Orianna with Kalista
How to Synergize Orianna and Kalista
based on 457 Orianna with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Orianna Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Orianna vs Kalista Counter Build
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Starter Items
Early Items
Core Orianna Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Orianna and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Orianna with Kalista
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
Orianna Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Orianna in LoL
The Orianna 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, Orianna 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 decrease shows that Kalista helps Orianna perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Orianna is paired with Kalista, she gets a little decrease in her complete damage output. This difference could signal that Kalista does not support by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Orianna is played together with Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Kalista. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Kalista.
Additionally, when Orianna plays with Kalista on the same team, she usually receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Kalista does a decent job of covering Orianna in team fights.
Synergies between Orianna and Kalista
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Orianna better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no perfect synergy for Orianna that will always be her #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Kalista is a terrible ally for Orianna. By playing on the same side as Orianna, she decreases their win rate by -6.4% to 41.1%. This proves that there is a terrible synergy between Orianna and Kalista that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Kalista has a lower difficulty than Orianna. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Kalista teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Playing alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Orianna and Kalista together, you will not be giving your other allies much tankyness. Plan to include other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Kalista ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Additional Information for Orianna Players
How We Calculated Our Orianna Kalista Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Orianna in order to pair well with Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to build first in your Orianna and Kalista synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better as an ally of Kalista than with many other common item sets. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 41.1% helping carry Kalista with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Orianna and Kalista pairings, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 41.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Kalista with Orianna are shown for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.