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Tips Against Kalista in Bottom Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
LegendaryOstrich says “This match up has changed a lot in the new season because of hail of blades and conqueror on her. Laning against her is fairly the same, if she has a rend stack on you try to back away from minions so she doesn't get a reset. If Kalista is able to get ahead of you in lane consider building ninja tabis.”
DoublefeedOP says “Kalista isn't much of a threat because you could just Arcane Shift away if anything. Just don't use your Arcane shift to poke unless you already have Kalista poked down because she could easily all-in you if you do waste the ability.”
DoublefeedOP says “Kalista is in a pretty bad spot but even then you can't deny her early game cheese. Be sure that you can either confidently land your W on her or that you can just CC chain her to death. She's going to win extended trades against you so just make sure whenever you fight her to make them short bursts.”
IHaveNoName says “In early game she's fearsome, her Spears won't let you go unless you kill her fast enough. She gets less threatening in late endgame, as you outscale her easily.”
Chaeha says “Kalista is another very volatile champion because she's typically paired with engage supports. Her ultimate also provides insane utility allowing her to easily dive you at level 6. ”
FunkyBeagle says “I only put Kalista here because 90% of the time she's picked, its with a hard engage support. Combine that with great all in potential, especially at 6, it can make it a tough lane for Kai'sa.”
Remmacs1 says “You need to be extremely careful about your positioning against Kalista. If Kalista is able to get the first move on Aphelios she will always win the fight. Look to out poke her during lane with your range advantage.”
Vapora Dark says “I personally hate Kalista, too much free mobility and insane damage with her W passive. When she autos you make sure to stay away from her and her lane partner, she excels in extended trades and out maneuvering you. Trade with your 4th shot ready and bounch your grenade to her because she needs to be in auto range to do most of her damage, at level 6 she can all in easily by throwing her support at you so be ready for that with some traps. Outscale and outrange her, by mid-late game you should be able to kill her in a bullet or 2, so long as you properly prepare your E and ult.”
ELOSANTA says “Lucian dominates Kalista in lane and is a very easy match up. Don't be afraid to dash into her with your E in the laning phase since your damage output is much higher than Kalista's in the early to mid game.”
R3Veal says “Her ultimate is useless without her support. Don't try to 1vs1 her as she can dodge your W in the fight easily with her passive. Also watch the spears which she sticked into you.”
A_Drunk_Carry says “Another very easy lane. Her jumps are telegraphed, and your E can slow her in her tracks. You deal much more damage in short bursts as well, which makes laning phase simple. ”
DoublefeedOP says “This is a threat to Samira because she can stack her rend through your W so if you can't secure a kill quickly you'll die just as fast and her R makes it so that you can't do much when you use your R.”
McNugglz says “Not the best ATM. She will look to do shorter trades to wither you down and then stack a bunch of spears on you to execute with E. Take exhaust if you want to be a cuck lord.”
Dank672 says “Weak early, and your trap slows reduce her attack speed if she tries to use her passive, rooting her also leaves her completely open to you and your support. However a good kalista can snowball any lead they get so its vital you don't give her one.”
snowcard says “I'm putting this in Even rather than Major because most Kalistas don't know what they're doing. Pray she's bad and Q her to death, as Kalista is pretty squishy. You can also try to predict her rend, but it's hard.
What you can block: Q, E, R knock up. ”
CantParry says “You out-scale her hard. Catch her out early once and you out-trade her for the rest of the game. Be careful of her ult if she has an engage support.”
Harambe Homie says “Kalista is a drain tank that excels in extended fights, while MF is the opposite in laning phase. In the current meta if you are facing against a strong Kalista player this lane can be really bad. So try your best to not take extended trades with her for she will chase you down and rend you easily.”
Penguto says “Kalista can counter you hard, but it all depends on her support. If she has a tanky support you are a goner, cause she will just throw him on you and also dodge your R by saving her support. Aim for her and out life steal her.”
Kasdor says “In early game she's fearsome, her Spears won't let you go unless you kill her fast enough. She gets less threatening in late endgame, as you outscale her easily.”
Melyn says “Max Q and learn her movement patterns to more easily land your root. Do not burst the support when Kalista is level 6 as she can save them with her ultimate. If Kalista gets behind, she can't do anything. If she gets ahead, you can't.”
