This meta overview presents KALISTA’s ranked performance across different roles and skill tiers. The data includes tier placement, win rate, pick rate, ban rate, and short-term trends, allowing you to evaluate her current strength and draft priority. Statistics are synced with rank buckets and role selection, helping you understand where KALISTA performs best and how her impact changes in the evolving Wild Rift meta.
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Adc Line KALISTA. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Long Sword. Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy
Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Long Sword
+12 Attack Damage
500
Statikk Shiv
Energized Attacks deal chain damage
+40 Attack Damage
+30% Attack Speed
+40 Ability Power
+4% Move Speed
Electroshock: Attacks grant 5 extra Energized stacks.
Electrospark: Moving and attacking generate an Energized Attack that fires chain lightning to 4–7 targets (
), dealing 60 magic damage (increased to 90 magic damage against minions and monsters) and applying on-hit effects to secondary bounce targets.
3000
Statikk Shiv TIPS: This item combines physical and magic damage, Attack Speed, and mobility, enhancing basic attacks and hybrid builds. Moving and attacking charges an empowered attack that releases chain lightning across multiple targets, dealing magic damage and applying on-hit effects to additional targets. An excellent choice for champions who need fast wave clear, multi-target damage, and effective use of on-hit effects.
Berserker's Greaves
Attack Speed
+35% Attack Speed
+45 Move Speed
Blessed Blade: Attacks restore 10 Health on hit.
1200
Berserker's Greaves TIPS: These boots grant a significant boost to attack speed and movement speed, while empowering your basic attacks with on‑hit life steal. — A great pick for marksmen and auto‑attack bruisers who need mobility, rapid attack cadence, and constant sustain in fights.
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Applies on-hit effects
+35 Attack Damage
+30% Attack Speed
+30 Ability Power
Wrath: Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damage on hit.
Seething Strike: Attacks grant 8% Attack Speed, stacking up to 4 times for a maximum of 32% Attack Speed. While fully stacked, every 3 attack(s) applies on-hit effects an additional 1 time(s).
3000
Guinsoo's Rageblade TIPS: This item combines physical and magic damage with Attack Speed, significantly empowering champions focused on on-hit effects. Attacks deal bonus magic damage and gradually increase Attack Speed, while at maximum stacks they periodically trigger on-hit effects an additional time. An excellent choice for champions who rely on frequent basic attacks and stacking multiple on-hit effects.
Berserker's Greaves
Attack Speed
+35% Attack Speed
+45 Move Speed
Blessed Blade: Attacks restore 10 Health on hit.
1200
Berserker's Greaves TIPS: These boots grant a significant boost to attack speed and movement speed, while empowering your basic attacks with on‑hit life steal. — A great pick for marksmen and auto‑attack bruisers who need mobility, rapid attack cadence, and constant sustain in fights.
Gunmetal Greaves
Increases Attack Speed and Movement Speed
+50% Attack Speed
+45 Move Speed
+5% Lifesteal
Noxian Gait: Attacks against enemy champions grant Movement Speed (10% for melee champions / 7% for ranged champions) decaying over 2 seconds.
Blessed Blade: Attacks restore 12 Health on hit.
2200
Gunmetal Greaves TIPS: These boots significantly increase Attack Speed while also providing Movement Speed and Lifesteal, making them well suited for champions who rely on frequent basic attacks. Attacking enemy champions temporarily increases Movement Speed, making it easier to chase and reposition, while each hit also restores Health. An excellent choice for auto-attackers who need mobility and consistent sustain in combat.
Statikk Shiv (Energized Attacks deal chain damage) as your first item, followed by
Berserker's Greaves (Grants Attack Speed) (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is
Guinsoo's Rageblade (Applies on-hit effects).
Gunmetal Greaves (Increases Attack Speed and Movement Speed).
Statikk Shiv
Energized Attacks deal chain damage
+40 Attack Damage
+30% Attack Speed
+40 Ability Power
+4% Move Speed
Electroshock: Attacks grant 5 extra Energized stacks.
