Oh look another new champ with mobility that makes older bruisers useless

IsIsGankedParis·Nov 4, 2014·6 votes·1,222 views

Thanks based Riot, we needed another ADC to make Darius, Garen, Olaf and many more useless.

29 Comments

JakethenightNov 4, 20142 votes

Most broken passive in a while.

ZekromEXNov 4, 20142 votes

not really that broken because she's only moving from left to right, Don't see why you're complaining though seem's she's not as op as you think she is.

JakethenightNov 4, 20142 votes

Garen Q's "DEMACIA" Kalista just keeps using here passive "Can't catch me, bitch"

Darius E's "Street Rules!" Kalista passive's away "Can't catch me, bitch"

Volibear speedboosts "ROOOAR" Kalista passive's away "Can't catch me bitch"

Kalista can keep running away, and doing damage the entire time, making any melee without a blink or instant gapcloser worthless.

KamaiNov 4, 20141 votes

Frankly, I'd want to see numbers first. If it's simply 120-180% movespeed for the distance, it's slightly better orb walking. If it's a set distance, it's just going to be a mess.

ZekromEXNov 4, 20143 votes

But.. Darius can pull people in.... That is a instant Gap closer

Garen Can move Faster with his W or E so Catching up to her isn't even a problem if you're building Garen Right.

Volibear Is a major tank and you're worried about Not catching her? His speed boost is enough to catch.

It's weird how a champion Can bounce around a couple of times and everyone fucking throw's a hissy fit and But Yasuo has a Major Broken Crit Chance Range and Nobody bats an Eye. Makes sense.

JakethenightNov 4, 20141 votes

If she's constantly jumping away, a slight movespeed boost isn't helping, and Darius' E is his pull, she'll jump away, Garen's Q is his speed boost, she'll jump away, if Kalista is jumping away constantly, Volibear won't catch her. Bruisers without blinks or dashes aren't catching her.

edit: A full build Kalista will be able to melt tanks, she's an ADC, and the average ADC build against a tank will have enough armor pen to be able to kill a tank with relative ease.

ZekromEXNov 4, 20141 votes

You do relize that Her jumping only counts when she's attacking you right? and not when she's running away? becasue that's all her passive seems to be good for auto attacking that's it.

JakethenightNov 4, 20141 votes

Autoattack, jump backwards, autoattack, jump backwards, autoattack, jump backwards. If they're chasing, she'll be able to auto and jump the whole time.

ZekromEXNov 4, 20142 votes

I don't think that's how it works if you watch the video she doesn't seem to be very close to enemy champion and the enemy champion isn't attacking her, there's also a question is WILL she attack you while running away because I've seen multiple times were Volibear was able to close a gap pretty fucking quick, and Daruis has no problems either Haven't seen garen because I don't really see him get played very often.

JakethenightNov 4, 20141 votes

An ADC who practices kiting or orbwalking will attack while hopping away, it's a tried and true techique for any ADC. Kalista's passive makes it ridiculously and brokenly easy. The description says she wll hop in the direction of any movement command after attacking. Kiting Kalista can just keep hopping backwards if you give chase.

IsIsGankedParisNov 4, 20141 votes

she also slows while attacking you with red buff and her W or E I believe

JakethenightNov 4, 20141 votes

Yes, her E slows, and it's like Twitch's Expunge, except the stacks she detonates are infinite; she can detonate as many spears as she's auto'd into a target.

ZekromEXNov 4, 20141 votes

how do you know if their infinite? all you saw was a fucking preview how do you get infinite stack from preview? this whole argument isn't even fucking valid considering YOU never played her, so how would you know? do you the abiliity to see into the future? if so what are the next Lotto ticket numbers?

JakethenightNov 4, 20141 votes

I'm not letting this devolve into a cussing contest; instead I will provide the exact description for the ability from the preview website.

"Kalista’s basic attacks and the spear from Pierce lodge in their target for a short time. Rend causes her to rip the spears from her enemies, slowing them and dealing increased damage for each spear rent from the target. Rend’s cooldown resets if it secures a kill on an enemy unit. The spears stack infinitely, only disappearing if Kalista fails to keep up her assault."

ZekromEXNov 4, 20141 votes

.... Do you see the down side to her assault right? YOU CAN EASILY stop her from stacking.

JakethenightNov 4, 20141 votes

Stop her from stacking, she starts stacking and hopping again. Try and stop her, and she'll just get right back to hopping after a however much damage you cause. That is if you actually can catch her with her broken passive.

GanksLikeGast0nNov 4, 20141 votes

The ability description riot posted states specifically that a target can have infinite spears in it. There was a lot more than pretty moving pictures in the post mate.

ZekromEXNov 4, 20141 votes

you're really not seeing the down side to her passive. There's a down side to every passive in the game It's your job to find it, anyway this conversation is over You haven't played the champ yet so you don't know whether she really is op or not. at the end of the day all i see is a Dead version of nidlee and if that's the case Oh well it sucks if you don't like her don't buy her, if you don't want to play against her don't play the game that simple.

HayaishiNov 4, 20141 votes

you're really not seeing the down side to her passive. There's a down side to every passive in the game It's your job to find it, anyway this conversation is over You haven't played the champ yet so you don't know whether she really is op or not. at the end of the day all i see is a Dead version of nidlee and if that's the case Oh well it sucks if you don't like her don't buy her, if you don't want to play against her don't play the game that simple.

What's the downside? the bounce is the same as Lucian's.

BlackRavenNov 4, 20141 votes

But.. Darius can pull people in.... That is a instant Gap closer

Garen Can move Faster with his W or E so Catching up to her isn't even a problem if you're building Garen Right.

Volibear Is a major tank and you're worried about Not catching her? His speed boost is enough to catch.

It's weird how a champion Can bounce around a couple of times and everyone fucking throw's a hissy fit and But Yasuo has a Major Broken Crit Chance Range and Nobody bats an Eye. Makes sense.

everyone but yasuo mains agreed that he deserved nerfs. the fuck are u talking about?

Sailor MintNov 4, 20141 votes

Actually, Darius' E completely ruins her passive. It canceled her AA and puts her into melee range.

It's a fairly small sidestep.

LoliholocaustNov 5, 20141 votes

This is a silly comment. You are aware all of those champs were garbage even before her announcement because of the very thing you just said right?

All played adcs: Oh look, I just arcane shifted, relentless pursuited, valkyried, tumbled, and quickdrawed away. The reason those champions are bad, as well as many other bruisers, is because all they have in their kit is running at people. It's so one dimensional that any form of kiting and peeling beats it. Those champs are fun, sure, but they have no place in a competitive light.

Drunk RummateNov 4, 20141 votes

yeah im sure her passive will make her really strong against the maokai and ryze players that just click on her

SukishooNov 4, 20141 votes

qq harder

Proxy345Nov 4, 20141 votes

I think it makes them even more useful actually if she binds to them and tosses any of the older bruisers into the enemy team.

SalidfingersNov 4, 20141 votes

Leave olaf out of this

NarasimhaNov 4, 20141 votes

The jump doesn't look very far. Slightly less than a Vayne tumble, so around 250 units or so. They also mentioned her attack speed would be low, so either her bases or scaling won't be that great. Seriously though, 250 range isn't that much for kiting. Its BARELY enough if the enemy has no ms boost or gap closer at all. Otherwise, she's going to be caught more often than not.

ZekromEXNov 4, 20141 votes

Just because a passive let's her bounce around doesn't mean she isn't catch able You have to play smart.

HayaishiNov 4, 20141 votes

guess who designed that abomination