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Kalista with Sylas

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How to Synergize Kalista and Sylas

based on 1,241 Kalista with Sylas pairs
Win Rate
45.6 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the stats from from millions of League games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Kalista has been on the same team as Sylas in 1241 recently played, ranked matches. By amassing so much accurate data straight from the publishers of League, we are confident that we can give you high quality, usable builds to help Kalista play with Sylas. It is relatively rare for Kalista to play with Sylas on the same team. This has only happened in approximately 3.6% of matches with Kalista.

Kalista Sylas Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kalista does a terrible job of playing alongside Sylas. Usually, she wins a dismal 45.6% of the time the champions play on the same team. If you want to play better as Kalista when fighting on the same team as Sylas by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kalista vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Kalista Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanBloodthirsterWit's EndBlade of The Ruined King

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
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E
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Sylas

Tips for Playing as Kalista with Sylas

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 Sylas Will Play

Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.

Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.

Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.

Kalista Sylas Synergy Stats

Kalista Image
Win Rate
45.6 %
VS
Win Rate
54.4 %
Sylas Image
8.2
< Kills >
8.1
6.7
< Deaths >
6.8
6.4
< Assists >
6.1
1.84
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
173
< Minions Killed >
170
0.37
< Dragons Killed >
0.36
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.49
17,454
< Physical Damage >
17,374
2,738
< Magic Damage >
2,772
495
< True Damage >
491
20,688
< Damage Dealt >
20,637
22,564
< Damage Taken >
22,803
12,659
< Gold Earned >
12,595
2.46
< Towers >
2.35
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
6,508
< Total Healing >
6,568
12,182
< Experience >
12,251
19
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
8
179
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Sylas as Kalista in LoL

The Kalista Sylas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sylas, 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 Sylas. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Sylas helps Kalista perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kalista tries to synergize with Sylas, she sees a marginal improvement in her complete damage output. This may demonstrate that Sylas supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played together with Sylas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Sylas. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Sylas.

Moreover, when Kalista plays with Sylas on the same side, she typically receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Sylas does a decent job of covering Kalista during team fights.

Synergies between Kalista and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Kalista
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kalista
Sylas

Is Kalista better when played alongside Sylas?

There is no ideal synergy for Kalista that will 100% of the time be her #1 synergy. Yet, Sylas is a relatively poor ally for Kalista. By being on the same side as Kalista, he decreases their win rate by -1.8% to 45.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Kalista and Sylas that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Sylas has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means Kalista players don't need to be cautious when lining up Sylas allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to play well with you.

Playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by bringing Kalista and Sylas together, you will not be giving your other teammates a lot of utility. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Sylas ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kalista Players

How We Calculated Our Kalista Sylas Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kalista and Sylas, we analyzed 1,241 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 Sylas 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to work well with Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to focus on in your Kalista and Sylas synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kalista used at least these three great items in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Sylas than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 45.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Sylas with this build.

To have the best probability of beating 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 runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Sylas with Kalista are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.