Kalista vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Kalista
based on 3,074 Kalista vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Core Kalista Items
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Kalista vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some important Kalista vs. Caitlyn matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between the two. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Caitlyn..
Kalista usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Caitlyn. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Kalista or Caitlyn?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when facing off against Caitlyn, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a poor counter to Caitlyn.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate than Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kalista into Caitlynas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter for Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Caitlyn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Kalista
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Caitlyn. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Kalista versus Caitlyn build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Kalista bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Caitlyn than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 48.7% when countering Caitlyn with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Caitlyn as Kalista, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kalista vs Caitlyn LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.
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