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How to Win Lillia vs Kalista Counter MatchupLillia is in the s tier of champions

Lillia vs Kalista

How to Beat Kalista as Lillia in LoLLillia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kalista as Lillia

based on 2,026 Lillia vs Kalista matchups
Win Rate
55.6 %
K/D/A
2.85
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Kalista as Lillia came out of an analysis of 2026 ranked games where both champions fought one another. This pairing is fairly rare. Lillia fights Kalista in only 0.9% of her rounds.

Lillia vs Kalista Matchup Summary

Lillia does a great job of countering Kalista. Normally, she wins a whopping 55.6% of games the champions face off with each other in. In Lillia against Kalista rounds, Lillia’s side is 0.2% less expected to earn first blood, implying that she most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Kalista.

Best Lillia vs Kalista Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHaunting Guise

Core Lillia Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapRiftmakerLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveZhonya's HourglassCryptbloomRylai's Crystal Scepter

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lillia to level upq
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Second ability for Lillia to level upw
>
Last skill for Lillia to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Lillia's passive ability p
Lillia's q ability q
Lillia's w ability w
Lillia's e ability e
Lillia's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Lillia

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.

Lillia vs Kalista Counter Stats

Lillia Image
Win Rate
55.6 %
VS
Win Rate
44.4 %
Kalista Image
6.5
< Kills >
8.1
5.3
< Deaths >
6.6
8.6
< Assists >
5.9
1.45
< Killing Sprees >
1.86
44
< Minions Killed >
170
1.25
< Dragons Killed >
0.35
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.45
821
< Physical Damage >
17,940
15,568
< Magic Damage >
2,938
4,884
< True Damage >
495
21,274
< Damage Dealt >
21,374
38,723
< Damage Taken >
22,571
11,788
< Gold Earned >
12,480
1.39
< Towers >
2.25
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.13
22,012
< Total Healing >
6,489
13,697
< Experience >
12,075
20
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
8
411
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Counter Kalista with Lillia in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several valuable Lillia versus Kalista matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Lillia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lillia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kalista..

Lillia normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Kalista. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Lillia and Kalista

Damage Types Compared

Lillia
Kalista
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lillia
Kalista

Who is Better, Lillia or Kalista?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lillia usually wins when trying to fight Kalista, with a 55.6% win rate. As a result, Lillia makes a fantastic counter to Kalista.

While Lillia does have a much higher winrate compared to Kalista, when on opposite teams, Lillia also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Lillia into Kalistaas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Lillia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lillia vs Kalista matchups, Lillia is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Lillia is a great counter for Kalista. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lillia against Kalista.

Additional Information for Lillia Players

How We Calculated Our Lillia vs Kalista Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kalista as Lillia, we analyzed 2,026 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 Kalista as Lillia 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Lillia in order to counter Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lillia most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Kalista. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Lillia versus Kalista build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Lillia bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Kalista than with most other common item sets. In fact, Lillia boasted an average win rate of 55.6% when countering Kalista with this build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Kalista as Lillia, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Lillia vs Kalista face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 55.6% win rate overall.

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