Mordekaiser vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Mordekaiser
based on 2,281 Mordekaiser vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Mordekaiser vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Mordekaiser vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Mordekaiser
Tips for Playing as Mordekaiser against Kalista
Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.
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.
Mordekaiser vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Mordekaiser in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several valuable Mordekaiser vs. Kalista counter stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Mordekaiser may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kalista..
Mordekaiser often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Kalista. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Mordekaiser or Kalista?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Mordekaiser usually wins when facing off against Kalista, with a 53.5% win rate. Therefore, Mordekaiser makes a great counter to Kalista.
While Mordekaiser does have a higher win rate compared to Kalista, when facing one another, Mordekaiser also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Mordekaiser into Kalista.
Furthermore, Mordekaiser also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Mordekaiser vs Kalista matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Mordekaiser is a great counter for Kalista. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Mordekaiser against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Mordekaiser in order to counter Kalista during both the laning 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 listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Mordekaiser often picks up a similar amount of CS as Kalista. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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 need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Mordekaiser versus Kalista build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Mordekaiser bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Kalista than with most other common builds. In fact, Mordekaiser boasted an average win rate of 53.5% when countering Kalista with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Kalista as Mordekaiser, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Mordekaiser vs Kalista counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.5% winrate overall.
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