Kalista vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Kalista
based on 1,026 Kalista vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Bard
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 Bard
You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!
Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
Kalista vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several valuable Kalista against Bard matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between this set of champions. Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Bard. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Kalista usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Bard. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Bard
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Who is Better, Kalista or Bard?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when playing against Bard, with a 46.7% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a bad counter for Bard.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate compared to Bard, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Kalista into Bardas 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 almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a much 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 garbage counter to Bard. Focus your play on keeping up 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 Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to counter Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically picks up much more CS relative to Bard. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kalista versus Bard build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Bard than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 46.7% when countering Bard with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Bard as Kalista, Kalista players 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. Of all the runes we have analyed for Kalista vs Bard matchups, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.7% win rate overall.
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