Rakan with Kalista
How to Synergize Rakan and Kalista
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Rakan Kalista Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Rakan with Kalista
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
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.
Rakan Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Rakan in LoL
The Rakan 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, Rakan 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 negative change shows that Kalista helps Rakan perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Rakan is an ally to Kalista, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This may signal that Kalista does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played together with Kalista on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kalista.
Moreover, when Rakan plays with Kalista on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Rakan during team fights.
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Is Rakan better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no top ally for Rakan that will no matter what be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Kalista is a terrible companion for Rakan. By playing on the same team as Rakan, she lowers their win rate by -3.2% to 47.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible bond between Rakan and Kalista that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Rakan. That means you need to be cautious when enlisting Kalista teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working together, Rakan players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by grouping Rakan and Kalista together, you will not be giving your side enough tankyness. Make sure to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Kalista ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Rakan in order to pair well with Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to include in your Rakan and Kalista synergy build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan used at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Kalista than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 47.4% when playing alongside Kalista with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.4% winrate overall.
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