Compliant says “Kalista is one of the strongest counters to Jinx in botlane due to her high damage with rend as well as her mobility. Good Kalista players will be able to weave around ZAP! as well as Chompers to ensure pressure in the laning phase.”
Profesor APH. says “Shes strong and she is one of the best counter of aphelios she can throw her support close to you (if this is thresh he can grab you) she can save his support from ur ult her dash is not problem you can life still your self but her ultimate doing all work”
EvoNinja7 says “She can kite, but that's it. She doesn't have too much poke, and even then it's a skill shot which you can easily dodge. She can be easily harassed and poked out if her team aren't exactly helping her. People don't really understand that Kalista needs help to get to her late-game power spike. ”
CastratedSeal says “Kalista is almost exclusively played with duo queues, and most of the time you'll be up against Kalista/Thresh or Kalista/Taric. Kalista can dodge your bubbles incredibly easily, and her strong early makes it dangerous if you to try to harass her or her support. Post-6 she has a lot of pick potential. Start Relic Shield.”
Jurassiq says “Kinda like Lucian she has the tools to manuever and out trade/all in Ezreal with her passive. She can also shove him in easily with his Rend”
Doody_tco says “Although it is said that Miss Fortune counters Kalista, Kalista can evade and poke Miss Fortune and kill her easily. Miss Fortune's support can rarely do something about Kalista”
SkittleBtw says “I'll put even, never had this match up that I can remember of, I feel like this match up shouldn't be too hard, but paired with the right support, might be a real big ass problem for you. ”
DoctorDingus says “Impossible to stun, easy turret clearing medium range - hard cc support such as Rakan, Alistar, Sett, Nautilus can cause the win for your side!”
jhoijhoi says “Like Twitch, Kalista can apply stacking damage if you let her get close. Should she land Pierce on you or many auto-attacks, be wary of Rend which is a powerful slow and nuke. If you are within range of Kalista it is difficult to escape thanks to her passive [[Martial Poise]], which lets her ignore your slow from [[Frost Shot]]. She relies on being with her Oathsworn partner to use her ultimate, making her formidable when they are together, but vulnerable when she is alone.”
yers says “Highly mobile due to her passive, she can easily dodge your attacks as long as she Q's or has something to AA. Try looking for long range poke combos and make sure she's out of range to AA something such as a minion or support before doing so.”
GodMulti says “Kalista is a skill matchup. Be carefull when you go for a trade, you win short trades but she wins long trades.
Keep in Mind that she can save her Supp out of your Ult or that she can Interrupt your Ult with her own, by throwing her Supp into you.”
SINKEMALL says “Generally skill matchup, just respect her early level pressure and the amount of rend stacks she has on you. You outscale her late game. I highly recommend building Iceborn into her because slows are the absolute bane of her existence.”
Ultrama says “Watch out for this girl, she don't look as dangerous as she is. Don't do long trades, she will destroy you. Don't try to chease her, she will kite you to death.”
Msloikturbo says “Rare sight, yet when met will try to evicirate you guts. She excels at early duels, and will rip you to shreds if you make one misstep. If you survive early/midgame, you're good.”
SweatMeALake says “Right now Kalista's only chance in beating you is if she can stack on you, which is a hard job against you since you outrange her. Keep your distance and poke her. Kalista here is rather squishy and is really support reliant to get damage onto you. You need to be able to dish out damage and be safe at the same time, and punish her when she is out of position with your ultimate. ”
Spection says “ RARE. An easy lane. She can sort of kite you with her weird passive, but it doesn't work too well when she's stunned. She lacks any other method to escape you. Kalista is unbelievably squishy, but you better be careful of those little spears stacking up. They go through your passive! Don't focus her support because she can instasave them with her ultimate. Thresh and Kalista make a scary combo who can easily save one another if one gets focused.”
ShroudedBRH says “Her early game and poke deals more damage and is cheaper then yours despite her range disadvantage, you'll scale better later into the game. Taking exhaust here lowers her threat level significantly as it will limit her damage output significantly due to her jump mechanic scaling off attack speed”
Camelorry says “Kalista is a lane bully, this lane will be decided by which adc gets caught by the enemy. If she gets ahead play for late game, you outscale her. Consider taking exhaust.”
