Kalista vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Kalista
based on 629 Kalista vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Illaoi
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 Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Kalista vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some significant Kalista versus Illaoi matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Illaoi. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Kalista often has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Illaoi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Kalista or Illaoi?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually fairs equally well when playing against Illaoi, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes an ok counter for Illaoi.
While Kalista does have a higher winrate than Illaoi, when facing one another, Kalista also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kalista into Illaoias her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Illaoi matchups, Kalista is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kalista is a decent counter for Illaoi. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Illaoi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Illaoi. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kalista versus Illaoi build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Illaoi than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 50.2% when playing against Illaoi with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Illaoi 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 runes we have analyed for Kalista vs Illaoi counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.2% win rate overall.
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