Kalista vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Kalista
based on 665 Kalista vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Alistar
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Advice to Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Kalista vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some vital Kalista vs. Alistar matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Alistar. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Kalista typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Alistar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Alistar
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Who is Better, Kalista or Alistar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually fairs equally well when taking on Alistar, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes an ok counter to Alistar.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate compared to Alistar, when facing one another, Kalista also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kalista into Alistaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter for Alistar. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista most often accumulates much more CS compared to Alistar. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kalista versus Alistar build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Alistar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when countering Alistar with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Alistar as Kalista, Kalista players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kalista vs Alistar LoL games, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.6% win rate overall.
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