Kalista vs LeBlanc
How to Beat LeBlanc as Kalista
based on 585 Kalista vs LeBlanc matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs LeBlanc Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs LeBlanc Counter Build
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Core Kalista Items
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Guide to Countering LeBlanc as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against LeBlanc
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 LeBlanc
LeBlanc's ultimate can create fake LeBlancs during her spellcast or, rarely, at a distant position.
The fake LeBlanc created at a distance will always run at the nearest Champion, cast a harmless spell, then immediately disappear.
Attacking LeBlanc first avoids most of her tricks, especially if she's recently used her dash, Distortion.
Stunning or silencing LeBlanc will prevent her from activating the return part of Distortion.
Kalista vs LeBlanc Counter Stats
How to Counter LeBlanc with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several vital Kalista vs. LeBlanc matchup statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than LeBlanc’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than LeBlanc..
Kalista usually has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to LeBlanc. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and LeBlanc
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Who is Better, Kalista or LeBlanc?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually wins when facing off against LeBlanc, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a good counter for LeBlanc.
While Kalista does have a higher win rate than LeBlanc, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kalista into LeBlancas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to LeBlanc. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs LeBlanc matchups, Kalista is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kalista is a decent counter to LeBlanc. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against LeBlanc.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter LeBlanc during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as LeBlanc. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kalista versus LeBlanc build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus LeBlanc than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 51.5% when playing against LeBlanc with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating LeBlanc as Kalista, Kalista players should use 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 combinations players picked for Kalista vs LeBlanc matchups, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat LeBlanc as Kalista are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.