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How to Win Rumble vs Kalista Counter MatchupRumble is in the s tier of champions

Rumble vs Kalista

How to Beat Kalista as Rumble in LoLRumble is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kalista as Rumble

based on 647 Rumble vs Kalista matchups
Win Rate
52.7 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our dataset, Rumble engaged Kalista 647 times. Having so many games with Rumble versus Kalista provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce useful statistics and a recommended build to defeat your opponent. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Rumble has to counter Kalista in only 1.0% of his games.

Rumble vs Kalista Matchup Summary

Rumble does a good job of beating Kalista. On average, he wins a whopping 52.7% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Rumble versus Kalista games, Rumble’s team is 0.1% less likely to get first blood, indicating that he probably won't get first blood against Kalista.

Best Rumble vs Kalista Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeSorcerer's Shoes

Core Rumble Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassStormsurgeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Hextech RocketbeltRiftmakerShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rumble to level upq
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Second ability for Rumble to level upe
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Last skill for Rumble to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometNimbus CloakAbsolute FocusScorch
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Rumble's passive ability p
Rumble's q ability q
Rumble's w ability w
Rumble's e ability e
Rumble's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Rumble

Tips for Playing as Rumble against Kalista

Try and keep targets in the range of your Flamespitter. It can deal a lot of damage overtime.

If you are winning a fight you can use your ultimate to wall off an escape path.

Try and pace yourself to stay in the Danger Zone to maximize your effectiveness. It is easy to overheat if you rapidly use your abilities.

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.

Rumble vs Kalista Counter Stats

Rumble Image
Win Rate
52.7 %
VS
Win Rate
47.3 %
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7.2
< Kills >
8.5
6.4
< Deaths >
7.1
7.4
< Assists >
6.2
1.68
< Killing Sprees >
1.94
150
< Minions Killed >
176
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.39
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.53
1,008
< Physical Damage >
17,809
23,234
< Magic Damage >
2,920
1,120
< True Damage >
585
25,364
< Damage Dealt >
21,314
25,410
< Damage Taken >
23,850
11,808
< Gold Earned >
13,103
1.68
< Towers >
2.45
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
3,623
< Total Healing >
6,772
14,495
< Experience >
12,671
18
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
9
279
< Time Dealing CC >
190

How to Counter Kalista with Rumble in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several valuable Rumble against Kalista matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Rumble’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rumble may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kalista..

Rumble normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rumble and Kalista

Damage Types Compared

Rumble
Kalista
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rumble
Kalista

Who is Better, Rumble or Kalista?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rumble usually wins when taking on Kalista, with a 52.7% win rate. As a result, Rumble makes a good counter for Kalista.

While Rumble does have a higher win rate than Kalista, when on opposite teams, Rumble also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Rumble into Kalistaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Rumble also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rumble vs Kalista matchups, Rumble is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Rumble is an above average counter for Kalista. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Rumble against Kalista.

Additional Information for Rumble Players

How We Calculated Our Rumble vs Kalista Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kalista as Rumble, we analyzed 647 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kalista as Rumble comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rumble to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rumble often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kalista. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Rumble versus Kalista build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Rumble incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Kalista than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Rumble boasted an average winrate of 52.7% battling Kalista with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Kalista as Rumble, Rumble players should use the Arcane Comet, Nimbus Cloak, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Rumble vs Kalista face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.7% win rate overall.

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