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.
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
The Kalista Yasuo synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yasuo, 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 Yasuo. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Yasuo helps Kalista perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista tries to synergize with Yasuo, she observes a small decrease in her total damage output. This change may indicate that Yasuo does not provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Yasuo on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Yasuo. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Yasuo.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Yasuo on the same side, she typically receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Yasuo does a decent job of covering Kalista during team fights.
There is no ideal champion pairing for Kalista that will 100% of the time be her ideal ally. Yet, overall, Yasuo is a very typical ally for Kalista. By locking into the same team as Kalista, he drops their win rate by -0.6% to 46.8%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Kalista and Yasuo that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Yasuo has a greater difficulty than Kalista. That means Kalista players need to be cautious when arranging Yasuo allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, Kalista players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by bringing Kalista and Yasuo together, you will not be granting your team very much support. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Yasuo ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to synergize with Yasuo during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to build first in your Kalista and Yasuo synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Yasuo than with many other common builds. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 46.8% helping carry Yasuo with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.8% win rate overall.
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