StriveHD79 says “Another strong all in champion, has the ability to hop around for everytime she autoattacks that will help her gap close very easily onto you and kill you. Look for short trades, do not do any extended trades or you risk dying to her. Very easily outscaled, so farm safe and do not die.”
StriveHD79 says “Kalista is very strong early, even with your range advantage. She can very easily dash with autoattacks to gap close onto you. I would avoid fighting or trading with Kalista early on, you will outscale her massively, try to build stormrazor as 1st or 2nd item, the passive slow does very well against her.”
StriveHD79 says “Another strong all in matchup, avoid long trades, go for short trades with your W + Auto attack when possible then walk back. She can hop around to close the distance by auto attacking.”
StriveHD79 says “Another strong all in champion, has the ability to hop around for everytime she autoattacks that will help her gap close very easily onto you and kill you. Look for short trades, do not do any extended trades or you risk dying to her. Very easily outscaled, so farm safe and do not die.”
KXNGLXXVII says “i wouldnt recommend you take extended trades with kalista because if you fail to kill her shes gonna rip all of the spears out. your movement speed should help you keep up with her but your best option is to block the Q and take really short obnoxious trades like aa>Q>aa or just poke with your Q from max range. ”
StriveHD79 says “High kill pressure. Kalista is very strong early, so avoid trading/all-ining against her. She can stack tons of spears onto a minion and use her Q to transfer the spear stacks onto you and with rend it will do massive damage, so keep that in mind. You heavily outscale Kalista so play safe in lane and you will be okay.”
Spider Shaped says “Держитесь подальше от Калисты. Её e просто может уничтожить вас. Калиста сама по себе может убивать многих дальников и ближников 1 на 1,и Эзреаль входит в то же число.”
StriveHD79 says “Another strong all in champion, has the ability to hop around for everytime she autoattacks that will help her gap close very easily onto you and kill you. Look for short trades, do not do any extended trades or you risk dying to her. Very easily outscaled, so farm safe and do not die.”
snukumz says “It's super hard to land your skillshots on her due to her ridiculous mobility.
Her ult is scary too because it puts their support right on top of you.
She is super squishy though, and luckily you'll still have plants to do some damage even if you initial skill shots miss. ”
Terrific says “I honestly have no problem against this because your early game is way stronger and her late game isnt that very good. You'll just win in every stage of the game if you do not fall behind.”
Alonixlol says “A Challenger level Kalista wins almost all lanes, but the average Kalistas you'll encounter in your games won't be quite so impressive, generally winning against low threat ADCs, going even against medium threat ADCs and losing to high threat ADCs.
She's a lane bully that can pressure opponents quite well with her high mobility, low CD trading and strong poke to develop healthy CS leads, but she lacks upfront damage in fights, loses DPS when slowed and is generally quite easy to kill once locked down. However, when in a winning matchup she can be very oppressive due to her high mobility and ability to help her support engage.”
Twiggymocha says “You will probably be able to 1v1 her in late and early even, just do not take too much free harass or get a lead, otherwise she snowballs out of control.”
SuPIeX says “Kalista benefits from longer trades, and you can play around this easily. Keep your trades short and she has no way to match your damage.”
TotallyEclipse says “Wtf this is meta now? Her autos will keep her naturally kiting away making it impossible to stick onto her. She does insane damage and by the time you jump on her you're half hp. Dodge this one”
Zoodyacc says “If you manage to hit the Condem [E] you'll most likely win the matchup, Kalista struggles a lot against any CC's, but so do you. You might not be able to trade against her early, due to her huge damage there, however she'll disappear in a blink of the eye during late game.”
TwentyOneShadows says “The lane will be even, she won't let you to be close enough to poke her, simply if she knows what she's doing you won't get any kills on her, unless lategame where she becomes weaker and weaker, that's when you have a chance to shine.”
atonementblade says “Pretty weak damage but can easily kite you with her passive. Shove the wave under tower and poke her with your Q when you can. Don't stand behind a low health minion who has a bunch of spears in it, or she will Q it and transfer the spears to you.”
atonementblade says “When properly commanded, this champion is pretty hard to pin down. Of course, you have no skillshots, so her dashing won't cause you any problems there, but she hop away from walls so you can't as easily land stuns.”
