Kalista vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Kalista
based on 1,215 Kalista vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Kalista vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some vital Kalista vs. Xerath counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Xerath..
Kalista typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Xerath. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Xerath
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Who is Better, Kalista or Xerath?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually fairs equally well when taking on Xerath, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes an ok counter for Xerath.
While Kalista does have a higher winrate than Xerath, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kalista into Xerathas 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 CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Xerath matchups, Kalista is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kalista is a decent counter to Xerath. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista most often gets more CS compared to Xerath. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Kalista versus Xerath build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Xerath than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 50.2% when playing against Xerath with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Xerath as Kalista, you should use 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 builds players chose for Kalista vs Xerath counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.
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