Background Image
How to Win Renekton vs Kalista Counter MatchupRenekton is in the b tier of champions

Renekton vs Kalista

How to Beat Kalista as Renekton in LoLRenekton is in the b tier of champions
FighterTank
Marksman

How to Beat Kalista as Renekton

based on 555 Renekton vs Kalista matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Kalista as Renekton resulted from an analysis of 555 ranked matches where both champions fought each other. This matchup is relatively rare. Renekton fights Kalista in only 0.9% of his games.

Renekton vs Kalista Matchup Summary

Renekton has done a good job of countering Kalista. Typically, he wins a fantastic 52.4% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Renekton against Kalista rounds, Renekton’s side is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Kalista.

Best Renekton vs Kalista Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordGlowing Mote

Core Renekton Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Black CleaverTitanic HydraExperimental HexplateBlade of The Ruined King

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Renekton to level upq
>
Second ability for Renekton to level upe
>
Last skill for Renekton to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Renekton's passive ability p
Renekton's q ability q
Renekton's w ability w
Renekton's e ability e
Renekton's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Kalista as Renekton

Tips for Playing as Renekton against Kalista

Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are.

Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back out to safety.

Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build up and use his Fury.

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.

Renekton vs Kalista Counter Stats

Renekton Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Kalista Image
5.8
< Kills >
7.9
5.7
< Deaths >
6.7
5.6
< Assists >
5.9
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
1.89
185
< Minions Killed >
174
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.35
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.47
16,461
< Physical Damage >
17,266
3,097
< Magic Damage >
2,862
770
< True Damage >
512
20,329
< Damage Dealt >
20,641
35,172
< Damage Taken >
22,403
11,873
< Gold Earned >
12,550
2.41
< Towers >
2.32
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
10,323
< Total Healing >
6,496
14,768
< Experience >
12,168
16
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
8
72
< Time Dealing CC >
181

How to Counter Kalista with Renekton in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some strategic Renekton against Kalista matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Renekton’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Renekton may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kalista..

Renekton normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Kalista. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Renekton and Kalista

Damage Types Compared

Renekton
Kalista
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Renekton
Kalista

Who is Better, Renekton or Kalista?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Renekton usually wins when taking on Kalista, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Renekton makes a good counter for Kalista.

While Renekton does have a higher winrate compared to Kalista, when they face off with one another, Renekton also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Renekton into Kalista.

Moreover, Renekton also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Renekton vs Kalista matchups, Renekton is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Renekton is a good counter for Kalista. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Renekton against Kalista.

Additional Information for Renekton Players

How We Calculated Our Renekton vs Kalista Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kalista as Renekton, we analyzed 555 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 Renekton 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.

Other Useful Resources

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Renekton to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Renekton often gets a similar amount of CS as Kalista. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to use in your Renekton versus Kalista build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Renekton included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Kalista than with many other common builds. In fact, Renekton had an average winrate of 52.4% when countering Kalista with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of defeating Kalista as Renekton, Renekton players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Renekton vs Kalista clashes, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kalista as Renekton are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu located above.