ItsPaulygon says “Kalista is a bit tricky, but the trick is to not just get a lot of rend stacks, you can burst her down so if you have a good engage support, you win this match up easily.”
LupinTheCat says “Try to predict where she is going to land, that is all
Seriously why did riot buff her for once and then nerf her right away? for once she got love ”
Bebras19 says “In early game she's fearsome, her Spears won't let you go unless you kill her fast enough. She gets less threatening in late endgame, as you outscale her easily.”
MayeLeven says “Below level 6, try to avoid trading with her, becouse with her E, she can easily kill you. After level 6 you can kill her with your R. Your only chance to kill her, if you attack her first.”
Midorima says “If a Kalista is good, like, really fucking good. You stand no chance until cutlass.
To win this match up: You must have cutlass to stop the amount of jumps she can get off and avoid all trades. All-inning her if your only hope if she's good.”
ZERO Destructo says “Kalista is a true nightmare. With her passive she can avoid bot your W and E. Poke her with 4th shot and dancing grenade, and when she starts attacking you pull out of her E's range. A support with massive CC is her ruin tho.”
ReallyBoring says “Don't underestimate her, the best play is to wait for a hook or ganks. This champion is made for the early game but very useless late. When you see her use rend(e) and it does'nt execute the minion try to take as many trades as you can while its down. Luckily this match up is extremely rare as she is a low priority pick. ”
Eccentricks says “I have legit never fought one of these outside of a singular Draft match. So, your guess is as good as mine. Only info you need is she wont appear a lot.”
Deathfeather says “She gets mad at the support then literally throws them at you, so idk man. She does lots of damage but is also really weak so you should just win unless shes a god and you suck.”
Mr. Nyahr says “Avoid letting her get spears onto you, as the damage from her E can be crazy. Poke her when you can and abuse her pre-level 6. Be aware of where she sends her Sentinels, and play safe.”
Laverenz says “Kalista is a quite weak ADC right now, as she just can't keep up with the burst in this game. Laning against her i fairly easy, as you can just punish her if she attacks you. Stay behind minions and farm up to level 6, where you then can fight her if you dodge her ult. ”
philsopaoto says “Kalista, while currently being a low tier ADC, is able to out-maneuver Xayah's feather easily with her jumps. But Kalista is still quite underpowered in her current state, thus it should be a relatively easy lane to win.”
Kynaz0071l0l says “Kalista is very weak atm so you should easily kill her early, but its said that she will make a big comeback in season 10 so watch out for that. ”
Eucalyptus says “Hard to come by this match-up but Graves can out kite her by slowing her (Stormrazor plus Fleet) and abusing his Nearsight to cancel out her mobility. Need more experience to properly judge, easy in theory mostly and the champ is just straight dogshit in solo queue.”
Fruxo says “Careful to her lvl 6 on lane. Dodges your W easily with her auto attack quick jump, try to catch her out and follow her positioning. She becomes a really deadly force in the late game though once she gets a few items.”
MrDecoy says “don't opt in for long trades with her as you will get chunked on the way out by her e, shorts trades when your w is up is the best way to win lane, after lane she isnt a threat to you”
dravenfizz says “I honestly haven't played this matchup that much, kalista pokes you with her rend as she gets a reset if it kills a target, her all in can be very scary too so pay attention to their support and yours in this matchup. ”
Fruxo says “Careful to her lvl 6 on lane. Dodges your root easily with her auto attack quick jump, try to catch her out and follow her positioning. She becomes a really deadly force in the late game though once she gets a few items.”
IPodPulse says “Barely a champ at the moment. She suffers too many problems and is weak against every champ. Try not to let her get too many spears in you and stay away from low health minions with a lot of spears in them, a well timed Q will transfer the spears to you and can deal a good amount of damage.
Her hopping speed is really slow in the early game, try to use skill shots on her when she doesn't have the chance to hop.”
Righteous Maniac says “Troll pick atm, might update if she becomes meta later. But just poke the shit out of her and all in when you can, you just should dominate her.”