Electrospark: Moving and attacking generate an Energized Attack that fires chain lightning to 4–7 targets (
), dealing 60 magic damage (increased to 90 magic damage against minions and monsters) and applying on-hit effects to secondary bounce targets.
3000
Statikk Shiv TIPS: This item combines physical and magic damage, Attack Speed, and mobility, enhancing basic attacks and hybrid builds. Moving and attacking charges an empowered attack that releases chain lightning across multiple targets, dealing magic damage and applying on-hit effects to additional targets. An excellent choice for champions who need fast wave clear, multi-target damage, and effective use of on-hit effects.
Berserker's Greaves
Attack Speed
+35% Attack Speed
+45 Move Speed
Blessed Blade: Attacks restore 10 Health on hit.
1200
Berserker's Greaves TIPS: These boots grant a significant boost to attack speed and movement speed, while empowering your basic attacks with on‑hit life steal. — A great pick for marksmen and auto‑attack bruisers who need mobility, rapid attack cadence, and constant sustain in fights.
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Applies on-hit effects
+35 Attack Damage
+30% Attack Speed
+30 Ability Power
Wrath: Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damage on hit.
Seething Strike: Attacks grant 8% Attack Speed, stacking up to 4 times for a maximum of 32% Attack Speed. While fully stacked, every 3 attack(s) applies on-hit effects an additional 1 time(s).
3000
Guinsoo's Rageblade TIPS: This item combines physical and magic damage with Attack Speed, significantly empowering champions focused on on-hit effects. Attacks deal bonus magic damage and gradually increase Attack Speed, while at maximum stacks they periodically trigger on-hit effects an additional time. An excellent choice for champions who rely on frequent basic attacks and stacking multiple on-hit effects.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist
+35 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist(
) for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant
10% Armor Pen and
10% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus
Armor Pen and
Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%.
You cannot own this item concurrently with Void Staff.
3000
Terminus TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage and Attack Speed while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage. Consecutive attacks alternate between effects that gradually increase Armor and Magic Resistance or provide Armor and Magic Penetration. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent basic attacks and on-hit effects who need both sustained damage and additional durability in extended fights.
Runaan's Hurricane
Ranged Attacks hit 3 targets
+40% Attack Speed
+25% Critical Rate
+4% Move Speed
Wind's Fury: Attacks strike 2 additional nearby enemies, each dealing 55% AD
. These strikes can Critically Strike and trigger on-hit effects.
This item cannot only be used by melee champions.
2650
Runaan's Hurricane TIPS: This item combines Attack Speed, Critical Strike Chance, and mobility, significantly improving basic attacks against multiple targets. Each attack also strikes nearby enemies, and these additional hits can Critically Strike and trigger on-hit effects. An excellent choice for auto-attack and on-hit focused champions, especially in team fights against multiple targets.
Wit's End
Basic Attack deals Bonus Damage
+50% Attack Speed
+45 Magic Resistance
+20% Tenacity
At Wit's End: Attacks deal 40 bonus magic damage on hit.
2800
Wit's End TIPS: This item combines high Attack Speed, Magic Resistance, and Tenacity while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage on hit. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent attacks and on-hit effects, especially against teams with heavy magic damage and crowd control.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist
+35 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist(
) for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant
10% Armor Pen and
10% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus
Armor Pen and
Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%.
You cannot own this item concurrently with Void Staff.
3000
Terminus TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage and Attack Speed while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage. Consecutive attacks alternate between effects that gradually increase Armor and Magic Resistance or provide Armor and Magic Penetration. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent basic attacks and on-hit effects who need both sustained damage and additional durability in extended fights.
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing
+35 Attack Damage
+30% Armor Penetration
+25% Critical Rate
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
3000
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with armored enemies. Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of their healing and health regeneration. An excellent choice against teams with high Armor, healing, and regeneration.
Mortal Reminder — This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with armored enemies. Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of their healing and health regeneration. An excellent choice against teams with high Armor, healing, and regeneration.
