Kalista with Akali
How to Synergize Kalista and Akali
based on 2,043 Kalista with Akali pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kalista Akali Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Akali
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Akali
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.
Advice to Understand How Akali Will Play
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.
Kalista Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kalista sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Akali helps Kalista perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista is paired with Akali, she observes a small increase in her total damage output. This may demonstrate that Akali supports by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played together with Akali on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Akali.
Additionally, when Kalista plays with Akali on the same side, she usually takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Akali does a decent job of protecting Kalista during team fights.
Synergies between Kalista and Akali
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Akali?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Kalista that will always be her top ally. Yet, overall, Akali is a good teammate for Kalista. By being on the same side as Kalista, she raises their win rate by 1.6% to 49.0%. This signals that there is pretty good bond between Kalista and Akali that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Akali has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Akali teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, Kalista players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by aligning Kalista and Akali together, you will not be giving your other teammates a great deal of utility. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that fills this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Akali teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to pair well with Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Kalista and Akali synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kalista used at least these three great items in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Akali than with most other common builds. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 49.0% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Akali with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, Kalista players should equip 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 runes players picked for Kalista and Akali pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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