Kalista with Taliyah
How to Synergize Kalista and Taliyah
based on 359 Kalista with Taliyah pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kalista Taliyah Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Taliyah
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Taliyah
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 Taliyah Will Play
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
Kalista Taliyah Synergy Stats
How to Play with Taliyah as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Taliyah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taliyah, 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 Taliyah. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Taliyah helps Kalista perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista is an ally to Taliyah, she gets a small increase in her total damage output. This change could indicate that Taliyah supports by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Taliyah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Taliyah. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Taliyah.
Additionally, when Kalista plays with Taliyah on the same side, she usually receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Taliyah does a decent job of covering Kalista during teamfights.
Synergies between Kalista and Taliyah
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Taliyah?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Kalista that will 100% of the time be her best ally. However, overall, Taliyah is a below average teammate for Kalista. By being on the same side as Kalista, she drops their win rate by -1.2% to 46.2%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Kalista and Taliyah that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Taliyah has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means Kalista players don't need to be very careful when lining up Taliyah allies to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working cooperatively, Kalista players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by pairing Kalista and Taliyah together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of crowd control. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Taliyah teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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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 Taliyah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Kalista and Taliyah synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista used at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Taliyah than with most other common builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 46.2% helping carry Taliyah with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, you 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. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.2% winrate overall.
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