Lee Sin vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Lee Sin
based on 1,090 Lee Sin vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Kalista
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several important Lee Sin versus Kalista counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kalista..
Lee Sin typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Kalista. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lee Sin and Kalista
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Kalista?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lee Sin usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kalista, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes an ok counter to Kalista.
While Lee Sin does have a higher win rate than Kalista, when they face off with one another, Lee Sin also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lee Sin into Kalista.
Moreover, Lee Sin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. 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 Lee Sin vs Kalista matchups, Lee Sin is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Lee Sin is a decent counter for Kalista. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin often racks up a lot less CS compared to Kalista. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Lee Sin versus Kalista build include Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Kalista than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 50.4% battling Kalista with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Kalista as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Lee Sin vs Kalista matchups, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.4% winrate overall.
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