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How to Synergize Kalista with K'Sante on the Same TeamKalista is in the b tier of champions

Kalista with K'Sante

How to Win With Kalista and K'Sante Paired TogetherKalista is in the a tier of champions
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TankFighter

How to Synergize Kalista and K'Sante

based on 559 Kalista with K'Sante pairs
Win Rate
43.5 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the results of from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Kalista has been on the same team as K'Sante in 559 recently played, competitive matches. By gathering so much accurate data from the makers of League of Legends, we are confident that we can provide you with high-quality, insightful builds to help Kalista play with K'Sante. It is relatively rare for Kalista to play alongside K'Sante on the same team. This has only happened in approx. 1.6% of games with Kalista.

Kalista K'Sante Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kalista does a terrible job of playing alongside K'Sante. On average, she wins a dismal 43.5% of rounds the champions appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Kalista when fighting on the same team as K'Sante by learning how to better synergize your play style with them, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kalista vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Kalista Items

~22 Mins
Guinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined KingTerminus

Optional Items

Runaan's Hurricane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kalista to level upe
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Second ability for Kalista to level upq
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Last skill for Kalista to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kalista's passive ability p
Kalista's q ability q
Kalista's w ability w
Kalista's e ability e
Kalista's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
8
Q
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and K'Sante

Tips for Playing as Kalista with K'Sante

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 K'Sante Will Play

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Kalista K'Sante Synergy Stats

Kalista Image
Win Rate
43.5 %
VS
Win Rate
56.5 %
K'Sante Image
8.5
< Kills >
8.1
6.9
< Deaths >
6.8
6.3
< Assists >
6.1
1.92
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
177
< Minions Killed >
170
0.39
< Dragons Killed >
0.36
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.49
18,070
< Physical Damage >
17,374
3,078
< Magic Damage >
2,772
512
< True Damage >
491
21,660
< Damage Dealt >
20,637
23,004
< Damage Taken >
22,803
12,847
< Gold Earned >
12,595
2.39
< Towers >
2.35
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
6,684
< Total Healing >
6,568
12,186
< Experience >
12,251
20
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
8
188
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with K'Sante as Kalista in LoL

The Kalista K'Sante synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with K'Sante, 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 very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with K'Sante. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that K'Sante helps Kalista perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Kalista tries to synergize with K'Sante, she sees a little increase in her complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that K'Sante helps provide cover for her to deal more damage or that their support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played together with K'Sante on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with K'Sante.

Moreover, when Kalista plays with K'Sante on the same side, she on average takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that K'Sante does a poor job of protecting Kalista during teamfights.

Synergies between Kalista and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Kalista
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kalista
K'Sante

Is Kalista better when played alongside K'Sante?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Kalista that will 100% of the time be her ideal ally. However, K'Sante is a terrible ally for Kalista. By playing on the same side as Kalista, they decreases their win rate by -3.9% to 43.5%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Kalista and K'Sante that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

K'Sante has a greater difficulty than Kalista. That means Kalista players must be cautious when finding K'Sante comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to do well with you.

Playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by bringing Kalista and K'Sante together, you may not be providing your side very much crowd control. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your K'Sante ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kalista Players

How We Calculated Our Kalista K'Sante Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kalista and K'Sante, we analyzed 559 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Kalista with K'Sante comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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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 K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to have in your Kalista and K'Sante synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting alongside K'Sante than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 43.5% when playing alongside K'Sante with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, 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. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Kalista and K'Sante pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 43.5% win rate overall.

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