Runaan's Hurricane
Ranged Attacks hit 3 targets
+40% Attack Speed
+25% Critical Rate
+4% Move Speed
Wind's Fury: Attacks strike 2 additional nearby enemies, each dealing 55% AD
. These strikes can Critically Strike and trigger on-hit effects.
This item cannot only be used by melee champions.
2650
Runaan's Hurricane TIPS: This item combines Attack Speed, Critical Strike Chance, and mobility, significantly improving basic attacks against multiple targets. Each attack also strikes nearby enemies, and these additional hits can Critically Strike and trigger on-hit effects. An excellent choice for auto-attack and on-hit focused champions, especially in team fights against multiple targets.
Kraken Slayer
Deal bonus physical damage
+45 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
+4% Move Speed
Bring it Down: Every third attack deals 150–210 bonus physical damage (120–168 for ranged champions), increased by 0.75% per 1% Health the target is missing, up to an increase of 75%.
2900
Kraken Slayer TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Attack Speed, and mobility, enhancing sustained basic attack damage. Every third attack deals bonus physical damage that increases as the enemy loses Health. An excellent choice for marksmen and other champions who rely on frequent basic attacks and want to finish off weakened targets more effectively.
Kraken Slayer — This item combines Attack Damage, Attack Speed, and mobility, enhancing sustained basic attack damage. Every third attack deals bonus physical damage that increases as the enemy loses Health. An excellent choice for marksmen and other champions who rely on frequent basic attacks and want to finish off weakened targets more effectively.
Runaan's Hurricane
Ranged Attacks hit 3 targets
+40% Attack Speed
+25% Critical Rate
+4% Move Speed
Wind's Fury: Attacks strike 2 additional nearby enemies, each dealing 55% AD
. These strikes can Critically Strike and trigger on-hit effects.
This item cannot only be used by melee champions.
2650
Runaan's Hurricane TIPS: This item combines Attack Speed, Critical Strike Chance, and mobility, significantly improving basic attacks against multiple targets. Each attack also strikes nearby enemies, and these additional hits can Critically Strike and trigger on-hit effects. An excellent choice for auto-attack and on-hit focused champions, especially in team fights against multiple targets.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage
+40 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
+12% Lifesteal
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the enemy's current Health on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 8%). Minimum damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 100.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities slows them by 30% for 1.5s. (30s Cooldown)
3100
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Attack Speed, and Lifesteal, providing strong sustained damage and additional survivability. Attacks deal bonus physical damage based on the target's current Health, making it especially effective against high-Health champions. Consecutive attacks or abilities also slow the target, helping you stick to enemies. An excellent choice for marksmen and fighters focused on extended fights and basic attacks.
Blade of the Ruined King — This item combines Attack Damage, Attack Speed, and Lifesteal, providing strong sustained damage and additional survivability. Attacks deal bonus physical damage based on the target's current Health, making it especially effective against high-Health champions. Consecutive attacks or abilities also slow the target, helping you stick to enemies. An excellent choice for marksmen and fighters focused on extended fights and basic attacks.
Wit's End
Basic Attack deals Bonus Damage
+50% Attack Speed
+45 Magic Resistance
+20% Tenacity
At Wit's End: Attacks deal 40 bonus magic damage on hit.
2800
Wit's End TIPS: This item combines high Attack Speed, Magic Resistance, and Tenacity while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage on hit. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent attacks and on-hit effects, especially against teams with heavy magic damage and crowd control.
Guardian Angel
Revives at death
+45 Attack Damage
+40 Armor
Resurrect: Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% Health and 100% Mana after 4 seconds of stasis. (180s Cooldown)
3200
Guardian Angel TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a second chance in teamfights. It is especially effective against champions with high burst damage, such as Zed, Syndra, or Zoe, as well as against strong diving champions like Camille, Kha'Zix, or Lee Sin. The Resurrection effect allows you to return to the fight after taking lethal damage, restoring health and mana, giving you a chance to continue fighting and assist your team even in critical moments.
