Is Kalista going to get some love in the preseason? Maybe a small rework or something? anything??

Vallalan··1 votes·575 views

I know everyone hates Kalista and hate her even more when she is remotely viable but right now she isn't. she is completely dumpstered. I'd argue she is even worse than champs like Aatrox or Yorick right now. she is an ADC who is gutted in all the ways that make an ADC what they are. reduced attack speed, 10% reduced damage on autos, amongst various other bullshit like her E needing to be used two or more minions just to refund the mana which makes farming with her weird as hell.

at this point you can invest all the time in the world to become a top tier Kalista player and it's not even worth it. sure you can get somewhere with her, but why? she's completey garbage. and that is a sad thing to me. she was one of the most FUN to play adcs in awhile and is really unique. I understand with her current kit she is completely and utterly broken when viable, but I'm just asking is there anything going to be done in preseason to fix her or change her?

right now I feel like if I try to play her I handicapping myself from the start. she's hardly a lane bully anymore, and she doesn't scale well anymore either. shes not good at any phase of the game. she is good at kiting tanks, but in league of rylais she can't even really do that anymore as someone will eventually apply some form of a slow on her effectively crippling the one thing she does have good left in her kit.

so if anything is going to be done? when is a general timeline (preseason? next season sometime? no outlook at all?) and what are the possible ideas being thrown around to change her if there are any? nothing concrete necessary just possible ideas that might not even make it past being anything more than that. just curious as if anything is ever going to be done.

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B00B001 votes

she's 100% fine, the meta just right now isn't her ''thing'' as a champion she is perfectly fine.

if you invest time to be a top tier Kali player it is worth it, she can still destroy games until higher up the ladder, chances are if you've mastered kali (or vayne/draven) most other ADC's will seem easy to play to you.

Depárt3 votes

You're insane if you think Kalista is fine, the meta is currently early-mid focused and that's where Kalista is supposed to shine.

She has been nerfed out of viability and Riot wants to keep it that way, simply because she's good in competitive with her kit.

Vallalan1 votes

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she's 100% fine, the meta just right now isn't her ''thing'' as a champion she is perfectly fine.

if you invest time to be a top tier Kali player it is worth it, she can still destroy games until higher up the ladder, chances are if you've mastered kali (or vayne/draven) most other ADC's will seem easy to play to you.

kalista is easier than draven by a wide margin. I have little difficulty playing Kalista. its not hard to attack move to be honest. its a basic core thing of all adcs. the real issue is just that she is shitty. she isn't 100% fine. she is garbage. she is not strong in lane, she is not strong mid game, and basically is useless vs anyone who builds armor due to how low her damage out put is. sure you can hop 25 times and dodge every mundo cleaver but by that time his team has come and is ready to fuck you while he has literally just regen'd all the little damage you were doing. other adcs can do work to tanks. kalista can't even do that. she is useless in most facets right now. unless you get insanely far ahead...you aren't going to do anything as Kalista.

Iageri1 votes

Nah you talking about tristana.. lol

OneMustFall1 votes

I personally think a AS boost from .64 to .67 would go a long way to helping her out. Right now her Oathsworn is pretty much a crutch and she's useless without them. If they made it an advantage instead of a crutch, Kalista would be viable again.

Vallalan1 votes

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I personally think a AS boost from .64 to .67 would go a long way to helping her out. Right now her Oathsworn is pretty much a crutch and she's useless without them. If they made it an advantage instead of a crutch, Kalista would be viable again.

they aren't going to buff her because then she will be pick or ban in competitive and with worlds coming up I'm not holding my breath as they do not want Kalista to be the dominant adc at worlds again. I think an attack speed boost would for sure help, but they aren't gonna do it. I'm more concerned with when they are just going to change her. I'm ok if they feel she needs changes to balance out her passive, but don't just let her become the next aatrox.

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