Kalista with Graves
How to Synergize Kalista and Graves
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Kalista Graves Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Graves
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Graves
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 Graves Will Play
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
Kalista Graves Synergy Stats
How to Play with Graves as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, 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 Graves. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Graves helps Kalista perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista is an ally to Graves, she observes a little decrease in her complete damage output. This may demonstrate that Graves does not support by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played alongside Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Graves.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Graves on the same team, she usually takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Graves does a decent job of protecting Kalista in teamfights.
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Graves?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Kalista that will always be her top synergy. However, Graves is a very typical ally for Kalista. By playing on the same team as Kalista, he improves their win rate by 0.7% to 48.1%. This signals that there is only a small bond between Kalista and Graves that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Graves allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by grouping Kalista and Graves together, you will not be giving your side a great deal of crowd control. Plan to have other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Graves teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Kalista in order to work well with Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Kalista and Graves synergy build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Graves than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 48.1% helping carry Graves with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability 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 combinations players chose for Kalista and Graves pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.
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