Riot Please Stop Ignoring Kalista

Violet Raven·10/7/2016, 1:57:10 PM·7 votes·1,595 views

I understand Kalista isn't an easy champ to modify or compensate for but for basically a year she's been the bottom of the adc chain. Additionally this latest patch has made her literally impossible to actual play and she was one of my favorite champs, despite her rough win rate I continued to play her and do well until now. The auto attack change has made her completely unplayable in my opinion and I'm beginning to feel more and more like she's going to turn in to a modern galio or yorick of adc's. Please Riot either assure me she's under the microscope or if she's not already then please do it soon. Seeing one of my favorite champions basically die is pretty heartbreaking.

40 Comments

Mimy10/7/2016, 2:17:02 PM3 votes

My friend played her and went like 10+/2

I'm like "Dude.... How many more nerfs and you can still get fed as her..."

my friend is like die hard main... and I sware... He's LOYAL AS HELL... If they were to buff her.. He'd probably be going places other than bronze...

Zetto10/7/2016, 2:24:01 PM2 votes

Um. What in this patch affected kallista? If you're referring to the attack frame lock-in changes, I'm fairly sure those don't even affect her, since she cant cancel her autos.

Astôlfo10/7/2016, 2:34:16 PM2 votes

Remove her passive dash (keep on Q if necessary). Cap Rend damage on epic monsters (dragon/Baron/Herald).

Problem solved. Now she can be buffed a good bit.

Lucasman10/7/2016, 2:46:51 PM2 votes

I think if they increased her ad to 95% on autos vs 90 would be a healthy buff that wouldnt send her out of control, maybe do that one patch, see how shes feeling and then work from there

notmarked10/7/2016, 2:48:00 PM2 votes

chop that wack ass dash of hers and we will talk

Mr Broken Wings10/7/2016, 2:06:35 PM2 votes

let her rot, its better for the game health. Nerf her some more for good measure~

Wolfram Oxford10/7/2016, 6:56:28 PM1 votes

They should rework her ;_;

Anonagon10/7/2016, 3:09:34 PM1 votes

She's a messy champion with a ton of competing ideas in her kit, and the only one fans have seemed to latch on to is the passive dash, which cannot ever be balanced. She deserves to be dumpstered until she can get a rework.

Yaskamasandwich10/7/2016, 4:44:11 PM1 votes

Okay to be honest I am reaaallly confused over Kalista's "core" identity. When I read her story, or old story not sure which story she has now. She is a spirit of vengeance that takes the souls of the betrayed under a sworn oath and avenges them. No where do I see anything being promoted as "oh and she is a nimble fighter that brings nightmares to melee people by jumping around them and attacking. That's how she chases them down, hop hop hop. Forgot to mention that overloaded part."

Which seems to be Kallista's biggest issue. She has an overloaded kit that brings a dual identity that conflicts. A duelist and utility team fighter, they are too much of opposites being mixed into one. She's a duelist with her passive, and a team working spirit of vengeance with everything else. When working it forces her into a binary state that you have to burst het down, else she hops into victory.

I love Kalista's kit, except hate that god forsaken passive. I just don't get it, I see her passive as an overloaded tac on toxic inducing ability, NOT her core kit. I see her Core kit being her other abilities that are about working with her oathsworn (w and ult), exacting vengeance near or far (q), and being that inevitable hand of vengeance that reeks out revenge and death (e). Her passive is uhhh ... BUNNY RABBIT DEATH HOP! Yeah rar!

I just don't see it. Her passive is, always, and forever more a tacked on overloaded toxic passive that doesn't fit. It gives her this unbalancing nightmare dual identity bull crap. Replace it with balance it or lose her.

Yaskamasandwich10/7/2016, 6:05:36 PM1 votes

All right then what is her kit? Is she a duelist like Vayne? Or a team fighter utility like Ashe? Or is she both? If you want her to be both then the passive just has to go, no exceptions. It will be brokenly op or pathetically up. Don't you or any other Kalista main remember her glory days? Broken as balls freelo. The only way you could stop her was champion select picking assassins, or marksmans with burst. Burst her down with a drop of a hat or else she hops and rends your entire party. And quick burst, very quick before she ulted and knocked up the burst. That was not healthy or fun.

Yaskamasandwich10/7/2016, 6:29:09 PM1 votes

All right then I apologize, mis read your argument. Reason most people and I HOP to the passive is the majority of people defending Kalista wants that passive kept. Then us fighting or playing with her gey flash backs like a war vet and gey emotional. As for champions getting dumpstered sorry that it is your main, and it happens to a lot of people. There are champions that been dumpstered for 3 years or more. Does Riot give a shit? No idea, I personally am on the band wagon that it is champions that are their favourites.

Yaskamasandwich10/7/2016, 6:36:56 PM1 votes

Unfortunately that seems to be the trend at times. Either buff a champ then release a skin or nerf a champ then release a skin. Back in season 5 Warwick took that huge triple nerf and never saw play again. Then right after it he was given that marader skin. Yes he is getting a rework now but that was over a year ago like Kalista's nerf. Hmmm if I had to ball park it, it's going to be a whole for Kalista to get fixed sadly due to that reason alone.