Lulu vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Lulu
based on 558 Lulu vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lulu vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Lulu vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Lulu
Tips for Playing as Lulu against Kalista
Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.
Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.
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.
Lulu vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Lulu in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some significant Lulu versus Kalista matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between this set of champs. Lulu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lulu may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kalista. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Lulu often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Kalista. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lulu and Kalista
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Who is Better, Lulu or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lulu usually fairs equally well when taking on Kalista, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Lulu makes an ok counter to Kalista.
While Lulu does have a lower winrate than Kalista, when on opposite teams, Lulu also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Lulu into Kalista.
Moreover, Lulu has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Lulu vs Kalista matchups, Kalista is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Lulu is a somewhat poor counter for Kalista. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lulu against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lulu in order to counter Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lulu typically gets a lot less CS relative to Kalista. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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 need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Lulu versus Kalista build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Lulu incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Kalista than with many other common builds. In fact, Lulu boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Kalista with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Kalista as Lulu, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Lulu vs Kalista counters, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
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