Kalista with Nami
How to Synergize Kalista and Nami
based on 453 Kalista with Nami pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kalista Nami Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Nami
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Nami
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Advice to Understand How Nami Will Play
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
Kalista Nami Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nami as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Nami synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nami, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kalista sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nami. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Nami helps Kalista perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista is paired with Nami, she gets a marginal improvement in her total damage output. This difference could signal that Nami supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Nami on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Nami.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Nami on the same side, she on average takes more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Nami does a poor job of covering Kalista during team fights.
Synergies between Kalista and Nami
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Nami?
There is no one best synergy for Kalista that will 100% of the time be her best ally. However, Nami is a below average ally for Kalista. By being on the same team as Kalista, she decreases their win rate by -1.5% to 45.9%. This proves that there is a negative strategic relationship between Kalista and Nami that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Nami has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means Kalista players don't need to be careful when enlisting Nami teammates to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by bringing Kalista and Nami together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of cover. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Nami teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to pair well with Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to have in your Kalista and Nami synergy build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista bought at least these three great items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Nami than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 45.9% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Nami with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Kalista and Nami pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.9% winrate overall.
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