Kalista vs Zeri
How to Beat Zeri as Kalista
based on 375 Kalista vs Zeri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Zeri Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Zeri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zeri as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Zeri
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.
Kalista vs Zeri Counter Stats
How to Counter Zeri with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some strategic Kalista versus Zeri matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zeri’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zeri..
Kalista usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zeri. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Zeri
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Who is Better, Kalista or Zeri?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually wins when taking on Zeri, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a good counter to Zeri.
While Kalista does have a higher winrate than Zeri, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Kalista into Zerias her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zeri. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Zeri matchups, Kalista is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kalista is a decent counter to Zeri. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Zeri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Zeri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Zeri. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Kalista versus Zeri 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 performed much better countering Zeri than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 51.7% when countering Zeri with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Zeri 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. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kalista vs Zeri face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
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