalista vs Varus counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.6% win rate overall.
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