Kalista vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Kalista
based on 446 Kalista vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Kalista vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some strategic Kalista versus Zilean matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between this pair of champs. Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Zilean. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Kalista often has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Zilean. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Zilean
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Who is Better, Kalista or Zilean?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 47.5% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a poor counter for Zilean.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate compared to Zilean, when facing one another, Kalista also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Zileanas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kalista is a garbage counter to Zilean. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista usually picks up much more CS as Zilean. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kalista versus Zilean 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 did significantly better when facing Zilean than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when playing against Zilean with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Zilean as Kalista, you should equip 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 we have analyed for Kalista vs Zilean battles, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.5% winrate overall.
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