Ezreal vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Ezreal
based on 2,167 Ezreal vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ezreal vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Ezreal vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Kalista
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
Advice to Win Against Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Ezreal vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Ezreal in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several critical Ezreal against Kalista matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kalista..
Ezreal usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Kalista. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ezreal and Kalista
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Who is Better, Ezreal or Kalista?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ezreal usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kalista, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Ezreal makes an ok counter to Kalista.
While Ezreal does have a lower winrate compared to Kalista, when facing one another, Ezreal also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ezreal into Kalistaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ezreal also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Kalista matchups, Kalista is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Ezreal is a somewhat poor counter for Kalista. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ezreal against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ezreal to counter Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ezreal typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Kalista. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Ezreal versus Kalista build include Muramana, Trinity Force, and Frozen Heart. When Ezreal incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Kalista than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Ezreal had an average win rate of 49.3% when playing against Kalista with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Kalista as Ezreal, Ezreal players should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Ezreal vs Kalista counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.
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