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

Kalista vs Tristana

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

based on 1,043 Kalista vs Tristana matchups
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Tristana as Kalista came out of an examination of 1043 ranked games where both champs faced off against one another. This champ pairing is somewhat rare. Kalista encounters Tristana in only 3.1% of her games.

Kalista vs Tristana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kalista has done a dismal job of beating Tristana. On average, she wins a lowly 47.9% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Kalista against Tristana rounds, Kalista’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood against Tristana.

Best Kalista vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Kalista Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneBlade of The Ruined KingTerminus

Optional Items

Wit's EndGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken Slayer

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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
1
E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
14
W
15
W
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R

Guide to Countering Tristana as Kalista

Tips for Playing as Kalista against Tristana

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 Tristana

Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.

If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.

Kalista vs Tristana Counter Stats

Kalista Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Tristana Image
8
< Kills >
7.6
6.7
< Deaths >
6.1
6
< Assists >
5.9
1.81
< Killing Sprees >
1.7
167
< Minions Killed >
162
0.35
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.59
17,131
< Physical Damage >
17,664
2,718
< Magic Damage >
2,250
463
< True Damage >
506
20,313
< Damage Dealt >
20,421
22,188
< Damage Taken >
20,567
12,393
< Gold Earned >
12,361
2.34
< Towers >
2.85
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
6,375
< Total Healing >
5,737
12,019
< Experience >
12,544
18
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
165
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Counter Tristana with Kalista in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several vital Kalista against Tristana matchup stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Tristana..

Kalista normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Tristana. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kalista and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Kalista
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kalista
Tristana

Who is Better, Kalista or Tristana?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Tristana, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a poor counter to Tristana.

While Kalista does have a lower win rate compared to Tristana, when facing one another, Kalista also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kalista into Tristanaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Kalista also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting 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 Tristana matchups, Tristana is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Kalista is a garbage counter for Tristana. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Tristana.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kalista

Kalista Loses Against

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Kalista Wins Against

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Additional Information for Kalista Players

How We Calculated Our Kalista vs Tristana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tristana as Kalista, we analyzed 1,043 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 Tristana 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.

Other Useful Resources

Kalista Build Tristana Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Kalista to counter Tristana during both the lane 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 tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kalista usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Tristana. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have 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, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The best items to have in your Kalista versus Tristana build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Tristana than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Tristana with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Tristana as Kalista, Kalista players 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. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Kalista vs Tristana counters, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.

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