Kayn vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Kayn
based on 1,584 Kayn vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Kalista
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Advice to Win Against Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Kayn vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Kayn in LoL
The stats shown here feature several valuable Kayn versus Kalista matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kalista..
Kayn typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Kalista. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Kalista
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Who is Better, Kayn or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually wins when facing off against Kalista, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes a good counter for Kalista.
While Kayn does have a higher win rate compared to Kalista, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Kalistaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Kalista matchups, Kayn is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kayn is a decent counter to Kalista. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn most often picks up a lot less CS as Kalista. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities 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 case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kayn versus Kalista build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Kalista than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kayn had an average win rate of 51.6% battling Kalista with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Kalista as Kayn, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Kayn vs Kalista LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.6% win rate overall.
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