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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some critical Kalista versus Fiddlesticks counter stats that can help you realize the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Fiddlesticks..
Kalista often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Fiddlesticks. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Fiddlesticks, with a 43.6% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a poor counter for Fiddlesticks.
While Kalista does have a much lower win rate compared to Fiddlesticks, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Fiddlesticksas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This often 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 Fiddlesticks matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kalista is a trash counter for Fiddlesticks. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Fiddlesticks.
If you would like to truly master Kalista to counter Fiddlesticks during both the early game 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista on average picks up much more CS compared to Fiddlesticks. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kalista versus Fiddlesticks build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Fiddlesticks than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 43.6% when countering Fiddlesticks with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Fiddlesticks 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. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Kalista vs Fiddlesticks battles, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 43.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Fiddlesticks as Kalista are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.