Kalista vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Kalista
based on 1,196 Kalista vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Kalista vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here show several valuable Kalista vs. Shaco matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Shaco..
Kalista often has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Shaco. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Shaco
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Who is Better, Kalista or Shaco?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Shaco, with a 47.7% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a bad counter to Shaco.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate than Shaco, when facing one another, Kalista also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Shacoas 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Shaco. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Shaco matchups, Shaco is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a garbage counter for Shaco. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Shaco during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically gets much more CS compared to Shaco. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kalista versus Shaco build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting Shaco than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 47.7% battling Shaco with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of beating Shaco as Kalista, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kalista vs Shaco counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.7% winrate overall.
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