Annie vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Annie
based on 590 Annie vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Kalista
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Advice to Win Against Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Annie vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Annie in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some vital Annie versus Kalista matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kalista..
Annie often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Kalista. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Annie and Kalista
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Who is Better, Annie or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kalista, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Annie makes an ok counter to Kalista.
While Annie does have a higher winrate compared to Kalista, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Annie into Kalista.
Moreover, Annie has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Annie vs Kalista matchups, Annie is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Annie is a decent counter for Kalista. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Annie against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Annie to counter Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie most often gets a similar amount of CS as Kalista. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Annie versus Kalista build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Kalista than with many other typical builds. In fact, Annie boasted an average winrate of 50.2% battling Kalista with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Kalista as Annie, Annie players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Annie vs Kalista fights, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.
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