Lissandra with Kalista
How to Synergize Lissandra and Kalista
based on 463 Lissandra with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Lissandra Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Lissandra vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Lissandra and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Lissandra with Kalista
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
Advice to Understand How Kalista Will Play
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.
Lissandra Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Lissandra in LoL
The Lissandra Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Lissandra sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kalista helps Lissandra perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Lissandra tries to synergize with Kalista, she observes a measurable drop in her complete damage output. This change could signal that Kalista does not support by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Lissandra is played alongside Kalista on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Kalista.
Moreover, when Lissandra plays with Kalista on the same team, she on average takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Kalista does a decent job of covering Lissandra during teamfights.
Synergies between Lissandra and Kalista
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Is Lissandra better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no top synergy for Lissandra that will no matter what be her top teammate. Yet, Kalista is a terrible ally for Lissandra. By being on the same team as Lissandra, she drops their win rate by -4.4% to 45.1%. This shows that there is a terrible synergy between Lissandra and Kalista that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Lissandra. That means you must be very careful when lining up Kalista teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by grouping Lissandra and Kalista together, you may not be providing your team very much cover. Plan to include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Kalista ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Lissandra to synergize with Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to use in your Lissandra and Kalista synergy build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Lissandra used at least these three finished items in her build, she performed much better when paired up with Kalista than with most other common builds. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average winrate of 45.1% helping carry Kalista with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.1% winrate overall.
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