Perhaps how Kalista can be fixed

EvilUnicornLord·Nov 3, 2016·2 votes·426 views

Give her passive a cooldown. Like she can only "hop-attack" every 2 or 3 seconds.

I wouldn't completely know how to fix her because I've never played her. This is just a thought I'm tossing out there.

4 Comments

oSEXYPLATYPUSoNov 3, 20162 votes

personally i never liked the champ and always hate it when i pick support champ before the adc and im a squishy poke support and then last picks locks in kalista im just like FML

i never like laning with her

she is in a bad spot needs help but that wouldnt change my thoughts on her as a champ and playing with her as a support main

AstôlfoNov 3, 20161 votes

Move it to only her Q, cap Rend damage against Herald/Baron/Dragons. Done. Now she can be buffed a shitton.

AnonagonNov 3, 20161 votes

She needs a fairly hefty rework, more than a minor change like that can fix

the passive is the big issue - it can't be balancable in its current state. But does it still remain satisfying if its gated in some way? (every couple of attacks, every couple of seconds, for x attacks after landing y attacks) Would any of those feel intuitive to use for players? Is infinity-hopping an important enough part of her identity that Kalista players will reject any attempt to remove it?

Some people say only let her hop on her Q, but then what kind of new passive does she get? Does she need a new one? Does Oathsworn count as a passive on its own despite its benefits being tied to her W and R? Do we move the passive portion of W to her passive, since part of that already scales off levels? Do we want Kalista to be so dependent on her Oathsworn? Do we want her to be dependent on these high attack speed builds? Are those kind of builds as necessary without the original passive?

Is the core of Kalista's playstyle the hop passive, Q, and E, this spear-lodging thematic, or is it the oathsworn passive, W, and R, this utility partner ADC thing? Can both these themes really work on this one champion?

There are too many questions about Kalista to be answered with smaller balance changes.