Soraka vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Soraka
based on 758 Soraka vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Kalista
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
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.
Soraka vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Soraka in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some valuable Soraka vs. Kalista counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kalista. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Soraka often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Kalista. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Kalista
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Who is Better, Soraka or Kalista?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kalista, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Soraka makes an ok counter to Kalista.
While Soraka does have a higher winrate compared to Kalista, when on opposite teams, Soraka also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Soraka into Kalista.
Moreover, Soraka also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Kalista matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Soraka is a decent counter to Kalista. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Soraka to counter Kalista during both the lane 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 listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Kalista. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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 require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Soraka versus Kalista build include Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs. Kalista than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Soraka boasted an average win rate of 50.9% battling Kalista with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Kalista as Soraka, Soraka players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Soraka vs Kalista LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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