What Are The Pro's to Playing Kalista?

Caretaker Jack··4 votes·5,959 views

She's bad, I know... But what about her is good?

Her whole kit falls off and lifesteal usually doesnt feel that strong unless she's stomping.. I saw a video where she went stormrazor instead of botrk and she felt wayy better. What am I failing to understand?

18 Comments

CaptainAntiHeroz7 votes

In the hands of a good Kalista player she has insane kiting and reliable kill secure with her rend, and when paired with a good support her ult is insanely good at either pulling out an engage support thats too deep or sending them in to engage

That being said the MAJORITY of Kalista players have a hidden passive called "feed your brains out"

Zeppelins circus1 votes

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In the hands of a good Kalista player she has insane kiting and reliable kill secure with her rend, and when paired with a good support her ult is insanely good at either pulling out an engage support thats too deep or sending them in to engage

That being said the MAJORITY of Kalista players have a hidden passive called "feed your brains out"

Q auto while chasing E is just that good of a lane harass.

Ragnaveil6 votes

She's bad in soloqueue. Her design requires her team to protect her, which is already a death penalty in soloqueue.

Naalith4 votes

Kalista is probably the coolest idea for an ADC in the whole game. I love virtually everything about her design, just wish she wasn't straight buns. When she released she was super fun, but as is the tale of many cool and unique champions, pro play ruined her.

preternatural3 votes

if you master her then all the other adc's are piss easy to play.

F1uttershy20753 votes

You will get steam rolled and the game will end quicker?

NelsieLisnen3 votes

She's not bad, you are starting off with the wrong assumption. She's tough to play and to most people it's unclear how she's supposed to be played. But if you can transition well to mid game she dominates almost everything and if she stacks those Runaan's Spears she wins fights single-handedly.

Metal Janna2 votes

An enchanter support's perspective: easy to support. Better than average trades means she bullies the enemies out of the lane practically solo. Strong sticking power means it only takes a slow to feed an enemy to her after they've taken a few unfavorable trades. Playing against her it takes some getting used to her Pierce. If you're not careful she'll go from CSing to running you down with Rend's slow in the blink of an eye. Like with MF do NOT stand behind minions she's trying to kill.

So basically Ashe but with much higher skill and cooperation requirements.

bapple222 votes

My friend runs Lethality Kalista and is able to completely dominate squishies.

Tr4shB4NSYST3M2 votes

You can prevent your support from feeding (Probably) ~every 90 seconds.

Caretaker Jack1 votes

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You can prevent your support from feeding (Probably) ~every 90 seconds.

Lol.

IainG102 votes

I'm kinda repeating what other people here have said, but almost all of Kalitsa's up-sides require coordination with the Support.

  • Even on her own, she can be a pain to hit

  • Her R allows any Engage Tank Support a free engage, or a save if they engage and it backfires

  • Her Rend execute can take people by surprise, and can also be used as a Smite if your jungler is dead/not at that objective

  • Ridiculous synergy with Lethal Tempo and Ruunan's Hurricane

NaughtyWord2 votes

I think the biggest issue with Kalista is her ult takes great coordination with the right support to be good. The problem with soloque is you can't really effectively communicate with your support unless you roll duo. I can't tell you how many times in ARAM I've been soulbound to Kalista, she ults, and it ends up wasted simply because I wasn't expecting it.

Malix Farwin2 votes

I dislike the whole pact mechanic which is why i never touch her anymore.

Sylaelque2 votes

I saw a good Kalista but Kayle just rekt her with 2-3 auto and R in late game unfortunately but Kalista was really amazing and I'm so suprised how good she was in that game. https://matchhistory.euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/EUW1/4236680057/2031123434525184?tab=overview

letsfeedtogether1 votes

she can move.... when aa

AquariusGine1 votes

Whenever I see a good Kalista player I'm like; RESPECT. Because 90% of them feed.

Troll Slaiyer1 votes

ghostfu?

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