Lee Sin with Kalista
How to Synergize Lee Sin and Kalista
based on 1,035 Lee Sin with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Lee Sin Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Lee Sin and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin with Kalista
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Advice to Understand How Kalista Will Play
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.
Lee Sin Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Lee Sin in LoL
The Lee Sin Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Lee Sin sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kalista helps Lee Sin perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lee Sin is an ally to Kalista, he sees a moderate decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Kalista doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Lee Sin is played with Kalista on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kalista. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kalista.
Additionally, when Lee Sin plays with Kalista on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Lee Sin in team fights.
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Is Lee Sin better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Lee Sin that will always be his best synergy. Yet, Kalista is a very bad teammate for Lee Sin. By locking into the same team as Lee Sin, she decreases their win rate by -3.5% to 43.8%. This proves that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Lee Sin and Kalista that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Lee Sin. That means you must be careful when enlisting Kalista teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Working together, Lee Sin players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by pairing Lee Sin and Kalista together, you may not be providing your side very much support. Plan to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Kalista ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin to synergize with Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to get in your Lee Sin and Kalista synergy build consist of Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Kalista than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average winrate of 43.8% helping carry Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Lee Sin players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Lee Sin and Kalista pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 43.8% winrate overall.
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