Naafiri with Kalista
How to Synergize Naafiri and Kalista
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Naafiri Kalista Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Naafiri and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Naafiri with Kalista
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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.
Naafiri Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Naafiri in LoL
The Naafiri Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Naafiri sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kalista helps Naafiri perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Naafiri is an ally to Kalista, they observes a little decrease in their complete damage output. This may demonstrate that Kalista does not help cover for them to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played alongside Kalista on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays without Kalista. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Kalista.
Additionally, when Naafiri plays with Kalista on the same team, they often takes a little less damage than when they plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Naafiri in teamfights.
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Is Naafiri better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Naafiri that will no matter what be their #1 teammate. However, overall, Kalista is a very bad companion for Naafiri. By being on the same team as Naafiri, she drops their win rate by -3.3% to 46.9%. This demonstrates that there is a terrible bond between Naafiri and Kalista that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Kalista has a much greater difficulty compared to Naafiri. That means Naafiri players should be careful when enlisting Kalista allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by pairing Naafiri and Kalista together, you may not be granting your side very much magic damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Kalista ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to work well with Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to focus on in your Naafiri and Kalista synergy build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri included at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better when paired up with Kalista than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 46.9% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Kalista with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Naafiri and Kalista pairings, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.9% win rate overall.
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