Kalista with Galio
How to Synergize Kalista and Galio
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Kalista Galio Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Galio
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Galio
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 Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Kalista Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, 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 Galio. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Galio helps Kalista perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista is an ally to Galio, she observes a marginal improvement in her total damage output. This may demonstrate that Galio provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played alongside Galio on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Galio.
Additionally, when Kalista plays with Galio on the same side, she on average takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Galio does a poor job of covering Kalista during team fights.
Synergies between Kalista and Galio
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Galio?
There is no one best champion pairing for Kalista that will 100% of the time be her top ally. Yet, overall, Galio is a not very good companion for Kalista. By locking into the same team as Kalista, he decreases their win rate by -1.8% to 45.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Kalista and Galio that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Galio has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Galio teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by pairing Kalista and Galio together, you may not be granting your team very much crowd control. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Galio ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to pair well with Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Kalista and Galio synergy build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista combined at least these three great items in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Galio than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 45.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Galio with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, Kalista players should equip 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 sets players picked for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.6% winrate overall.
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