Aphelios vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Aphelios
based on 789 Aphelios vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Kalista
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
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.
Aphelios vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Aphelios in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several influential Aphelios vs. Kalista matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kalista..
Aphelios normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Kalista. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Kalista
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Kalista?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually wins when playing against Kalista, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes a good counter to Kalista.
While Aphelios does have a higher winrate compared to Kalista, when on opposite teams, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Kalistaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Kalista matchups, Aphelios is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Aphelios is a decent counter for Kalista. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kalista. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Aphelios versus Kalista build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Stormrazor. When Aphelios bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Kalista than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 51.8% when playing against Kalista with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Kalista as Aphelios, Aphelios players should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Aphelios vs Kalista face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.8% win rate overall.
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