Kalista with Rakan
How to Synergize Kalista and Rakan
based on 1,121 Kalista with Rakan pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kalista Rakan Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Rakan
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Rakan
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 Rakan Will Play
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
Kalista Rakan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rakan as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, 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 Rakan. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Rakan helps Kalista perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista is an ally to Rakan, she gets a marginal improvement in her complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Rakan provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played together with Rakan on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Rakan. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Rakan.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Rakan on the same team, she typically takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Rakan does a decent job of covering Kalista during teamfights.
Synergies between Kalista and Rakan
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Rakan?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Kalista that will 100% of the time be her best ally. Yet, overall, Rakan is a very typical companion for Kalista. By locking into the same team as Kalista, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 47.4%. This demonstrates that there is a weak synergy between Kalista and Rakan that results in them performing at the same level together than without each other.
Rakan has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Rakan teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by grouping Kalista and Rakan together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a great deal of engage potential. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Rakan ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Kalista in order to synergize with Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to build first in your Kalista and Rakan synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better as an ally of Rakan than with most other common builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 47.4% helping carry Rakan with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating 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. Of all the runes players picked for Kalista and Rakan pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.
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