Draven vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Draven
based on 1,102 Draven vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Kalista
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Draven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some valuable Draven versus Kalista counter stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kalista..
Draven usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Draven and Kalista
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Who is Better, Draven or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Draven usually wins when trying to fight Kalista, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Draven makes a good counter for Kalista.
While Draven does have a higher winrate compared to Kalista, when they face off with one another, Draven also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Draven into Kalistaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Draven has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Draven vs Kalista matchups, Draven is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Draven is a decent counter for Kalista. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Draven against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Draven to counter Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven often racks up a similar amount of CS as Kalista. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Draven versus Kalista build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Bloodthirster. When Draven bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Kalista than with most other common builds. In fact, Draven had an average winrate of 51.7% when countering Kalista with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Kalista as Draven, Draven players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Draven vs Kalista matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.7% winrate overall.
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