Kalista Counters

How to play against Kalista

To beat Kalista in Bot on patch 26.20, start by knowing what you are up against: Kalista is a situational pick this patch with a 48.8% win rate across 170,399 ranked games at a 2.7% pick rate. The champions that beat Kalista hardest right now are Swain, Jinx, Xayah: Swain wins 55.6% of the lane against it. Any of these is a safe counter pick. Kalista is strongest early (51.1% before 25 minutes) and falls off, so survive the early game and the matchup swings your way. Playing the matchup itself: Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement. Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking. If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground. Pick a counter from the list above, respect Kalista's power spikes, and track its cooldowns so you only commit to trades when its key abilities are down. Counter data updates automatically every patch.

Pros have picked Kalista in 20 of the last 111 recorded games (18%), winning 40% of them. See the pro build.

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