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.
Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
The Kalista Corki synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Corki, 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 very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Corki. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Corki helps Kalista perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kalista is paired with Corki, she sees a barely noticable drop in her complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Corki doesn't help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Corki on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Corki. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Corki.
Additionally, when Kalista plays with Corki on the same side, she typically receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Corki does a poor job of protecting Kalista during teamfights.
There is no ideal champion pairing for Kalista that will no matter what be her ideal teammate. Yet, Corki is a pretty good teammate for Kalista. By being on the same side as Kalista, he improves their win rate by 1.4% to 48.8%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Kalista and Corki that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Corki has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Corki teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working alongside, Kalista players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Kalista and Corki together, you will not be granting your side a lot of utility. Plan to bring other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Corki teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to synergize with Corki during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Kalista and Corki synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when paired up with Corki than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 48.8% when playing alongside Corki with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating 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. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.
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