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 stats provided here show some strategic Kalista vs. Rell matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rell’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Rell. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Kalista typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Rell. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rell, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes an ok counter for Rell.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate than Rell, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kalista into Rellas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rell. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Rell matchups, Rell is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter for Rell. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Rell.
If you would like to truly master Kalista to counter Rell during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista on average racks up much more CS as Rell. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Kalista versus Rell build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Rell than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 49.1% battling Rell with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Rell as Kalista, Kalista players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Kalista vs Rell counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Rell as Kalista are presented for every ranked division. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.