Lucian vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Lucian
based on 2,280 Lucian vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Kalista
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some strategic Lucian vs. Kalista counter statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kalista..
Lucian usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Kalista
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Who is Better, Lucian or Kalista?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually wins when taking on Kalista, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes a good counter to Kalista.
While Lucian does have a higher winrate compared to Kalista, when facing one another, Lucian also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lucian into Kalista.
Additionally, Lucian has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Kalista matchups, Lucian is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Lucian is a decent counter to Kalista. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lucian against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lucian 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 listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Kalista. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Lucian versus Kalista build include Rapid Firecannon, Stormrazor, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Kalista than with many other common builds. In fact, Lucian had an average winrate of 51.7% battling Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Kalista as Lucian, Lucian players should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Lucian vs Kalista fights, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
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