Nocturne with Kalista
How to Synergize Nocturne and Kalista
based on 1,775 Nocturne with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nocturne Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Nocturne vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nocturne and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Nocturne with Kalista
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
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.
Nocturne Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Nocturne in LoL
The Nocturne 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, Nocturne sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kalista helps Nocturne perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nocturne plays on the same team as Kalista, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Kalista doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Nocturne is played alongside Kalista on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kalista.
Moreover, when Nocturne plays with Kalista on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Nocturne during teamfights.
Synergies between Nocturne and Kalista
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Is Nocturne better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Nocturne that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, Kalista is a below average teammate for Nocturne. By playing on the same side as Nocturne, she lowers their win rate by -2.6% to 49.2%. This shows that there is a bad synergy between Nocturne and Kalista that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Nocturne. That means you should be cautious when lining up Kalista allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Nocturne and Kalista together, you may not be granting your team much utility. Plan to bring other champs on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Kalista ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will 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 Nocturne in order to synergize with Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Nocturne and Kalista synergy build include Experimental Hexplate, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Kalista than with many other common builds. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 49.2% helping carry Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, Nocturne players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.2% winrate overall.
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