Hwei vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Hwei
based on 1,562 Hwei vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hwei vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Hwei vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Hwei
Tips for Playing as Hwei against Kalista
Calm down, breathe, and focus.
Each stroke requires precision and intention.
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.
Hwei vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Hwei in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some important Hwei versus Kalista matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Hwei’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Hwei may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Kalista..
Hwei normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than their opponent does. On average, they takes less damage than Kalista. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Hwei and Kalista
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Who is Better, Hwei or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Hwei usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kalista, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Hwei makes an ok counter to Kalista.
While Hwei does have a lower winrate than Kalista, when on opposite teams, Hwei also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Hwei into Kalistaas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Hwei has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Hwei vs Kalista matchups, Kalista is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Hwei is a somewhat poor counter to Kalista. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Hwei against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Hwei to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hwei typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Kalista. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Hwei versus Kalista build include Stormsurge, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Hwei used at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better vs. Kalista than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Hwei had an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Kalista with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Kalista as Hwei, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Gathering Storm, and Manaflow Band runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Hwei vs Kalista counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.6% win rate overall.
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