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How to Synergize Kalista with Trundle on the Same TeamKalista is in the b tier of champions

Kalista with Trundle

How to Win With Kalista and Trundle Paired TogetherKalista is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Kalista and Trundle

based on 1,930 Kalista with Trundle pairs
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
2.01
Pick Rate
5.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Kalista has gone into battle with Trundle in 1930 recently played, ranked games. By gathering so much complete data directly from the makers of League, we have complete confidence that we can present to you high-quality, accurate builds to help Kalista play with Trundle. It is somewhat uncommon for Kalista to play with Trundle on the same side. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 5.7% of matches with Kalista.

Kalista Trundle Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kalista does a poor job of playing alongside Trundle. Normally, she wins an acceptable 49.4% of matches the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Kalista when fighting on the same team as Trundle by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kalista vs Trundle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Kalista Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneWit's EndBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowBloodthirsterJak'Sho, The ProteanTerminus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kalista to level upe
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Second ability for Kalista to level upq
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Last skill for Kalista to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kalista's passive ability p
Kalista's q ability q
Kalista's w ability w
Kalista's e ability e
Kalista's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
E
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R
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Trundle

Tips for Playing as Kalista with Trundle

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 Trundle Will Play

Use Subjugate to soften a powerful enemy tank or to create a target for your team to focus fire.

Trundle excels at fighting within his Frozen Domain. Try to draw enemies onto it.

Chomp is good for lowering the physical damage of enemies; try to focus it on enemy physical damage dealers.

Kalista Trundle Synergy Stats

Kalista Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
Trundle Image
7.9
< Kills >
8.1
6.8
< Deaths >
6.8
5.8
< Assists >
6.1
1.8
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
164
< Minions Killed >
170
0.35
< Dragons Killed >
0.36
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.49
16,471
< Physical Damage >
17,374
2,708
< Magic Damage >
2,772
448
< True Damage >
491
19,627
< Damage Dealt >
20,637
22,335
< Damage Taken >
22,803
12,293
< Gold Earned >
12,595
2.13
< Towers >
2.35
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
6,361
< Total Healing >
6,568
11,900
< Experience >
12,251
18
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
8
156
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Trundle as Kalista in LoL

The Kalista Trundle synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Trundle, 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 Trundle. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Trundle helps Kalista perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kalista tries to synergize with Trundle, she sees a small decrease in her total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Trundle does not provide protection for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played alongside Trundle 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 synergisticly with Trundle.

Additionally, when Kalista plays with Trundle on the same side, she on average takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Trundle does a decent job of protecting Kalista during team fights.

Synergies between Kalista and Trundle

Damage Types Compared

Kalista
Trundle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kalista
Trundle

Is Kalista better when played alongside Trundle?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Kalista that will 100% of the time be her best teammate. Yet, Trundle is a decent companion for Kalista. By playing on the same side as Kalista, he increases their win rate by 2.0% to 49.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a good synergy between Kalista and Trundle that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.

Trundle has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Trundle allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.

Playing alongside, Kalista players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by aligning Kalista and Trundle together, you will not be giving your side a lot of AP. Make sure to have other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Trundle ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kalista Players

How We Calculated Our Kalista Trundle Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kalista and Trundle, we analyzed 1,930 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Kalista with Trundle comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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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 Trundle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to get in your Kalista and Trundle synergy build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Trundle than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 49.4% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Trundle with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Kalista players should use 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 builds players picked for Kalista and Trundle pairings, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Trundle with Kalista are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.