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Kalista Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities - Patch 14.21
Kalista The Spear of Vengeance
Find the best Kalista build guides for League of Legends S14 Patch 14.21. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Kalista build for the S14 meta. Learn more about Kalista's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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Kalista Top Lane [S5]
Kalista Top Lane [S5]
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[S5] Your Ultimate Guide to Kalista [Patch 4.21]
[S5] Your Ultimate Guide to Kalista [Patch 4.21]
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Kalista, Fear the Spear(s)
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[S5] Kalista: The AD ballista
[S5] Kalista WILL get you, Betrayer
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Shinigami Kalista
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Kalista casually being Kalista
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Kalista - Unstoppable masterpiece!
Kalista - Dash dash kill dash
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Kalista - Neguinha dos pulos(pt-BR).
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[Season 5] The Spear of Vengence
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[S-D] Kalista ; I SAID NO ESCAPE!
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Shoot Dash Shoot And Rekt
Kalista - Vayne + Nidalee
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The Kite Runner
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KALISTA THE KITE GOD
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Kalista: The Hurricainator
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Best Kindred Build
Best Kindred Build
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KIDNRED ADC ITS FOR KINDRED NO KALISTA
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Kalista ADC
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 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 14.21. 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 Runes
47%
Win Rate 81% Pickrate
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Second Best
44%
Win Rate 10% Pickrate
Third Best
49%
Win Rate 6% Pickrate
Kalista's Summoner Spells
48%
Win Rate 75% Pickrate
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Kalista's Starters
47%
Win Rate 97% Pickrate
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Kalista's Core Items
55%
Win Rate 18% Pickrate
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Boots
Kalista's Luxury Items
Kalista's Ability Order
48%
Win Rate 55% Pickrate
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Second Best
48%
Win Rate 10% Pickrate
Third Best
46%
Win Rate 6% Pickrate
Kalista Counters
Learn Kalista'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
Find Kalista's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Kalista skins and chromas on Kalista's skins page.
Our Wish List feature will send you notifications when your skins are on sale!Kalista's Abilities
Lunge distance scales with the tier of Boots.
Kalista's basic attacks have unique drawbacks They:
- Cannot be cancelled
- Cannot miss
- Deal only 100% of her total attack damage
Kalista can dash after using this ability using Martial Poise.
Active: Kalista sends a ghost to patrol an area for three laps. Champions spotted are revealed for 4 seconds. This ability has 2 charges.
Active: Kalista rips the spears from nearby enemies, dealing 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+20% of ability power) (+0.7 per attack damage) physical damage plus 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 (+20% of ability power) (+25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45% per attack damage) attack damage as physical damage per spear beyond the first. Slows enemies hit by 10 / 18 / 26 / 34 / 42% (+5% per 100 ability power) for 2 seconds.
If this ability kills at least one target, its cooldown is refreshed and it refunds 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 mana.
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....
Runes
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 %...
