Simply - PLEASE DON'T DO IT. She's okay as she is. Just bcs she's not played by pros doesn't mean she's not. Not every champ has to be played by them. There will always be some that aren't. If you rework her she will be either totally different or stupidly op. She will lose her identity or you will be forced to nerf her.
PokladnicaZla4 votesI think you're missing the point of the rework.
It's not to make her viable in pro play or ranked,it's fix the cancerous design they put in the game. Her hoping might not be the biggest problem early,but late when she has tons of AS she literally uncatchable by most melees champions. That alone wouldn't be a problem if she had a cap on her jumps or a window of opportunity for the enemy to kill her.
One of the reasons she's not popular right now is that she was nerfed into this state,because of her design.
Is she fun to play? Yes Is she fun to play against? Only if you're a ranged champion with burst and reliable lock down combo.
Boombastic6962 votesIf you change her E she will be different - less fun, if you change jumping same, only change i would be okay with would be change of her ult. Cause for me her E and jumping define her. That's what Kalista IS. And if Kalista is strong what about Vayne or Draven imho much much much stronger champions. Vayne kiting with her Q R and E. Draven kiting with E and W. What's more is that in comparison to Kalista they have ridicoulous amount of damage and better self peel (Kalista pretty dependent on support - otherwise useless ult and W).
Other aspect is she's not even picked so much (barely). So she doesn't influence game almost at all.
And also you are not right about Riots goals. Riot said they are reworking her cause even pros find her weak ---> making her pro play viable again.
PokladnicaZla1 votesThe passive is the most likely thing to go or be changed.
It's NOT ABOUT STRENGTH,if it's about balance and a healthier gaming experience. The game isn't just balanced for you and the players playing Kalista,but also for the people facing her.Prior to rework Yorick and Poppy were kept weak or they would be balance nightmares-A RIOTer even mentioned if Poppy got play,she would be nerfed immediately.
Her E is highly likely to stay,because it's not a problematic ability,her passive on the other hand is another matter. They're lots of thing they can do leave it on her,not just in it's current state. Making it use an ammo system/max jumps over a duration/ a buff ability on Q/W lasting for X-period or something else. The reasons why isn't picked is because she has been nerfed into an unpopular state cause of her passive.
If I'm not right why are they reworking her instead of just increasing her numbers? Simple balance changes won't fix the core issue
Boombastic6962 votesIf they change it as you say she would be weak as hell and even the big buff to lets say E wouldn't help at all because without jumping you can't stack spears properly.
Maybe if they changed her W or Ult to something else too. But I don't think Riot wants to rework her whole kit. She's not such a big problem she should get big changes like that.
PokladnicaZla1 votesYou seem to ignoring my points.
Her jumping while not the source of stacks(which is her AA) helps her stack it. If they were to change her passive to Q/W she would number changes on other skills and a new passive in compensation.
She will probably get kit changes similar to champions in mid season updates(myb on the scale of Zac,Seju and Mao)
Boombastic6962 votesAnyways Riot doesn't give a damn about what each of us thinks so let's just hope it ends up good for Kalista.
WuKillabeesKse2 votesKalista passive shouldnt be remove,she doesnt have any other escape.Most of champs now have gap closer so they can use it and insta burst her,cuz thats just how it is,she need to be cordinated with her supp,if u supp dk what he is doing w r are useless,her passive helps her in late game if she build up movespeed+ as (jumps scaling from move speed),anyways as i was saying they dont need to change her in any way,Kalista just need little buff thats all (dmg from 90 % to 100%(currently she does 90% of dmg)) and she got slightly nerfed as so they can buff that too and Kalista will be good again, she got slightly buffed with botrk buff but it was nothign special. Dont rework Kalista.
Blakiepug2 votesI feel for you Boombastic. Seems like it's always players who don't play a certain champion that call out the loudest for a rework and then herald it, while those of us who love the champion's current play style get completely ignored. I hope they don't rework Kalista either for the sake of you and all other Kalista mains. :)