Kalista vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Kalista
based on 468 Kalista vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Core Kalista Items
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Kalista vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some important Kalista versus Taliyah matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Taliyah..
Kalista usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply 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 Taliyah
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Who is Better, Kalista or Taliyah?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when taking on Taliyah, with a 44.9% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a poor counter for Taliyah.
While Kalista does have a much lower win rate than Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Taliyahas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kalista is a terribly counter to Taliyah. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Taliyah during both the lane 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 listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Taliyah. Champs who on average don't take 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kalista versus Taliyah build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Taliyah than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 44.9% battling Taliyah with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Taliyah as Kalista, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kalista vs Taliyah fights, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.9% win rate overall.
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