Akali with Kalista
How to Synergize Akali and Kalista
based on 2,043 Akali with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Akali Kalista Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Akali with Kalista
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Understand How Kalista Will Play
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Akali Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Akali in LoL
The Akali Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Akali sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Kalista helps Akali perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Akali is an ally to Kalista, she gets a little decrease in her total damage dealt. This could indicate that Kalista does not support by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played with Kalista on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Kalista.
Moreover, when Akali plays with Kalista on the same side, she usually receives less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Akali during teamfights.
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Is Akali better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no ideal ally for Akali that will 100% of the time be her ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Kalista is a very typical ally for Akali. By locking into the same team as Akali, she decreases their win rate by -0.1% to 49.0%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Akali and Kalista that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Kalista has a lower difficulty than Akali. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Kalista comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by bringing Akali and Kalista together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates very much support. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Kalista ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Akali to synergize with Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to include in your Akali and Kalista synergy build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Akali combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when paired up with Kalista than with most other typical builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 49.0% helping carry Kalista with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Akali players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Akali and Kalista pairings, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
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