Nasus with Kalista
How to Synergize Nasus and Kalista
based on 878 Nasus with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nasus Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Nasus vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nasus and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Nasus with Kalista
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Nasus in LoL
The Nasus 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, Nasus sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Kalista helps Nasus perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nasus is an ally to Kalista, he observes a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Kalista does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nasus is played alongside Kalista on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kalista.
Moreover, when Nasus plays with Kalista on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Kalista does a decent job of covering Nasus in team fights.
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Is Nasus better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no perfect companion for Nasus that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Kalista is a terrible companion for Nasus. By locking into the same side as Nasus, she decreases their win rate by -3.4% to 46.9%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Nasus and Kalista that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Nasus. That means Nasus players must be careful when finding Kalista teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Nasus players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by bringing Nasus and Kalista together, you will not be giving your other allies very much crowd control. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Kalista ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to synergize with Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to include in your Nasus and Kalista synergy build include Spirit Visage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus bought at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Kalista than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 46.9% when playing alongside Kalista with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Kalista with Nasus are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.