I feel like Kalista is really underpowered...

StellarÐusk··2 votes·952 views
Kalista (The Spear of Vengeance) - Champions - League of Legends

I love Kalista for her high mechanical playstyle and her kit, but recently I feel like she just isn't as good as she once was... While other ADC's do 100% of their entire AD as basic attack damage, she only does 90%, which I find, makes a difference. Also her scaling attack speed on w is pretty strange, you need to be close to your oathsworn or you lose that attack speed bonus and you're weak. For example, you lost lane and you're behind, you want to farm botlane while your support roams around the map to help other lanes. You're really weak in a 1v1 against the other adc. Vayne can become invisible and outplay you, Caitlyn can play with her traps so you have to go around them and be careful with your dashes, Draven, well, it's Draven, he'll just one shot you, Lucian can easily outdamage you, etc. I feel like to play her, you need to have really good mechanics. But that is just my opinion. And finally it's just something I'm not sure of, when you get slowed, is it just me or you also attack slower? I just hope she'll get some tweaks or changes in the future since I find her kit really interesting.

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EvilUnicornLord2 votes

I'm not disagreeing with you, Kalista's winrate is in the toilet right now. However, while ADC Kalista is losing horribly, for some reason, jungle Kalista actually has a very good winrate.

So straight buffs would be a little awkward, it would help her ADC game, sure, but also might make her too powerful of a jungler.

Until she receives her just desserts, you could try out Kalista jungle. Giving the oath to your relatively immobile midlaner makes for some really powerful ganks since you can just sling them at your opponent, making up for thier inability to move fast.

StellarÐusk1 votes

Damn, nice idea, I might take a look at jungle Kalista, thanks for the suggestion :)

EvilUnicornLord1 votes

Anytime!

flyingbaklava1 votes

The problem with Kalista is that she is an incredibly unhealthy champion if she is strong. Her mobility means she can chase indefinitely, kite indefinitely, and juke skillshots with ease. The only counterplay is point and click cc, which isn't exactly a lot to go on when her attack speed gets fast enough.

StellarÐusk1 votes

Yeah, this is true. I don't know which changes could be done tho :/

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