Kalista with Bard
How to Synergize Kalista and Bard
based on 705 Kalista with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kalista Bard Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Bard Counter Build
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Core Kalista Items
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Bard
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Bard
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 Bard Will Play
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Kalista Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Bard synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Bard, 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 Bard. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Bard helps Kalista perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista is paired with Bard, she sees a little decrease in her full damage output. This difference may indicate that Bard does not support by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Bard on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Bard.
Additionally, when Kalista plays with Bard on the same side, she typically receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Bard does a decent job of protecting Kalista during team fights.
Synergies between Kalista and Bard
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Bard?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Kalista that will no matter what be her top ally. Yet, Bard is a good teammate for Kalista. By playing on the same team as Kalista, he improves their win rate by 1.3% to 48.7%. This signals that there is a good strategic relationship between Kalista and Bard that results in them performing better together than alone.
Bard has a greater difficulty than Kalista. That means Kalista players need to be cautious when lining up Bard teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing on the same side, Kalista players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Kalista and Bard together, you will not be granting your team enough protection for burst damage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Bard ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to work well with Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to build first in your Kalista and Bard synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better as an ally of Bard than with most other common builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 48.7% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Bard with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.
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