Annie with Kalista
How to Synergize Annie and Kalista
based on 501 Annie with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Annie Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Annie vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Annie and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Annie with Kalista
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Advice to Understand How Kalista Will Play
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.
Annie Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Annie in LoL
The Annie Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Annie sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Kalista helps Annie perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Annie is an ally to Kalista, she sees a little decrease in her total damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Kalista doesn't help protection for her to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Annie is played together with Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Kalista. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Kalista.
Moreover, when Annie plays with Kalista on the same side, she on average takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Kalista does a decent job of covering Annie during teamfights.
Synergies between Annie and Kalista
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Is Annie better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no one best ally for Annie that will no matter what be her ideal ally. Yet, Kalista is a relatively poor teammate for Annie. By being on the same team as Annie, she decreases their win rate by -1.2% to 48.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Annie and Kalista that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Annie. That means you need to be cautious when arranging Kalista allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by aligning Annie and Kalista together, you probably will not be granting your team a great deal of protection for burst damage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Kalista ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Annie to synergize with Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Annie and Kalista synergy build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Kalista than with many other typical builds. In fact, Annie had an average win rate of 48.1% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Kalista with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Annie and Kalista pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.1% winrate overall.
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