Kalista with Master Yi
How to Synergize Kalista and Master Yi
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Kalista Master Yi Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Master Yi
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 Master Yi Will Play
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
Kalista Master Yi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Master Yi as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Master Yi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Master Yi, 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 Master Yi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Master Yi helps Kalista perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kalista is an ally to Master Yi, she sees a little decrease in her total damage output. This change could signal that Master Yi does not help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played alongside Master Yi on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Master Yi. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Master Yi.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Master Yi on the same team, she on average takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Master Yi does a decent job of protecting Kalista during teamfights.
Synergies between Kalista and Master Yi
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Master Yi?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Kalista that will no matter what be her top ally. Yet, overall, Master Yi is a very typical teammate for Kalista. By locking into the same side as Kalista, he increases their win rate by 0.7% to 48.1%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Kalista and Master Yi that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Master Yi has a much lower diffuclty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Master Yi teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by grouping Kalista and Master Yi together, you will not be providing your team a lot of support. We recommend you have other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Master Yi ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, 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 to work well with Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to include in your Kalista and Master Yi synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kalista incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Master Yi than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 48.1% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Master Yi with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, Kalista players 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 rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.1% win rate overall.
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