Master Yi with Kalista
How to Synergize Master Yi and Kalista
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Master Yi Kalista Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Kalista
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
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.
Master Yi Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi 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, Master Yi sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kalista helps Master Yi perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Master Yi tries to synergize with Kalista, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage output. This could demonstrate that Kalista doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played with Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kalista.
Additionally, when Master Yi plays with Kalista on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Master Yi in team fights.
Synergies between Master Yi and Kalista
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no perfect companion for Master Yi that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Kalista is a below average teammate for Master Yi. By locking into the same side as Master Yi, she drops their win rate by -2.5% to 48.1%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Master Yi and Kalista that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Master Yi. That means you should be very careful when finding Kalista allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, Master Yi players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by pairing Master Yi and Kalista together, you may not be giving your team much support. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Kalista ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Master Yi to synergize with Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to include in your Master Yi and Kalista synergy build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Master Yi bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Kalista than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Master Yi had an average win rate of 48.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kalista with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Master Yi players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.
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