Kalista vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Kalista
based on 569 Kalista vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Kalista vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several significant Kalista against Xayah matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Xayah..
Kalista typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Xayah
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Who is Better, Kalista or Xayah?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when facing off against Xayah, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a poor counter to Xayah.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate than Xayah, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Xayahas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Xayah matchups, Xayah 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 terribly counter for Xayah. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Xayah.
Other Champion Matchups Against Kalista
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How We Calculated Our Kalista vs Xayah Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Xayah. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kalista versus Xayah build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Xayah than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 47.6% battling Xayah with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Xayah as Kalista, Kalista players should use 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 runes we have analyed for Kalista vs Xayah counters, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.6% winrate overall.
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