Exs Xena says “The entire thing Kali is based around is her "hopping and jumping", counterplay this with Volley and she won't be able to pressure you in lane. ”
Potato95x says “Her AA and Q will let her dash (passive). Don't trade too long and don't try to chase her, she'll just kite you to death. Play very passively and ask for ganks whenever possible.”
SimbaADC says “Kalista has been a very weak soloQ pick for a while now. Abuse her low range and worse wave clear to get poke and tower plates. Respect the strength of her level 2/3/6 all in with supports like Thresh, Rakan or Alistar.”
FrankynFood says “I have underestimated her so many times early game. Try not to 1v1 her, because she will just stack her spears and obliterate you. Wait will you have 2 items then start shredding her. ”
SlashLion says “Her ult is useless without her support. Try not to 1v1 as she can dodge your W with her passive and long engagements with Kalista can result in a lot of damage when you least expect it. Aside from that she is an easy matchup.”
MallisTheGreat says “If you don't poke her before she engages you, you are most definitely dead. So get her low to discourage her and then engage her instead.”
MallisTheGreat says “If you manage to poke her before engaging, she can be taken down pretty quickly. Even if you don't try to predict her pounces, only a sideways pounce will dodge your W spell, so you don't need to worry.”
Vortiris says “She can dodge your feathers, but it's going to be hard for her to with only Martial Poise. Just like you, she has amazing burst, but close to no CC without her partner. If you can predict when she's going to use Rend, counter it with your Featherstorm.”
KawaiiNeko says “Avoid any fight with [[Kalista]] in the early game unless your jungler is ganking your lane, because she can kill you easily with her rend since you are really squishy.”
Levi Senpai says “Shes strong but you rarely seem to find people who can player her , her range tho isnt that good + she can kill you as long as she stacks her E on you , which is something she wont have time to do since you can kill her in 3 autos with critical build ”
Fruxo says “Careful to her lvl 6 on lane. Dodges your W easily with her auto attack quick jump, try to catch her out and follow her positioning. She becomes a really deadly force in the late game though once she gets a few items.”
jster131 says “Absolute dogshit champ unless you have RNG Uzi playing her. Her early game is terrible,and he rate game is only god if she is ahead and if she has a strong engage support such as alistar, or thresh. Just poke the fuck outta her and farm up those kills in the botlane.”
TruMediaMix1 says “You can greatly limit Kalista's mobility thanks to your passive. She cannot counter your Enchanted Crystal Arrow unless she uses a Flash or jumps to the side with her passive.”
Xerxes Is ADC says “she's scary, beware she will dodge ur cc once she gets enough attack speed and movement speed. play with ur support and cc kalista. dont 1v2.”
xTheUnlimited says “I think she is considered as a pretty easy matchup. You got a way bigger range than her so if you dont lose the lane really hard, she won't be a threat. ”
xTheUnlimited says “Has a strong laning phase and even poke damage through her E. You should get an aggressive support against her tho to all in her and dont let her get fed. ”
B34STLYG4M3R says “Kalista is a pain due to all the extra damage from her Rend. Her range is the same as yours, however, she stomps nearly every single lane in the laning phase. Avoid trading in lane. Play around your stealth in the mid game to fight her. ”
qasddsa says “Average ADC right now, since the marksmen changes didn't affect her too much. She has a weak early game and a much smaller range than you, so you need to abuse that as much as possible. In fights, you cannot let her stack Rend spears freely on you; dodge her Q spear so she cannot get a free stack. You easily outdamage her mid-late game.”
weinerman says “hah, pathetic, i mean you can say that her jumps give her more mobility than ur passive and her e is impossible to predict with spell shield and her ult works really well against you if you ult to escape. but you're completely totally and utterly wrong, kalista never wins.”
satancurls says “Kalista tem um grande potencial dependendo do seu suporte, então é algo mais situacional. De qualquer forma não é tão difícil jogar contra, tenha paciência e tente conseguir alguma vantagem sobre ela.”
Seigemaster035 says “You shit on her late, early shes pretty strong though, so make sure you take trades where she doesn't get too many passive stacks in you to rend.”
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