Kalista vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Kalista
based on 1,022 Kalista vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Kalista vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Kalista against Vladimir counter stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Vladimir..
Kalista usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Vladimir. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Kalista or Vladimir?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when facing off against Vladimir, with a 45.4% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a poor counter to Vladimir.
While Kalista does have a much lower win rate compared to Vladimir, when facing one another, Kalista also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Vladimiras her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kalista is a trash counter to Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to counter Vladimir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Vladimir. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities 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 situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Kalista versus Vladimir build consist of Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Vladimir than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 45.4% battling Vladimir with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Vladimir 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. Of all the rune builds players chose for Kalista vs Vladimir counters, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.4% win rate overall.
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