Kalista vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Kalista
based on 590 Kalista vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Annie
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 Annie
Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.
Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.
Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.
Kalista vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several influential Kalista against Annie matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Annie..
Kalista usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Annie. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Annie
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Who is Better, Kalista or Annie?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually fairs equally well when facing off against Annie, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes an ok counter for Annie.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate compared to Annie, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kalista into Annieas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter to Annie. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kalista to counter Annie during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Annie. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Kalista versus Annie build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Annie than with many other common builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 49.8% battling Annie with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Annie as Kalista, you should take 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 sets players used for Kalista vs Annie counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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