Kalista with Wukong
How to Synergize Kalista and Wukong
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Kalista Wukong Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Wukong Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Wukong
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Wukong
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 Wukong Will Play
Decoy and Nimbus Strike work well together to quickly strike your enemy and get out before they can retaliate.
Try using Decoy near brush to make an enemy overreact to your movement.
Kalista Wukong Synergy Stats
How to Play with Wukong as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Wukong synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Wukong, 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 Wukong. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Wukong helps Kalista perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kalista is paired with Wukong, she sees a small decrease in her complete damage dealt. This may indicate that Wukong does not provide protection for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played alongside Wukong on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Wukong.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Wukong on the same team, she often receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Wukong does a decent job of covering Kalista during team fights.
Synergies between Kalista and Wukong
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Wukong?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Kalista that will always be her #1 ally. However, overall, Wukong is a terrible ally for Kalista. By locking into the same team as Kalista, he drops their win rate by -4.2% to 43.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad bond between Kalista and Wukong that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Wukong has a much lower diffuclty than Kalista. That means Kalista players don't need to be cautious when lining up Wukong allies to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, Kalista players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by grouping Kalista and Wukong together, you may not be giving your other teammates very much magical damage output. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Wukong ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to work well with Wukong during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to include in your Kalista and Wukong synergy build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista included at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Wukong than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 43.2% helping carry Wukong with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Kalista players 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 rune builds players picked for Kalista and Wukong pairings, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 43.2% winrate overall.
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