Kalista vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Kalista
based on 789 Kalista vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Aphelios
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 Aphelios
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.
Kalista vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some valuable Kalista against Aphelios matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios..
Kalista usually has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Aphelios. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Kalista or Aphelios?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when playing against Aphelios, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a bad counter to Aphelios.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate compared to Aphelios, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kalista into Apheliosas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Aphelios matchups, Aphelios is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter for Aphelios. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Aphelios. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kalista versus Aphelios build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Aphelios than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 48.2% when playing against Aphelios with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Aphelios as Kalista, Kalista players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Kalista vs Aphelios clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.2% winrate overall.
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