LoL Champion Build Guides: Kalista
Kalista The Spear of Vengeance
Find the best Kalista build guides for League of Legends S12 Patch 12.1. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Kalista build for the S12 meta. Learn more about Kalista's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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[12.1] Kalista - Immortal Shieldbow
[12.1] Kalista - Immortal Shieldbow
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[PATCH 11.24] Kalista ADC Full Guide
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A Guide to Playing Lethality Kalista
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[11.24] [Quick Guide] Kite Machine Kalista
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Kalista Jesuscirraptor SUP
Kalista Jesuscirraptor SUP
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[12.1] Kalista Build
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[Patch 10.25b] ~COMPLETE GUIDE for Kalista Top~ [WIP POSTPON
[Patch 10.25b] ~COMPLETE GUIDE for Kalista Top~ [WIP POSTPON
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[10.25] Kalista Toplane by DaddyNasenbär
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Kalista
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Kalista Mid Guide by Nav
Kalista Mid Guide by Nav
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The "harder but rewarding" way to Kalista
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[10.25] Guide to Kalista
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[11.12] THE ULTIMATE S11 GRANDMASTER Kalista Guide!
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Supreme Kalista ADC Guide
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Trinity Kalista
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Karlista
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[10.23] The best way to play Kalista ! (Jungle)
[10.23] The best way to play Kalista ! (Jungle)
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Kalista Support
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Kalista Jesuscirraptor MID AD Caster
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Kalista ADC Guide (Patch 11.6)
Kalista Build & Runes
If you're looking for the best rune build for Kalista we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Kalista, as determined by LeagueSpy's calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Kalista this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.1. However, if you are a new Kalista player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Kalista!
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Kalista's Top Items
Kalista's Top Items
Runaan's Hurricane
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Randuin's Omen
Kalista's Top Runes
Kalista's Runes
61%
Win Rate 203 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
42%
Win Rate 1225 Games
Third Best
50%
Win Rate 173 Games
Kalista's Summoner Spells
45%
Win Rate 3234 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Kalista's Starters
47%
Win Rate 77 Games
Trinket
49%
Win Rate 2518 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
42%
Win Rate 2161 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
42%
Win Rate 130 Games
Oracle Lens
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Kalista's Core Items
Kalista's Luxury Items
Kalista's Ability Order
50%
Win Rate 2 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
0%
Win Rate 2 Games
Third Best
100%
Win Rate 1 Games
Top Kalista Players
Get match statisctics & builds Top Kalista Players are using on LeagueSpy!
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Kalista's Top Items
Kalista's Top Items
Runaan's Hurricane
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Randuin's Omen
Kalista's Top Runes
Kalista's Runes
47%
Win Rate 337 Games
- 1
- 2
Second Best
47%
Win Rate 144 Games
Third Best
0%
Win Rate Games
Kalista's Summoner Spells
54%
Win Rate 125 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Kalista's Starters
47%
Win Rate 1270 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Trinket
50%
Win Rate 779 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
45%
Win Rate 895 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
42%
Win Rate 78 Games
Oracle Lens
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Kalista's Core Items
Kalista's Luxury Items
Kalista's Ability Order
79%
Win Rate 52 Games
- 1
Top Kalista Players
Get match statisctics & builds Top Kalista Players are using on LeagueSpy!
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Kalista's Top Items
Kalista's Top Items
Runaan's Hurricane
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Randuin's Omen
Kalista's Top Runes
Kalista's Runes
52%
Win Rate 203 Games
- 1
- 2
Second Best
40%
Win Rate 77 Games
Third Best
0%
Win Rate Games
Kalista's Summoner Spells
53%
Win Rate 234 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Kalista's Starters
47%
Win Rate 883 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Trinket
59%
Win Rate 69 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
51%
Win Rate 443 Games
Farsight Alteration
Third Best
44%
Win Rate 717 Games
Stealth Ward
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Kalista's Core Items
Kalista's Luxury Items
Kalista's Ability Order
66%
Win Rate 32 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
64%
Win Rate 25 Games
Third Best
81%
Win Rate 16 Games
Top Kalista Players
Get match statisctics & builds Top Kalista Players are using on LeagueSpy!
