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

Kalista with Volibear

How to Win With Kalista and Volibear Paired TogetherKalista is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Kalista and Volibear

based on 683 Kalista with Volibear pairs
Win Rate
42.8 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each week. Kalista has fought alongside Volibear in 683 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much great data straight from the developers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Kalista play with Volibear. It is relatively rare for Kalista to play alongside Volibear as allies. This pairing has only taken place in about 2.0% of rounds with Kalista.

Kalista Volibear Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kalista does a pathetic job of teaming up with Volibear. Normally, she wins a lowly 42.8% of the time the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Kalista when fighting on the same team as Volibear by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kalista vs Volibear Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Kalista Items

~22 Mins
Wit's EndGuinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

TerminusKraken SlayerRunaan's Hurricane

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
>
Last skill for Kalista to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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
6
R
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E
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Q
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E
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Q
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Q
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Q
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Volibear

Tips for Playing as Kalista with Volibear

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.

Kalista Volibear Synergy Stats

Kalista Image
Win Rate
42.8 %
VS
Win Rate
57.2 %
Volibear Image
8.2
< Kills >
8.1
6.8
< Deaths >
6.8
5.7
< Assists >
6.1
1.91
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
167
< Minions Killed >
170
0.29
< Dragons Killed >
0.36
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.49
17,196
< Physical Damage >
17,374
2,769
< Magic Damage >
2,772
486
< True Damage >
491
20,452
< Damage Dealt >
20,637
22,430
< Damage Taken >
22,803
12,411
< Gold Earned >
12,595
2.13
< Towers >
2.35
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
6,417
< Total Healing >
6,568
11,874
< Experience >
12,251
18
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
8
159
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Volibear as Kalista in LoL

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

When Kalista tries to synergize with Volibear, she observes a little decrease in her full damage output. This change may signal that Volibear doesn't help protection 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 with Volibear on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Volibear. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Volibear.

Moreover, when Kalista plays with Volibear on the same side, she usually takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Volibear does a decent job of covering Kalista in team fights.

Synergies between Kalista and Volibear

Damage Types Compared

Kalista
Volibear
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kalista
Volibear

Is Kalista better when played alongside Volibear?

There is no ideal companion for Kalista that will no matter what be her top synergy. However, Volibear is a very bad teammate for Kalista. By locking into the same team as Kalista, he drops their win rate by -4.6% to 42.8%. This proves that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Kalista and Volibear that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Volibear has a much lower diffuclty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Volibear allies to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing together, Kalista players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by pairing Kalista and Volibear together, you will not be granting your team a great deal of support. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Volibear ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kalista Players

How We Calculated Our Kalista Volibear Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kalista and Volibear, we analyzed 683 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 Volibear 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to pair well with Volibear during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most important items to focus on in your Kalista and Volibear synergy build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista combined at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Volibear than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 42.8% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Volibear with this build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you 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. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 42.8% win rate overall.

If you want to see Kalista with Volibear cooperations tips and stats for a a specific division, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. By default, the statistics and strategies given are computed using all games with data with both champions.