No ADC should rely on another champion to be able to do damage or exist as a champion.

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You maybe thinking, but supports exist for a reason, and yes, this is true; a support exists to prevent an adc from dying and to set up their damage or set up plays that an adc wouldn't and shouldn't be able to set up on their own.

Which means we have to ask if Kalista is on her own can she still be semi-functional, like every other adc. The answer is no. She needs a specific player (the oathsworn) to get her bonus damage. #"Passive: When Kalista and her Oathsworn both basic attack the same target, she deals 10/12/14/16/18% of their max health as magic damage. 10 second cooldown per target. " Which was just buffed this patch. Kalista doesn't do damage without the oathsworn in lane unless shes insanely ahead, which she rarely ever is nowadays.

Fates call is also terrible outside of coordinated play.

"Kalista teleports the Oathsworn ally to herself. They gain the ability to dash toward a position, knocking enemy champions back.

#Draw Kalista's Oathsworn to her. For up to 4 seconds, the Oathsworn is untargetable and pacified.The Oathsworn may mouse click to fly toward target position, stopping at the first enemy champion hit and knocking all enemies in a small radius back.Kalista's Oathsworn must be within 1100 units for her to cast this ability." One, shes so under played when you cast the ability on a champion half the time they don't know what the hell is happening to their champion, and two it also DEPENDS on the oathsworn being near Kalista.

These boosts to her damage with her oathsworn can still exist, but if anything she should have something going for her on her own.

for example has true damage every three hits that do %health, she also has her Q with is similar to Martial Poise Kalista's passive just as an ability that when used gives her next auto bonus damage. She is consistently a top lane pick because she is a tank buster with disengage and a decent laning phase. Her ult also relies on HER OWN kit not another champion. Thus Vayne is capable without a support whereas Kalista sucks without one. has I dare say one of the best early game wave clear abilities on an ADC (outside of Tristana) and gets movement speed from crits and also has an ability that give him hard cc that is not purely reliant on another champion. Jhin himself can do damage to enemy champions to enable him to proc deadly flourish's root whereas Kalista has no way of getting bonus damage outside of having her oathsworn attacking the same target as her. can solo lane as well due to his mobility and the fact that his build path is so flexible, you can build crit, cdr, damage, ap if you REALLY feel like it (though it won't do as much as ad builds the option is there). Kalista in comparison has a single build and has no really solo pressure unlike Lucian. while comparing anything to Kai'sa might be a little unfair, Kalista and Kai'sa are both great at taking jungle objectives. Kai'sa because of her passive plasma and Kalista because of rend. However, Kai'sa can also have plasma applied for her by allies which enabled her to use her ult without actually hitting an enemy champion herself. Kalista however can't gain rend stacks outside of attacking the champion with either her q or her auto attacks, and cannot ult without her oathsworn being present.

This is just a handful of examples, is extremely safe, has multiple build paths, and isn't reliant on a support has a way of gaining stats without needing a support to do anything (her Q and passive) and has an ult that isn't reliant on any conditions has better follow up to a support engage with her w which she can reset and also has a play making ult Q gives him an attack speed steroid has a blind that gives him an advantage in an auto attack battle has a slow, a better vision ability, hard cc, an auto attack reset has better range, and a passive that gives her more damage especially while in a bush has both a damage steroid and an attack speed steroid has an attack range steroid and can go beyond the attack speed cap has a variety of build paths and a more reliable ult along with passive movement speed that can be used as an attack speed steroid as well Shreds literally everything from towers to dragons and has situational cc that is reliant on her own usage of her feathers passive gives him attack speed even when he only kills minions, W passive and active make him great at executes like Kalista with multiple rend stacks however his ult synergizes better than kalista's because his ult enables him to cc targets, use up his blight stacks and then restack them to do more damage than Kalista whose rend only resets if you get a kill on something with it otherwise its on cooldown has an attack speed steroid and damage buff built in Attack speed steroid attached to multi-target damage WITH a spell shield that refunds mana upon blocking an enemy ability

So what exactly is Kalista supposed to do here? She offers nothing on her own, she doesn't get the luxury of choice, she isn't simple and even if Martial poise were simpler to use she still isn't rewarding enough to pick over literally any other option. Riot needs to prioritize this champion. Though me thinking Kalista is cool and should get fixed is bias (I mean listen to her voice lines holy shit so cool), what isn't bias is that the champion is a dumpster fire and they've changed champions for much less before (I'm looking at you Ezreal).