Guardian Angel — This item is perfect for champions who need a second chance in teamfights. It is especially effective against champions with high burst damage, such as Zed, Syndra, or Zoe, as well as against strong diving champions like Camille, Kha'Zix, or Lee Sin. The Resurrection effect allows you to return to the fight after taking lethal damage, restoring health and mana, giving you a chance to continue fighting and assist your team even in critical moments.
Wit's End
Basic Attack deals Bonus Damage
+50% Attack Speed
+45 Magic Resistance
+20% Tenacity
At Wit's End: Attacks deal 40 bonus magic damage on hit.
2800
Wit's End TIPS: This item combines high Attack Speed, Magic Resistance, and Tenacity while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage on hit. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent attacks and on-hit effects, especially against teams with heavy magic damage and crowd control.
Mercurial Scimitar
Dispels crowd control
+45 Attack Damage
+12% Lifesteal
+40 Magic Resistance
Quicksilver Sash (Active): Removes all crowd control debuffs from you and grants immunity to crowd control for 0.25s.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects.
3100
Mercurial Scimitar TIPS: This item is designed to counter crowd control. Its active removes most disabling effects and briefly grants immunity to follow-up control, while the passive provides additional resistance to crowd control and slows once the effect ends. It is an excellent choice for marksmen, fighters, and assassins who need to maintain their mobility and keep dealing damage against heavy-CC team compositions.
Mercurial Scimitar — This item is designed to counter crowd control. Its active removes most disabling effects and briefly grants immunity to follow-up control, while the passive provides additional resistance to crowd control and slows once the effect ends. It is an excellent choice for marksmen, fighters, and assassins who need to maintain their mobility and keep dealing damage against heavy-CC team compositions.
Wit's End
Basic Attack deals Bonus Damage
+50% Attack Speed
+45 Magic Resistance
+20% Tenacity
At Wit's End: Attacks deal 40 bonus magic damage on hit.
2800
Wit's End TIPS: This item combines high Attack Speed, Magic Resistance, and Tenacity while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage on hit. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent attacks and on-hit effects, especially against teams with heavy magic damage and crowd control.
Serpent's Fang
Anti-Shielding
+50 Attack Damage
+10 Ability Haste
Stab:
+15 Armor Penetration.
Shield Reaver: Dealing damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3s. Melee champions apply (10% of bonus AD
+ 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%; while ranged champions apply (10% of bonus AD
+ 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Shield Reaver, all shields on them are reduced by the same values.
2800
Serpent's Fang TIPS: This item is perfect for assassins and champions who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to attack damage and ability haste, along with increased armor penetration, making it effective against well-protected enemies. The "Shield Reaver" effect allows you to reduce the effectiveness of shields gained by enemy champions, depending on your bonus attack damage, helping to quickly break through shields. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on shields for defense, such as Lux, Braum, and others.
Serpent's Fang — This item is perfect for assassins and champions who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to attack damage and ability haste, along with increased armor penetration, making it effective against well-protected enemies. The "Shield Reaver" effect allows you to reduce the effectiveness of shields gained by enemy champions, depending on your bonus attack damage, helping to quickly break through shields. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on shields for defense, such as Lux, Braum, and others.
Wit's End
Basic Attack deals Bonus Damage
+50% Attack Speed
+45 Magic Resistance
+20% Tenacity
At Wit's End: Attacks deal 40 bonus magic damage on hit.
2800
Wit's End TIPS: This item combines high Attack Speed, Magic Resistance, and Tenacity while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage on hit. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent attacks and on-hit effects, especially against teams with heavy magic damage and crowd control.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable
+40 Armor
+110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown)
3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Zhonya's Hourglass — This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Wit's End
Basic Attack deals Bonus Damage
+50% Attack Speed
+45 Magic Resistance
+20% Tenacity
At Wit's End: Attacks deal 40 bonus magic damage on hit.
