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Runes: PRECISION + DOMINATION

1 2

Precision

Lethal Tempo

Triumph

Legend: Alacrity

Last Stand

Domination

Sudden Impact

Treasure Hunter

Bonus:

+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor

Spells:

1 2 3

FLASH + HEAL

Flash

Heal

Items

START #1 - DORAN BUFFED

EVERY BUILD

BOOTS - 1ST RECALL

MAIN

DO NOT FORGET

EXAMPLE FINAL BUILD

SITUATIONALS

Ability Order R>E>Q>W

Kalista Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Draven

Extreme

Draven's early game is probably best in the game if he can go in with his support. Don't let him get 2nd level before your. Kalista have great early but this guy's damage is something different. Don't try to trade 1 attack with him because his Q gives his overall bigger damage. Try to get his health down when he's catching axes or trying to reach minions.

Taric

Ideal

Great pick paired with Kalista, he can play very aggresive with his cooldown procs on healing. Also you can reposition very well with you passive to hit those stuns. His ultimate makes you immortal as it helps you reach your 6 stacks on Lethal Tempo.

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Taric

Ideal

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	1. Introduction Some informations about me and guide. 2. Pros and Cons Intormations about advantages and disadvantages of Kalista. 3. Runes More about runes. 4. Summoners Quick about summoner spells. 5. Abilities Briefly about skill sequence.	6. Items Build order, cores, situationals, example full build. 7. Champions More about counters, match-ups and synergies. 8. Tips and Tricks Tricky stuff. 9. Other Guides Mine other guides.

Hello everyone, I'm HG White

from EUNE and I love all marksmen + gnar <3. I'm playing league since 2012 but I still learn about this game. I'll give you some tips/advices about Kalista. Maybe she is really hard to master, but after seeing this guide you should know what you're doing. Please give me your feedback to improve my guides :D.

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Pros

+ High mobility
+ Powerful pick after mastering
+ One of the best / secure
+ Good 'ulti combo'
+ Best kiting in game

Kalista is one of the best ADC on duoQ. Her can do really good job with smart support (especially if you can communicate). It also can save your support's life as well as you can use it to engage teamfights. She is in my opinion best 'wombo combo' champs (as ADC). She can do incredibly high damage if is used properly.

Cons

- Poor early game
- Squishy
- Even with high mobility - can be caught with gap closers
- Hard to master
- Only 90% ad converts into auto attack damage

She is really hard to play. Her ultimate depends on other person. If that person is tilted or int, it's useless. Her jumps makes her attack speed slower above about 2 as (because of animation).

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Hail of Blades

Bonuses:

10% Attack Speed - (can also be additional 5.4 Attack Damage but I prefer attack speed due to Rend)
5.4 Attack Damage (adaptive) - some amount of damage that helps killing creeps, fighting and scaling your abilities
6 Armor - quite good after buffs, can also be 8 Magic Resists against magic compositions.

Runes:
- more attack speed for next 3 auto attacks = more burst damage. It's really helps winning early fights. You can use it with to poke enemies - use basic attack on low health minion then attack 3 times champion then 'take out' spears (you'll get mana back, cooldown back).

- due to Kalista's passive it's best choise here.

- I prefer this rune that other 2 because you won't clear as much wards as support () and you won't put this much wards ( due to ).

- You won't profit and too much and Kalista's spears deal a lot of damage so I take this hunter. Sometimes I take when my team composition is about combo.

Second runes:
and - they both make your potential damage higher. I used to use and and it wasn't bad at all. I prefer runes when they have better scaling and runes when your team composition depends on late game.

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Flash

For better positioning in teamfights, for escaping, for doing some tricks or just dodge something. Just most useful spell and in my opinion should be taken always.

Heal

Heal is primary spell for every ADC, but in meta of everything on bot it isn't the only spell that can be taken. gives you high early potential to win early game. It heals you and your botmate. I think if you don't want to think too much you can take it always. But in some situations it's better to take or .

BARRIER

You can take barrier if your support already has taken . It's also good if you know that enemies gonna take a lot of grievous wounds - s, build , , , etc.

CLEANSE

You can take cleanse if enemies has got early hard cc (like , etc.) or that much cc that isn't enough. If you've taken that ask support if he can take (not necessary if support has healing like , etc.).

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R>E>Q>W

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

> > >

is our main damage ability and it's must have to max that first. You can use it to secure farm or to slow sometimes. I do max Q because it gives you some burst and tricky jump. helps you to control vision. Your ultimate depends on your teammate so be careful. You can use it as initiate and also as rescue for support (especially good with and ).

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Match-ups	Synergies
Ashe	Leona

Match-ups

Ashe

starting items:

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Synergies

Leona

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More about Kalista

1. When you are harrasing someone do 1 or more attacks on minion (depends on it's health) because you can use to deal damage to opponent, refund mana and cooldown, also kill that minion.

2. Use to control vision. You can check if there is jungler or if enemy team is doing objectives.

3. pirce passes through enemies when it kills it. For example if there is meele minion & caster minion in line and melee minion has low health that Q can kill it, it'll hit also caster and take every spear that you stacked on melee.

More about ADC role

1. Use wards. Your support isn't the only person in team that should buy s. Don't be scare to spend 75 gold, it's about 3 melee minions - it can save you from enemy jungler or roaming midlaner. It's better to spend 75 gold than give 300 gold to enemy and lose farm.

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