Kalista vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Kalista
based on 941 Kalista vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Kalista vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here feature several strategic Kalista versus Vi counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Vi..
Kalista normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Vi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Vi
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Who is Better, Kalista or Vi?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when playing against Vi, with a 45.6% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a poor counter for Vi.
While Kalista does have a much lower winrate compared to Vi, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kalista into Vias her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kalista is a garbage counter to Vi. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Vi during both the laning 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 listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista on average accumulates much more CS as Vi. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Kalista versus Vi build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when facing Vi than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 45.6% when countering Vi with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Vi 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. Out of all the runes players chose for Kalista vs Vi fights, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.6% win rate overall.
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