Lucian with Kalista
How to Synergize Lucian and Kalista
based on 214 Lucian with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Lucian Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Lucian vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Lucian and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Lucian with Kalista
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Lucian in LoL
The Lucian Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Lucian sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Kalista helps Lucian perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lucian plays on the same team as Kalista, he sees a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This change may indicate that Kalista does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played alongside Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kalista.
Additionally, when Lucian plays with Kalista on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Kalista does a decent job of covering Lucian during teamfights.
Synergies between Lucian and Kalista
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Is Lucian better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no perfect ally for Lucian that will always be his best ally. However, Kalista is a not very good teammate for Lucian. By being on the same team as Lucian, she drops their win rate by -2.1% to 46.7%. This signals that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Lucian and Kalista that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Lucian. That means Lucian players need to be very careful when finding Kalista comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting together, Lucian players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Lucian and Kalista together, you may not be providing your other allies enough crowd control. Plan to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Kalista ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lucian to synergize with Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Lucian and Kalista synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian used at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Kalista than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lucian boasted an average win rate of 46.7% helping carry Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.7% win rate overall.
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