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How to Win Kalista vs Seraphine Counter MatchupKalista is in the b tier of champions

Kalista vs Seraphine

How to Beat Seraphine as Kalista in LoLKalista is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Seraphine as Kalista

based on 1,522 Kalista vs Seraphine matchups
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League games that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Seraphine as Kalista came out of an analysis of 1522 ranked rounds where both champs faced off against one another. This particular champion matchup is somewhat uncommon. Kalista encounters Seraphine in only 4.5% of her games.

Kalista vs Seraphine Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kalista has done a poor job of countering Seraphine. On average, she wins a lowly 47.2% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Kalista versus Seraphine rounds, Kalista’s team is 0.2% more probable to gain first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood against Seraphine.

Best Kalista vs Seraphine Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Kalista Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneWit's EndBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanTerminusBloodthirsterGuinsoo's Rageblade

Summoner Spells

summonerboost summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kalista to level upe
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Second ability for Kalista to level upq
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Last skill for Kalista to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kalista's passive ability p
Kalista's q ability q
Kalista's w ability w
Kalista's e ability e
Kalista's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
15
W
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R

Guide to Countering Seraphine as Kalista

Tips for Playing as Kalista against Seraphine

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.

Kalista vs Seraphine Counter Stats

Kalista Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Seraphine Image
7.9
< Kills >
3.4
6.4
< Deaths >
5.5
5.7
< Assists >
12.5
1.79
< Killing Sprees >
0.74
172
< Minions Killed >
102
0.36
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.57
16,360
< Physical Damage >
1,485
2,592
< Magic Damage >
12,240
456
< True Damage >
454
19,409
< Damage Dealt >
14,180
22,342
< Damage Taken >
15,646
12,441
< Gold Earned >
9,788
2.29
< Towers >
2.33
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,518
< Total Healing >
3,734
12,085
< Experience >
11,464
19
< Vision Score >
38
8
< Wards Placed >
17
176
< Time Dealing CC >
247

How to Counter Seraphine with Kalista in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several important Kalista vs. Seraphine matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Seraphine’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Seraphine. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Kalista typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes more damage than Seraphine. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kalista and Seraphine

Damage Types Compared

Kalista
Seraphine
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kalista
Seraphine

Who is Better, Kalista or Seraphine?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Seraphine, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a poor counter for Seraphine.

While Kalista does have a lower winrate compared to Seraphine, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Seraphineas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Kalista also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Seraphine. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter 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 Seraphine matchups, Seraphine is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Kalista is a bad counter to Seraphine. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Seraphine.

Additional Information for Kalista Players

How We Calculated Our Kalista vs Seraphine Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Seraphine as Kalista, we analyzed 1,522 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Seraphine as Kalista comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Seraphine during both the early game 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kalista often gets more CS compared to Seraphine. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Kalista versus Seraphine build include Runaan's Hurricane, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Seraphine than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 47.2% when playing against Seraphine with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Seraphine as Kalista, Kalista players should equip 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 that we analyzed for Kalista vs Seraphine face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.2% winrate overall.

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