Xerath with Kalista
How to Synergize Xerath and Kalista
based on 827 Xerath with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Kalista Counter Build
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Core Xerath Items
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Kalista
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath 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 Xerath perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath plays on the same team as Kalista, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This change could indicate that Kalista helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Kalista. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kalista.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Kalista on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Xerath during team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Kalista
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Kalista is a not very good ally for Xerath. By being on the same side as Xerath, she decreases their win rate by -2.4% to 48.2%. This shows that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Xerath and Kalista that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Kalista has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Kalista comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing on the same side, Xerath players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by aligning Xerath and Kalista together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates much engage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Kalista ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to work well with Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Xerath and Kalista synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Kalista than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 48.2% when playing alongside Kalista with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, Xerath players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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