Karthus vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Karthus
based on 467 Karthus vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Kalista
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
Advice to Win Against Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Karthus vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Karthus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several critical Karthus versus Kalista matchup stats that can help you realize the distinctions between this set of champions. Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kalista..
Karthus usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Kalista. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Karthus and Kalista
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Who is Better, Karthus or Kalista?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually loses when trying to fight Kalista, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Karthus makes a poor counter for Kalista.
While Karthus does have a lower win rate than Kalista, when they face off with one another, Karthus also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Karthus into Kalistaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Karthus also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Kalista matchups, Kalista is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Karthus is a somewhat poor counter to Kalista. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Karthus against Kalista.
Other Champion Matchups Against Karthus
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Karthus in order to counter Kalista 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 suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus usually racks up less CS as Kalista. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Karthus versus Kalista build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Kalista than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Karthus boasted an average win rate of 48.8% battling Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Kalista as Karthus, Karthus players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Karthus vs Kalista face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kalista as Karthus are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.