Varus vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Varus
based on 416 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
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
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 provided here underscore some influential Varus vs. Kalista counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kalista..
Varus usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Kalista
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Who is Better, Varus or Kalista?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Varus usually wins when taking on Kalista, with a 53.1% win rate. As a result, Varus makes a great counter to Kalista.
While Varus does have a higher winrate than Kalista, when facing one another, Varus also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Varus into Kalista.
Furthermore, Varus has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Kalista matchups, Varus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Varus is a great counter for Kalista. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Varus to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Kalista. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Varus versus Kalista build include Riftmaker, Statikk Shiv, and Nashor's Tooth. When Varus used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Kalista than with most other common item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 53.1% battling Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating 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. Of all the rune builds players picked for Varus vs Kalista battles, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.1% win rate overall.
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