Kalista with Annie
How to Synergize Kalista and Annie
based on 501 Kalista with Annie pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kalista Annie Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Annie
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Annie
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.
Advice to Understand How Annie Will Play
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.
Kalista Annie Synergy Stats
How to Play with Annie as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kalista sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Annie helps Kalista perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista is paired with Annie, she sees a marginal improvement in her complete damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Annie supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played together with Annie on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Annie.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Annie on the same team, she typically takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Annie does a poor job of protecting Kalista in teamfights.
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Annie?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Kalista that will 100% of the time be her ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Annie is a very typical ally for Kalista. By locking into the same side as Kalista, she increases their win rate by 0.7% to 48.1%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Kalista and Annie that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Annie has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means Kalista players don't need to be careful when finding Annie comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.
Working together, Kalista players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by bringing Kalista and Annie together, you may not be granting your team a lot of protection for burst damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Annie ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to work well with Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Kalista and Annie synergy build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Annie than with many other common builds. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 48.1% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Annie with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Kalista players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Kalista and Annie pairings, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.
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