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Kalista with Nautilus

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How to Synergize Kalista and Nautilus

based on 2,535 Kalista with Nautilus pairs
Win Rate
45.8 %
K/D/A
2.3
Pick Rate
7.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Kalista has gone into battle with Nautilus in 2535 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much complete data directly from the hosts of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can showcase high-quality, usable builds to help Kalista play with Nautilus. It is common for Kalista to play alongside Nautilus as allies. This has occurred in approx. 7.4% of rounds with Kalista.

Kalista Nautilus Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kalista does a pathetic job of synergizing with Nautilus. Normally, she wins a poor 45.8% of games the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Kalista when fighting on the same team as Nautilus by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kalista vs Nautilus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Vampiric ScepterBerserker's Greaves

Core Kalista Items

~22 Mins
Wit's EndGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

BloodthirsterGuardian AngelRunaan's HurricaneJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerboost summoner spell D
summonerflash 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
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R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Nautilus

Tips for Playing as Kalista with Nautilus

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 Nautilus Will Play

While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.

Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.

Kalista Nautilus Synergy Stats

Kalista Image
Win Rate
45.8 %
VS
Win Rate
54.2 %
Nautilus Image
9
< Kills >
8.1
6.6
< Deaths >
6.8
6.2
< Assists >
6.1
2.04
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
172
< Minions Killed >
170
0.4
< Dragons Killed >
0.36
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.49
17,850
< Physical Damage >
17,374
3,287
< Magic Damage >
2,772
403
< True Damage >
491
21,540
< Damage Dealt >
20,637
22,054
< Damage Taken >
22,803
12,856
< Gold Earned >
12,595
2.37
< Towers >
2.35
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
6,791
< Total Healing >
6,568
12,053
< Experience >
12,251
19
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
8
173
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Nautilus as Kalista in LoL

The Kalista Nautilus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nautilus, 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 Nautilus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Nautilus helps Kalista perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kalista tries to synergize with Nautilus, she sees a little increase in her complete damage output. This change could demonstrate that Nautilus helps provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played together with Nautilus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Nautilus.

Additionally, when Kalista plays with Nautilus on the same team, she typically receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Nautilus does a decent job of covering Kalista in teamfights.

Synergies between Kalista and Nautilus

Damage Types Compared

Kalista
Nautilus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kalista
Nautilus

Is Kalista better when played alongside Nautilus?

There is no top companion for Kalista that will no matter what be her best synergy. However, overall, Nautilus is a not very good ally for Kalista. By locking into the same side as Kalista, he drops their win rate by -1.6% to 45.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful synergy between Kalista and Nautilus that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Nautilus has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means Kalista players don't need to be cautious when finding Nautilus allies to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Playing alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by pairing Kalista and Nautilus together, you probably will not be granting your side a great deal of utility. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in their kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Nautilus ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kalista Players

How We Calculated Our Kalista Nautilus Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kalista and Nautilus, we analyzed 2,535 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 Nautilus 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 truly master Kalista to work well with Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The best items to include in your Kalista and Nautilus synergy build consist of Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kalista combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Nautilus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 45.8% helping carry Nautilus with this build.

To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, Kalista players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kalista and Nautilus pairings, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Nautilus with Kalista are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.