Kalista vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Kalista
based on 1,221 Kalista vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Kalista vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some significant Kalista versus Zed counter stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zed..
Kalista often has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Zed
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Who is Better, Kalista or Zed?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when facing off against Zed, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a poor counter for Zed.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate than Zed, when facing one another, Kalista also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kalista into Zedas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. 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 one best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to counter Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Zed. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kalista versus Zed build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista used at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Zed than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 48.2% when playing against Zed with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Zed as Kalista, you 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 rune combinations players used for Kalista vs Zed matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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