About Kalista

Trap or a Trick·Aug 23, 2017·2 votes·184 views

Would she really be OP if her auto's didn't miss if she lost sight? or if they did 100% of her ad? rather than 90%? Why is that even a thing? why muct Kalista's auto attacks miss, yet NO OTHER CHAMPION'S does? they should ALL miss, or None of them should miss. I can maybe see why her autos don't deal 100%, so she dosent build crit and 100-0 you with 2 autos, its supposed to be attack speed and rend people for big damages, but her damage early feels incredibly underwhelming, like, wow, she isn't supposed to be a lane stomper like Lucian, but she get outscaled super hard by most other crit adc's.

Don't get me wrong, she isn't in a bad spot, by any means, and I'm not asking for buffs, just clarification? why is her passive like that and when is she supposed to be strongest, ive been playing her and ive felt that her midgame isnt bad, but I still feel like I'm not contributing damage wise in teamfights :/

3 Comments

Chembaron YamadaAug 23, 20172 votes

Kalista just got loaded with a bunch of limiters to intentionally make her weak. She used to deal 100% of her AD as damage in the past.

Problem is that they did some design mistakes when they created her. In skilled hands, she used to be absolutely overpowered and oppressive, just like Azir. Azir and Kalista were designed in a time in which Riot didn't had the "power budget" concept and were just thinking "what would be cool for that champion to have?".

That's the reason she just has too much going for her. ADCs are played in a duo lane, so they thought she should get synergy with her support. -> Additional damage from support mark and able to save the support/engage with the support on ult.

ADC's rely alot on kiting and orbwalking. -> She got a passive making her the best kiter in the game.

ADCs are supposed to deal sustained damage. -> She is stacking spears and can rend them, the longer the fight goes, the more likely she will win it. Makes her great at objective control.

ADCs are the targets of many threats trying to flank and assassinate them. -> She can spawn a ghost for vision.

You get the idea, she just has her power spread all over the place. ^^ So these limiters are probably going to stay until she gets her mini rework, just like Azir is getting it soon. Hope they will remove them if she gets it and is in a balancable state.

DariusDemiurgeAug 23, 20171 votes

Not answering any questions sorry. But remember when she was popular and her autos would still go off despite hard ccs on her like stuns, polymorph and amumu's ulti that prevents autos for the duration?

God I hated that.

Also I assume her passive is because of her e? Rend.

Sorta like yasuo's joke -10% damage for getting free crit.