Galio with Kalista
How to Synergize Galio and Kalista
based on 924 Galio with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Galio Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Kalista Counter Build
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Core Galio Items
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Galio with Kalista
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Galio in LoL
The Galio Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Galio sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kalista helps Galio perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Galio tries to synergize with Kalista, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This difference could signal that Kalista doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played with Kalista on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kalista.
Moreover, when Galio plays with Kalista on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Kalista does a poor job of protecting Galio during teamfights.
Synergies between Galio and Kalista
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Is Galio better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Galio that will always be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Kalista is a terrible ally for Galio. By locking into the same team as Galio, she decreases their win rate by -5.0% to 45.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Galio and Kalista that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Galio. That means Galio players should be very careful when lining up Kalista teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing alongside, Galio players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by bringing Galio and Kalista together, you probably will not be granting your team enough crowd control. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this hole in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Kalista ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Galio in order to pair well with Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to get in your Galio and Kalista synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Kalista than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Galio boasted an average winrate of 45.6% when playing alongside Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.6% winrate overall.
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