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How to Synergize Kalista with Shaco on the Same TeamKalista is in the b tier of champions

Kalista with Shaco

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How to Synergize Kalista and Shaco

based on 1,088 Kalista with Shaco pairs
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download data from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Kalista has gone into battle with Shaco in 1088 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much complete data from the publishers of League of Legends, we are confident that we can present to you high quality, usable builds to help Kalista synergize with Shaco. It is relatively rare for Kalista to play alongside Shaco as allies. This has only occurred in approximately 3.2% of games with Kalista.

Kalista Shaco Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kalista has done a dismal job of playing alongside Shaco. Typically, she wins an acceptable 48.9% of matches the champions appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Kalista when playing with Shaco by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kalista vs Shaco Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Kalista Items

~22 Mins
Guinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined KingJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Runaan's HurricaneTerminusWit's EndKraken Slayer

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust 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
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
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
6
R
7
E
8
Q
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Q
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Shaco

Tips for Playing as Kalista with Shaco

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 Shaco Will Play

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.

Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.

Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

Kalista Shaco Synergy Stats

Kalista Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
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8.1
< Kills >
8.1
6.9
< Deaths >
6.8
6.2
< Assists >
6.1
1.87
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
174
< Minions Killed >
170
0.41
< Dragons Killed >
0.36
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.49
17,913
< Physical Damage >
17,374
2,832
< Magic Damage >
2,772
485
< True Damage >
491
21,230
< Damage Dealt >
20,637
23,675
< Damage Taken >
22,803
12,825
< Gold Earned >
12,595
2.4
< Towers >
2.35
0.19
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
6,940
< Total Healing >
6,568
12,648
< Experience >
12,251
19
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
8
178
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Shaco as Kalista in LoL

The Kalista Shaco synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shaco, 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 Shaco. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Shaco helps Kalista perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Kalista is paired with Shaco, she sees a little increase in her full damage output. This change may indicate that Shaco helps provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Shaco 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 alongside Shaco.

Moreover, when Kalista plays with Shaco on the same team, she on average receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Shaco does a poor job of protecting Kalista in teamfights.

Synergies between Kalista and Shaco

Damage Types Compared

Kalista
Shaco
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kalista
Shaco

Is Kalista better when played alongside Shaco?

There is no top companion for Kalista that will 100% of the time be her top ally. Yet, overall, Shaco is a decent companion for Kalista. By being on the same side as Kalista, he increases their win rate by 1.5% to 48.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Kalista and Shaco that results in them performing better together than without each other.

Shaco has a greater difficulty than Kalista. That means you must be careful when enlisting Shaco comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

Fighting together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by bringing Kalista and Shaco together, you may not be giving your team a great deal of support. We recommend you have other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Shaco ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kalista Players

How We Calculated Our Kalista Shaco Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kalista and Shaco, we analyzed 1,088 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 Shaco 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 in order to pair well with Shaco during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to prioritize in your Kalista and Shaco synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Kalista used at least these three great items in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Shaco than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 48.9% helping carry Shaco with this build.

To have the greatest probability 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. Of all the runes players chose for Kalista and Shaco pairings, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.

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