Lissandra vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Lissandra
based on 458 Lissandra vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Kalista
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Lissandra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some valuable Lissandra against Kalista counter stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kalista..
Lissandra usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lissandra and Kalista
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Kalista?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually wins when taking on Kalista, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Lissandra makes a good counter to Kalista.
While Lissandra does have a higher win rate than Kalista, when facing one another, Lissandra also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Lissandra into Kalista.
Additionally, Lissandra also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Kalista matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Lissandra is a decent counter for Kalista. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lissandra in order to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kalista. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Lissandra versus Kalista build consist of Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Lissandra used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Kalista than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average win rate of 52.0% when playing against Kalista with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Kalista as Lissandra, Lissandra players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Lissandra vs Kalista clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.0% win rate overall.
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