Kalista vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Kalista
based on 508 Kalista vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Kalista vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Kalista versus Viktor counter statistics that may help us realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Viktor..
Kalista usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives more damage than Viktor. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Viktor
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Who is Better, Kalista or Viktor?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when taking on Viktor, with a 44.9% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a poor counter for Viktor.
While Kalista does have a much lower win rate compared to Viktor, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Viktoras her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viktor. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kalista is a trash counter for Viktor. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Viktor 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 listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Viktor. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly 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 situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kalista versus Viktor build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Viktor than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 44.9% battling Viktor with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Viktor as Kalista, you should take 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 combinations players used for Kalista vs Viktor clashes, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 44.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Viktor as Kalista are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.