Kalista vs Corki
How to Beat Corki as Kalista
based on 396 Kalista vs Corki matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Corki Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Corki Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Corki as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Corki
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 Corki
Watch out for Corki's Missile Barrage. They deal splash damage, so you can get hit even when hiding behind minions.
Corki is vulnerable after he uses his Valkyrie or Special Delivery, so try switching focus to him if he uses them to enter a fight.
Kalista vs Corki Counter Stats
How to Counter Corki with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some critical Kalista vs. Corki counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Corki’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Corki..
Kalista often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Corki. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Corki
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Who is Better, Kalista or Corki?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when playing against Corki, with a 46.7% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a poor counter to Corki.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate than Corki, when facing one another, Kalista also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Corkias her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Corki. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Corki matchups, Corki is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kalista is a trash counter for Corki. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Corki.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Corki during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Corki. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kalista versus Corki build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Corki than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 46.7% when playing against Corki with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Corki 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 combinations players picked for Kalista vs Corki LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.7% winrate overall.
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