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Interaction with Kalista and her bond. AKA, why do others get control over my character?

spawnman62··1 votes·1,001 views

First off, I would like to let you know that the idea of Kalista is amazing. My only problem I have with the character is during actual gameplay, when I'm trying to do something and pfft. I for some reason enter a death animation after a bell tolls. NOT OF MY DECISION AT ALL. Or when I'm getting into a team fight and pfft, I'm sucked into Kalista to be used as ammunition. AGAIN, AGAINST MY WILL. Now lore on Kalista says that she is a spirit of vengeance, that pacts made with her are what brings her to fight. Last time I checked, a pact needs to be agreed upon by both parties. Am I correct on this?

SO WHY RIOT ARE YOU GIVING CONTROL OVER MY CHARACTER TO SOMEONE ELSE?

What happened to the pact item that someone would have to actually click on to accept the pact? Until this is fixed, I vow to afk/dodge every game where Kalista is on my team. Ban me if you like, but I'd rather play my champion the way I want... under my control.

12 Comments

redniwediS2 votes

While I do think someone should have to accept the spear, I don't see how this is a problem. League is a team game, and if you have a Kalista on your team you should understand the part you will be playing. If you don't like it ask your ADC to not pick Kalista, or don't play a role that will get bound to, or only play in a premade.

spawnman621 votes

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While I do think someone should have to accept the spear, I don't see how this is a problem. League is a team game, and if you have a Kalista on your team you should understand the part you will be playing. If you don't like it ask your ADC to not pick Kalista, or don't play a role that will get bound to, or only play in a premade.

So just because someone is playing Kalista, I have to surrender control over my champion? No. As for asking ADC's to not pick Kalista, that kind of ruins their fun. Role doesn't matter with Kalista, as she can pick anyone on the team to bond with.

Lord Dusteon1 votes

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So just because someone is playing Kalista, I have to surrender control over my champion? No. As for asking ADC's to not pick Kalista, that kind of ruins their fun. Role doesn't matter with Kalista, as she can pick anyone on the team to bond with.

"Surrender control over my champion". What are you even going on about? The worst Kalista can do is use her ultimate to pull you from a shortish range; you still have control over where you go, so you could just launch yourself away from enemies. At worst you lose a second or two to get a free second engage + knockup. It's hardly "Kalista is using all my skills and making me suicide", her entire 'control' is temporarily pulling you to her.

spawnman621 votes

You've never died to an invade because the Kalista player "forgot" to bond earlier have you? Or pop an ult and get sucked into her's, or even better pop an hourglass and get sucked in?

Lord Dusteon1 votes

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You've never died to an invade because the Kalista player "forgot" to bond earlier have you? Or pop an ult and get sucked into her's, or even better pop an hourglass and get sucked in?

Nope. Only time I've gone as a Kalista I've been in voice chat and watched my bonded to see if I'm messing something up. If your problem is "adc isn't watching what I'm doing to see if what they are doing is a bad idea", your problem isn't Kalista, it's a stupid or unaware adc. And removing part of a champions kit isn't going to help that.

spawnman621 votes

Which is why I'm peeved at Riot for allowing an in game trolling tool to exist.

redniwediS1 votes

It's a team game, if your fun is going to be ruined simply because you can't deal with your team having a Kalista why are you worried about ruining their fun?

An ADC Kalista is not going to bond with their top lane or mid lane players, unless there is some epic premade cheese going on, and in that case you won't be having to worry about anything. Jungle is sometimes used, particularly with a squishy support, so you simply have to avoid those two roles.

Don't nitpick details, Kalista can bond with anyone in the same way that Nasus can fill every role in the game. It's possible but highly unlikely.

Embertine1 votes

Kalista isn't played enough to matter in my opinion. And also Kalista players are expected to ask team mates which of them it is that want to be bound to her. They aren't supposed to just automatically bond with the support. When I've played Kalista I've found that it's easy to forget that you have an Ult to use. Her play style is pretty much, kitekitekitekite, Press E. Her Ult is really meant to throw in champions like Leona, into the middle of the enemy team and knock them up, essentially giving Leona one extra cc. And because it is up to the one bonded to Kalista, where it is they strike, you can easily just not click anywhere when she ults, and thus cause her to waste her ult. However you will get raged at for that so I don't suggest doing that.

spawnman621 votes

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Kalista isn't played enough to matter in my opinion. And also Kalista players are expected to ask team mates which of them it is that want to be bound to her. They aren't supposed to just automatically bond with the support. When I've played Kalista I've found that it's easy to forget that you have an Ult to use. Her play style is pretty much, kitekitekitekite, Press E. Her Ult is really meant to throw in champions like Leona, into the middle of the enemy team and knock them up, essentially giving Leona one extra cc. And because it is up to the one bonded to Kalista, where it is they strike, you can easily just not click anywhere when she ults, and thus cause her to waste her ult. However you will get raged at for that so I don't suggest doing that.

This is LoL, and as such I don't expect any common courtesy from anyone I queue up with blindly.

Embertine1 votes

Very good point.

Raptamei1 votes

That's like saying Nasus is toxic because he will farm for 30 minutes.

Not the character's fault that the player is autistic.

Knight SoIaire 1 votes

my opinion is that kalisa sucks design wise her kit is volatile with preety little room for ballance and loads of toxic interactions

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