2800
Wit's End TIPS: This item combines high Attack Speed, Magic Resistance, and Tenacity while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage on hit. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent attacks and on-hit effects, especially against teams with heavy magic damage and crowd control.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability
+250 Max Health
+50 Attack Damage
Gouge:
+12 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown)
3000
Edge of Night TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a mix of offense and defense. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, along with increased armor penetration to help you shred through enemy defenses. The "Annul" effect grants you a spell shield, blocking the next enemy ability. This spell shield refreshes when leaving combat with enemy champions, making the item a great choice for champions who need protection from crowd control and to engage in fights, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Edge of Night — This item is perfect for champions who need a mix of offense and defense. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, along with increased armor penetration to help you shred through enemy defenses. The "Annul" effect grants you a spell shield, blocking the next enemy ability. This spell shield refreshes when leaving combat with enemy champions, making the item a great choice for champions who need protection from crowd control and to engage in fights, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and
Heal (Restore Health to you and the most wounded nearby ally champion) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Heal
Restore 110 Health (110–400
) to you and the most wounded nearby ally champion, and grants both of you 30% bonus Movement Speed for 2 second(s).
Healing is halved for champions recently affected by Heal.
Cooldown: 100s
Exhaust
Exhausts target enemy champion, reducing their Movement Speed by 35% and their damage dealt by 40% for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Lethal Tempo (Stack Attack Speed with each consecutive attack. At max stacks, gain additional Attack Speed and deal bonus damage with your attacks) as your keystone, followed by
Brutal (Attacks deal bonus damage to enemy champions.),
Coup de Grace (Increases damage dealt to enemy champions with low Health.) and
Legend: Alacrity (Gains Attack Speed.) in the primary tree, as well as
Sudden Impact (After dashing or exiting invisibility/stealth, your next damaging attack or ability deals true damage on hit. The attack/ability gains bonus effects at higher levels.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Lethal Tempo
Attack Speed
Gain Attack Speed when attacking enemy champions. Stacks up to 6 times. At max stacks deal bonus damage with your attacks.
Each stack Attack Speed by 6% (4.8% for ranged champions) for 6 seconds.
Max stacks bonus: Attacks against non-turrets fire a bullet on hit, dealing 9–30 adaptive damage (6–20 for ranged champions). Every 1% bonus Attack Speed you have increases the damage by 0.5% (0.33% for ranged champions).
Brutal
Attacks deal on-hit damage
Attacks deal (5 + 6% bonus
+ 3%
) bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions.
Coup de Grace
Increase damage to low Health enemies
Your attacks deal 8% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with less than 40% Health.
Legend: Alacrity
Increase bonus Attack Speed
Gains 3% Attack Speed. Takedown monsters, enemy champions, or minions to gain up to an additional 18% Attack Speed.
Sudden Impact
Triggers when in stealth or dashing
Damaging an enemy champion deals a bonus 15-65 true damage after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when exiting stealth for 4s.
The damaging attack/ability gains bonuses at higher levels:
Level 5: Deal an additional 5 true damage.
Level 9: Deal an additional 5 true damage and gain 10% Movement Speed for 1.5s after dealing the damage.
Cooldown: 10s
Coup de Grace
Increase damage to low Health enemies
Your attacks deal 8% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with less than 40% Health.
Cut Down
Deal more damage to high Health enemies
Your attacks deal 6.57% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with more than 60% Health.
Cut Down — This rune increases damage against high-health targets, helping you deal with tanky enemies more effectively. It is ideal for champions who rely on consistent damage output, especially against tanks and durable fighters. It works best on marksmen and some fighters where efficiently shredding high-health targets is important.
Sudden Impact
Triggers when in stealth or dashing
Damaging an enemy champion deals a bonus 15-65 true damage after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when exiting stealth for 4s.
The damaging attack/ability gains bonuses at higher levels:
Level 5: Deal an additional 5 true damage.
Level 9: Deal an additional 5 true damage and gain 10% Movement Speed for 1.5s after dealing the damage.
Cooldown: 10s
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 (
) less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Bone Plating — The rune reduces damage from enemy attacks and abilities when you take damage from an enemy champion. It lowers damage from the next few attacks or abilities for a short period, making it useful for most champions, including tanks, fighters, and even some mages. The rune helps improve survivability by mitigating damage in critical moments of the fight, making it suitable for heroes who find themselves in the heart of battles.