Kalista Counters
Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Kalista guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!
This counter data is for Kalista ADC in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Kalista. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.
Best Against Kalista
Worst Against Kalista
Kalista Skins
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Our Wish List feature will send you notifications when your skins are on sale!Kalista's Abilities
If Kalista enters a movement command while winding her basic attack or Pierce, she will drive through that direction when she launches her attack, dashing a short distance. The distance traveled scales with bonus movement speed.
Additionally, Kalista begins the game with a unique item, The Black Spear.
The Black Spear - Active: Kalista offers a pact to an allied champion. Should they agree, the item is consumed and binds them together, turning the target into an Oathsworn ally for the remainder of the game. Kalista requires an Oathsworn ally to utilize Sentinel's Soul-Marked and Fate's Call.
If Pierce scores a kill, the spear will continue onward, passing all Rend stacks from the dead victim to the next enemy it hits.
Active: Kalista commands a soul sentinel to the target location within range, gaining sight in a ~450-length cone in front of it. The sentinel's sight is obstructed by terrain and brush. Upon reaching the target location, it will return to a point within ~1400 units of cast location. The sentinel will perform a total of 3 laps, including the first two lengths. The sentinel is vulnerable from behind and will die if attacked twice by an enemy champion or once by a tower. If the sentinel spots an enemy champion it will scream and stalk them for the next 4 seconds, revealing them for the duration.
Kalista stores a charge of Sentinel every 90 / 80 / 70 / 60 / 50 seconds, and can store up to 2 charges.
Active: Kalista rips all spears from nearby enemies, dealing 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+0.7 per attack damage) physical damage and slowing them by 10 / 18 / 26 / 34 / 42% for 2 seconds. Rend's damage is increased by 5 / 9 / 14 / 20 / 27 (+23.2 / 27.5 / 31.9 / 36.3 / 40.6% attack damage) for every spear beyond the first that Kalista ripped from them. Rend deals 50% reduced damage to epic monsters.
Killing an enemy with Rend restores 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 mana and refunds the cooldown.
Upon their arrival, the Oathsworn may dash with displacement immunity to a target location, and will automatically do so at maximum range from Kalista's facing direction, ending Fate's Call's effects in the process. The Oathsworn stops upon colliding with an enemy champion, knocking up all nearby enemies upon impact for 1 / 1.5 / 2 seconds and dashing to their basic attack range relative to the target collided with.
The Oathsworn must be nearby to cast this ability. The Oathsworn vanishes upon retrieval until reappearing from completing the dash, and is also silenced and unable to perform movement or attack commands during the entire effect.
Questions About Kalista
Latest Questions
Crits on wierd ADC's
So, for these champions how do crits work? How do Infinity Edge Crits work? I figure for something like a Jinx Rocket Launcher or Senna Relic Cannon Crit, It would take the AD ratio (110 or 120) and just double it (220 or 240). I don't know tho....
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Lethal Tempol is Good For kalista ?
Would Devourer stack Kalista's Pierce passive twice?
Kalista jungle probably isn't a good idea, but if you can stack spears faster, that would be pretty strong.
Where is the Passive Target assist on Kalista?
Kalista's jump used to show you where you were headed. I don't know exactly when it stopped, but it's just gone now. I reset everything on my side, but it was still gone. I didn't see anything in the patch notes about it though. Am I missing...
Runaan's Hurricane seems like a no-brainer on Teemo and Kalista....
So why do barely any guides say to use it? It makes both these champions much more effective (E stacks for Kalista, poisoning 3 targets at once with Teemo). Is there some reason why it's not as good as I think on these champs? Because right now I...
How is Runaan's Hurricane viable on Kalista?
The past few games I've played with and against a few [[kalista]]s, and all of them rushed [[runaan's hurricane]] as their first or second item. Someone told me it's the best item on her since its applies [[rend]]. I'm a tad confused on the logic...
First Item on Kalista?
Hey guys, I was wondering what you were building first on Kalista. I have seen rushed IEs, BotrKs and even Boots. I am currently sticking with BotrK but most guides say lifesteal isnt good on her.... I really like BotrK because of the %...
Kalista's Top Items
Runaan's Hurricane
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Randuin's Omen
Kalista's Top Runes
