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How to Win Rengar vs Kalista Counter MatchupRengar is in the s tier of champions

Rengar vs Kalista

How to Beat Kalista as Rengar in LoLRengar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kalista as Rengar

based on 1,156 Rengar vs Kalista matchups
Win Rate
53.4 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League rounds each and every week. Within our data, Rengar faced off against Kalista in 1156 rounds. Using so many games with Rengar versus Kalista gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare informative data and a supported build to smash your foe. This matchup is relatively rare. Rengar fights Kalista in only 0.9% of his rounds.

Rengar vs Kalista Matchup Summary

Rengar has done a good job of beating Kalista. On average, he wins a terrific 53.4% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Rengar versus Kalista rounds, Rengar’s team is 0.2% less expected to get first blood, indicating that he most likely won't get first blood against Kalista.

Best Rengar vs Kalista Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordThe Brutalizer

Core Rengar Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

Edge of NightYoumuu's GhostbladeVoltaic CycloswordHubris

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Rengar's passive ability p
Rengar's q ability q
Rengar's w ability w
Rengar's e ability e
Rengar's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Rengar

Tips for Playing as Rengar against Kalista

Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.

Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.

A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!

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.

Rengar vs Kalista Counter Stats

Rengar Image
Win Rate
53.4 %
VS
Win Rate
46.6 %
Kalista Image
8.1
< Kills >
8
6.7
< Deaths >
7
6.5
< Assists >
5.9
1.81
< Killing Sprees >
1.88
42
< Minions Killed >
171
1.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.36
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.46
17,169
< Physical Damage >
16,510
1,285
< Magic Damage >
2,459
1,077
< True Damage >
431
19,532
< Damage Dealt >
19,400
32,340
< Damage Taken >
22,691
12,713
< Gold Earned >
12,496
1.36
< Towers >
2.38
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
15,616
< Total Healing >
6,194
13,728
< Experience >
12,052
20
< Vision Score >
18
5
< Wards Placed >
8
230
< Time Dealing CC >
176

How to Counter Kalista with Rengar in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several important Rengar vs. Kalista counter stats that may help you realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kalista..

Rengar normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Kalista. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rengar and Kalista

Damage Types Compared

Rengar
Kalista
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rengar
Kalista

Who is Better, Rengar or Kalista?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rengar usually wins when playing against Kalista, with a 53.4% win rate. Therefore, Rengar makes a great counter to Kalista.

While Rengar does have a higher win rate compared to Kalista, when they face off with one another, Rengar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Rengar into Kalistaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Rengar 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 trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Rengar vs Kalista matchups, Rengar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Rengar is a great counter to Kalista. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Rengar against Kalista.

Additional Information for Rengar Players

How We Calculated Our Rengar vs Kalista Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kalista as Rengar, we analyzed 1,156 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 Rengar 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Rengar in order to counter Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rengar usually accumulates a lot less CS relative to Kalista. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Rengar versus Kalista build include Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Rengar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Kalista than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Rengar had an average win rate of 53.4% when playing against Kalista with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Kalista as Rengar, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Rengar vs Kalista counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.4% winrate overall.

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