Neeko with Kalista
How to Synergize Neeko and Kalista
based on 1,017 Neeko with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Neeko Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Neeko vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Neeko and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Neeko with Kalista
You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
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.
Neeko Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Neeko in LoL
The Neeko Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Neeko sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Kalista helps Neeko perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Neeko is paired with Kalista, she sees a small decrease in her total damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Kalista does not provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Neeko is played together with Kalista on the same side, 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 synergisticly with Kalista.
Moreover, when Neeko plays with Kalista on the same side, she usually takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Kalista does a decent job of covering Neeko during team fights.
Synergies between Neeko and Kalista
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Is Neeko better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no ideal ally for Neeko that will always be her #1 synergy. However, overall, Kalista is a very bad companion for Neeko. By playing on the same team as Neeko, she drops their win rate by -3.8% to 45.6%. This proves that there is a terrible synergy between Neeko and Kalista that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Neeko. That means Neeko players must be careful when arranging Kalista comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by bringing Neeko and Kalista together, you may not be giving your side very much protection for burst damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Kalista ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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How We Calculated Our Neeko Kalista Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Neeko in order to pair well with Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to include in your Neeko and Kalista synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Neeko combined at least these three finished items in her build, she did a lot better when paired up with Kalista than with most other common builds. In fact, Neeko boasted an average winrate of 45.6% helping carry Kalista with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Neeko and Kalista pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.6% win rate overall.
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