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.
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The Kalista Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, 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 Naafiri. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Naafiri helps Kalista perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kalista is an ally to Naafiri, she observes a little decrease in her full damage output. This may indicate that Naafiri does not provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that their presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played together with Naafiri on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Naafiri.
Additionally, when Kalista plays with Naafiri on the same team, she on average takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Naafiri does a decent job of covering Kalista in team fights.
There is no top ally for Kalista that will no matter what be her #1 teammate. However, Naafiri is a very typical ally for Kalista. By being on the same team as Kalista, they decreases their win rate by -0.5% to 46.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Kalista and Naafiri that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Naafiri comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by pairing Kalista and Naafiri together, you may not be giving your other teammates a great deal of magic damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Naafiri ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
To truly master Kalista to pair well with Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to have in your Kalista and Naafiri synergy build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she performed much better when paired up with Naafiri than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 46.9% helping carry Naafiri with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating 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 builds players chose for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.9% win rate overall.
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