New meta: Kalista Top

bobhihih·1/10/2020, 5:10:11 PM·1 votes·1,873 views

With the new changes in items, roles and etc, Kalista Kalista has been a very hard matchup for bot lane. She has a low win-rate, and a very low pick rate. I have been play-testing her in other lanes for a few games. Top lane has stood out to me. I have used item 3181 Sanguine blade for the past top lane fights. It works amazing in a 1v1 with top lane while you can dash away to keep safe from most champs and ganks if done correctly. Yes, her ulti is a problem. I usually tend to pick either the jng, or a melee support anyways at start, then utilize it during teamfight phase in game. (Occasionally, some supports are lenient enough to make a quick visit top for a "lane gank" so I can get a quick kill on the enemy. I'd like to know some of your guys' thoughts. I like Kalista, I understand she is a weak pick right now for any lane. I am just looking to make her meta. I have beaten a Garen, Ryze, Twisted Fate in lanes, but I have difficulty in the endgame (I'm not a good endgame player, but maybe some higher rankers could try this out with better results than me.) Here is my top lane items for a typical game:

item 3181 item 3153 item 3085 item 3124 item 3006 item 3072

I am open to criticism, but I am looking to NOT stop playing Kalista. She is one of my favorite champions and I would hate to see her stay in this slump she is in.

Other lane notes: Jungle clear is SUPER slow, I couldn't find a way to make it work, but I only played 3 games on that and gave up on it, maybe there is something I'm not trying. I do use item 1416 bloodrazor for my games. I can't think of anything better on her. Possibly item 2031? Support is a maybe, especially with the new item 3863 My only issue with it was that she was really squishy in bot lane fights during the early game, so most other match-ups will eat me alive. ADC is already what she does, its hard, she is at disadvantage and needs some sort of buff to be liable here. 90% ad, and visibility misses make it an issue to fight a lot of other adc's. Mid I have not tried yet. I don't think it would work out too well as I think that most other champs are too bursty in mid to compete with.

6 Comments

DGAGAAsharpAGD1/10/2020, 5:57:01 PM2 votes

It's all jokes and games until you get slowed and can't kite...

How comfortable are you with Guinsoos? It always throws my rhythm off and I lose some dps. Guess it's about training.

I personally like item 3153 item 3085 item 3046 item 3812 item 3031 item 3006, it gives nice survivability.

But I'm looking forward to try item 3181

Exodus2471/10/2020, 10:42:20 PM2 votes

Please dont take her top, the lane is already cancer enough as is, we dont need another braindead ranged carry ruining half the roster up here.