Kalista with Nasus
How to Synergize Kalista and Nasus
based on 878 Kalista with Nasus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kalista Nasus Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Nasus
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Nasus
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 Nasus Will Play
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
Kalista Nasus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nasus as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Nasus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nasus, 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 Nasus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nasus helps Kalista perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kalista is an ally to Nasus, she observes a small decrease in her full damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Nasus does not help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played together with Nasus 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 alongside Nasus.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Nasus on the same team, she on average takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Nasus does a decent job of covering Kalista during team fights.
Synergies between Kalista and Nasus
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Nasus?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Kalista that will no matter what be her ideal ally. Yet, Nasus is a very typical companion for Kalista. By being on the same team as Kalista, he drops their win rate by -0.5% to 46.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Kalista and Nasus that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Nasus has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means Kalista players don't need to be cautious when lining up Nasus teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, Kalista players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Kalista and Nasus together, you may not be giving your team enough support. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Nasus ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to synergize with Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to get in your Kalista and Nasus synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Nasus than with many other common builds. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 46.9% when playing alongside Nasus with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kalista and Nasus pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.9% winrate overall.
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