Kalista vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Kalista
based on 1,584 Kalista vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Kayn Counter Build
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Core Kalista Items
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Kayn
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 Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Kalista vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Kalista in LoL
The stats provided here feature some critical Kalista versus Kayn matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kayn..
Kalista usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Kayn
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Who is Better, Kalista or Kayn?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when taking on Kayn, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a bad counter for Kayn.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate than Kayn, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Kalista into Kaynas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter for Kayn. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Kayn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Kalista
Additional Information for Kalista Players
How We Calculated Our Kalista vs Kayn Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Kayn 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista usually racks up much more CS compared to Kayn. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kalista versus Kayn build consist of Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Kayn than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 48.4% when playing against Kayn with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Kayn 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 combinations that we analyzed for Kalista vs Kayn matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.4% win rate overall.
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