Kalista vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Kalista
based on 3,164 Kalista vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Lux
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 Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Kalista vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several significant Kalista versus Lux matchup stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lux’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lux. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Kalista usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Lux. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Lux
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Who is Better, Kalista or Lux?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when facing off against Lux, with a 47.6% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a poor counter for Lux.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate than Lux, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Luxas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a terribly counter to Lux. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Lux.
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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 Lux during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista often accumulates more CS relative to Lux. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kalista versus Lux build consist of Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Kalista bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting Lux than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when countering Lux with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Lux as Kalista, Kalista players should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Kalista vs Lux counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.
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