Kalista vs Veigar
How to Beat Veigar as Kalista
based on 1,133 Kalista vs Veigar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Veigar Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Veigar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Veigar
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 Veigar
Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.
Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.
Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.
Kalista vs Veigar Counter Stats
How to Counter Veigar with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some important Kalista versus Veigar matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Veigar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Veigar..
Kalista usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Veigar. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Veigar
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Who is Better, Kalista or Veigar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when facing off against Veigar, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a poor counter to Veigar.
While Kalista does have a much lower winrate compared to Veigar, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Veigaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Veigar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Veigar matchups, Veigar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kalista is a trash counter to Veigar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Veigar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista to counter Veigar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Veigar. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Kalista versus Veigar build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Veigar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 45.9% when playing against Veigar with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Veigar as Kalista, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Kalista vs Veigar face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.9% win rate overall.
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