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How to Win Kha'Zix vs Kalista Counter MatchupKha'Zix is in the a tier of champions

Kha'Zix vs Kalista

How to Beat Kalista as Kha'Zix in LoLKha'Zix is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kalista as Kha'Zix

based on 957 Kha'Zix vs Kalista matchups
Win Rate
46.5 %
K/D/A
2.32
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League rounds each and every week. Within our data, Kha'Zix battled Kalista 957 times. Using so many matchups for Kha'Zix versus Kalista provides us faith in our ability to prepare informative data and a solid build to crush your rival. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Kha'Zix encounters Kalista in only 0.9% of his games.

Kha'Zix vs Kalista Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kha'Zix does a awful job of countering Kalista. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.5% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Kha'Zix vs Kalista rounds, Kha'Zix’s team is 0.2% less expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Kalista.

Best Kha'Zix vs Kalista Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Kircheis ShardThe Brutalizer

Core Kha'Zix Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeEdge of NightOpportunity

Optional Items

Serylda's GrudgeProfane HydraHubrisVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kha'Zix to level upq
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Second ability for Kha'Zix to level upw
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Last skill for Kha'Zix to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Kha'Zix's passive ability p
Kha'Zix's q ability q
Kha'Zix's w ability w
Kha'Zix's e ability e
Kha'Zix's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Kha'Zix

Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Kalista

Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.

Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.

Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.

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.

Kha'Zix vs Kalista Counter Stats

Kha'Zix Image
Win Rate
46.5 %
VS
Win Rate
53.5 %
Kalista Image
8.1
< Kills >
8
6.3
< Deaths >
6.6
6.5
< Assists >
6.1
1.87
< Killing Sprees >
1.85
27
< Minions Killed >
178
1.57
< Dragons Killed >
0.34
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.57
17,647
< Physical Damage >
16,981
1,084
< Magic Damage >
2,494
1,008
< True Damage >
484
19,739
< Damage Dealt >
19,959
32,647
< Damage Taken >
22,849
12,666
< Gold Earned >
12,857
1.02
< Towers >
2.6
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
15,964
< Total Healing >
6,543
13,650
< Experience >
12,625
23
< Vision Score >
20
6
< Wards Placed >
8
222
< Time Dealing CC >
188

How to Counter Kalista with Kha'Zix in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several critical Kha'Zix against Kalista counter statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kalista..

Kha'Zix typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Kalista. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kha'Zix and Kalista

Damage Types Compared

Kha'Zix
Kalista
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kha'Zix
Kalista

Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Kalista?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kha'Zix usually loses when taking on Kalista, with a 46.5% win rate. As a result, Kha'Zix makes a poor counter for Kalista.

While Kha'Zix does have a lower winrate than Kalista, when facing one another, Kha'Zix also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kha'Zix into Kalista.

Furthermore, Kha'Zix also has only a small 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 lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Kalista matchups, Kalista is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Kha'Zix is a terribly counter to Kalista. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kha'Zix against Kalista.

Additional Information for Kha'Zix Players

How We Calculated Our Kha'Zix vs Kalista Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kalista as Kha'Zix, we analyzed 957 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kalista as Kha'Zix comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kha'Zix to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kha'Zix typically racks up a lot less CS as Kalista. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The best items to use in your Kha'Zix versus Kalista build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Kha'Zix bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Kalista than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kha'Zix boasted an average win rate of 46.5% when playing against Kalista with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Kalista as Kha'Zix, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Kha'Zix vs Kalista counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.5% winrate overall.

If you want to view Kha'Zix vs Kalista tips and builds for a an individual rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies given are calculated using every round played with both champions.