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.
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
The Kalista Ziggs synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ziggs, 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 Ziggs. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Ziggs helps Kalista perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kalista tries to synergize with Ziggs, she observes a little decrease in her complete damage output. This could signal that Ziggs does not help protection for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Ziggs on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Ziggs. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Ziggs.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Ziggs on the same side, she typically takes more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Ziggs does a poor job of covering Kalista in team fights.
There is no top companion for Kalista that will always be her #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Ziggs is a very typical companion for Kalista. By being on the same team as Kalista, he improves their win rate by 0.7% to 48.1%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small synergy between Kalista and Ziggs that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Ziggs has a much lower diffuclty than Kalista. That means Kalista players don't need to be careful when enlisting Ziggs teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working on the same side, Kalista players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by bringing Kalista and Ziggs together, you will not be providing your side very much utility. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Ziggs ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to work well with Ziggs during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to get in your Kalista and Ziggs synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista combined at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Ziggs than with many other common builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 48.1% helping carry Ziggs with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating 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 chose for Kalista and Ziggs pairings, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Ziggs with Kalista are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.