Thresh with Kalista
How to Synergize Thresh and Kalista
based on 2,292 Thresh with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Thresh Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Thresh vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Thresh and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Thresh with Kalista
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
Advice to Understand How Kalista Will Play
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.
Thresh Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Thresh in LoL
The Thresh Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Thresh sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kalista helps Thresh perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Thresh is an ally to Kalista, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Kalista provides protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Thresh is played alongside Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kalista. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kalista.
Additionally, when Thresh plays with Kalista on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Thresh in teamfights.
Synergies between Thresh and Kalista
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Is Thresh better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Thresh that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Kalista is a pretty good ally for Thresh. By locking into the same side as Thresh, she raises their win rate by 1.0% to 49.5%. This demonstrates that there is a good bond between Thresh and Kalista that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Kalista has a lower difficulty than Thresh. That means Thresh players don't need to be careful when lining up Kalista teammates to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing alongside, Thresh players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by bringing Thresh and Kalista together, you probably will not be giving your other allies very much tankyness. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Kalista ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Thresh to work well with Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to have in your Thresh and Kalista synergy build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Thresh included at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Kalista than with many other common builds. In fact, Thresh had an average winrate of 49.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
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