Varus vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Varus
based on 1,450 Varus vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Kalista
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full 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.
Varus vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Varus in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some critical Varus vs. Kalista matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kalista..
Varus typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Kalista. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Kalista
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Who is Better, Varus or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kalista, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Varus makes an ok counter for Kalista.
While Varus does have a higher winrate than Kalista, when facing one another, Varus also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Varus into Kalista.
Moreover, Varus has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Varus vs Kalista matchups, Varus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Varus is a decent counter for Kalista. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Kalista.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Varus in order to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kalista. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Varus versus Kalista build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Varus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Kalista than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 50.4% when countering Kalista with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Kalista as Varus, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Varus vs Kalista LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kalista as Varus are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.