Kalista with Zed
How to Synergize Kalista and Zed
based on 1,136 Kalista with Zed pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kalista Zed Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Zed
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Zed
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 Zed Will Play
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
Kalista Zed Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zed as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Zed synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zed, 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 Zed. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Zed helps Kalista perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kalista plays on the same team as Zed, she sees a small decrease in her total damage output. This change may signal that Zed does not support by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Zed 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 with Zed.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Zed on the same side, she usually takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Zed does a decent job of protecting Kalista during teamfights.
Synergies between Kalista and Zed
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Zed?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Kalista that will no matter what be her #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Zed is a very bad companion for Kalista. By locking into the same team as Kalista, he lowers their win rate by -4.7% to 42.7%. This demonstrates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Kalista and Zed that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Zed has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Zed teammates to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by aligning Kalista and Zed together, you may not be giving your other allies a lot of crowd control. We recommend you have other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Zed ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to pair well with Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to get in your Kalista and Zed synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Kalista used at least these three finished items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Zed than with many other common builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 42.7% helping carry Zed with this build.
To have the highest chance 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. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Kalista and Zed pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 42.7% winrate overall.
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