Heimerdinger with Kalista
How to Synergize Heimerdinger and Kalista
based on 417 Heimerdinger with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Heimerdinger Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Heimerdinger and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger with Kalista
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Heimerdinger in LoL
The Heimerdinger Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Heimerdinger sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kalista helps Heimerdinger perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Heimerdinger is paired with Kalista, he gets a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Kalista does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Heimerdinger is played with Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kalista.
Additionally, when Heimerdinger plays with Kalista on the same team, he usually takes less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Heimerdinger in teamfights.
Synergies between Heimerdinger and Kalista
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Is Heimerdinger better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no one best synergy for Heimerdinger that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Kalista is a terrible ally for Heimerdinger. By locking into the same side as Heimerdinger, she drops their win rate by -3.1% to 46.5%. This signals that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Heimerdinger and Kalista that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Kalista has a lower difficulty than Heimerdinger. That means Heimerdinger players don't need to be careful when finding Kalista comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Heimerdinger players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by aligning Heimerdinger and Kalista together, you may not be granting your side a lot of crowd control. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Kalista ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to pair well with Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to use in your Heimerdinger and Kalista synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Kalista than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 46.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, Heimerdinger players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.5% winrate overall.
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