(Q) PIERCE
8/7.5/7/6.5s
55/60/65/70
Hurls a spear, dealing 134 physical damage (70/135/200/265 + 110%
) to the first target hit. If this kills the target, the spear continues onward, carrying the target's Rend stacks to the next enemy hit.
After casting this ability, Kalista can dash using Martial Poise.
(W) SENTINEL
20s
30
Passive: When the distance between Kalista and her Oathsworn is less than 8, and both hit the same target within 4s using attacks or Pierce, Kalista deals 16/17/18/19% of the target's max Health as bonus magic damage. This effect has a 8s cooldown per target.
Active: Sends a Soul Sentinel to patrol an area. Upon spotting an enemy champion, the Sentinel follows them for 4s, revealing them for 4s. Sentinels disappear after patrolling 3 laps.
Charge: Kalista gains a charge every 45/40/35/30s, storing up to 2 charge(s).
This ability's passive deals at least 75 damage against minions and executes them if their Health is below 125.
(E) REND
10/9/8/7s
30
Passive: On hit, Kalista's spears linger in their target for 4 second(s), applying a stacking Rend.
Active: Kalista rips the spears from nearby enemies, dealing 75 physical damage (30/45/60/75 + 70%
) plus 33 physical damage (12/22/32/42 + 36/43/50/57%
) per spear after the first. Slows enemies hit by 15/25/35/45% for 2 second(s).
If this ability kills at least one target, its cooldown is refreshed, and it refunds 12/18/24/30 Mana.
Deals 50% damage to epic mOnsters.
(R) FATE'S CALL
60/55/50s
100
Kalista puts her Oathsworn into stasis and draws them to herself for up to 4 second(s).
The Oathsworn can launch themselves in a direction, knocking nearby enemies airborne for 1/1.5/2 second(s) upon hitting the first enemy champion. The Oathsworn then ricochets for a distance based on their max attack range.
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Adc KALISTA. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Adc KALISTA in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks
+150 Max Health
+20 Armor
+45 Move Speed
Block: Reduces damage from champion attacks by 10%.
1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against champions who rely heavily on basic attacks. They increase your Health and Armor, while the passive further reduces damage taken from enemy champion attacks. An excellent choice against marksmen, AD fighters, and other auto-attack-focused champions.
Randuin's Omen
Counters Critical Strike Damage
+400 Max Health
+75 Armor
Resilience: Critically Struck deal 30% less damage to you.
Countercurrent: Gain 1 stacks of Countercurrent when Critically Struck by physical damage. Each stuck grants 5% Movement Speed and 5% slow resist. Max 4 stacks.
2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: This item is built to counter crit-heavy builds. It provides a large health pool and armor while reducing damage from critical strikes, making you much tougher in head-on engagements. When you are critically struck, you gain stacks that boost your movement and slow resistance, helping you hold position and control fight spacing. — Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need to stand up to high-crit auto-attackers and survive extended teamfights.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing
+200 Max Health
+75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor
+ 1% bonus Health
magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed
+350 Max Health
+70 Armor
+4% Movement Speed
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 75% for 1 second.
2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and armor, and its “Momentum” passive builds movement speed as you move—up to a cap—until you land an attack, which then triggers “Crushing Blow”, dealing bonus magic damage based on the momentum removed and slowing enemies at full stacks. This makes it an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need extra mobility to engage quickly and sustain through fights. Tips: ideal for champions who need to close distance and absorb damage; pairs extremely well with Spellblade items (e.g., Divine Sunderer) for additional burst damage on engage.
Frozen Heart
Reduces enemy Attack Speed
+80 Armor
+400 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemy champions within 650 units of you by 25%.
2550
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item combines a large amount of Armor, additional Mana, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. Nearby enemy champions have their Attack Speed reduced, making it especially effective against marksmen and other opponents who rely heavily on frequent basic attacks. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters against attack-focused team compositions.
Warden's Mail
Reduces enemy's Attack Speed
+35 Armor
Cold Steel: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemies by 15% for 1.5 seconds when struck by an attack.
1050
Frozen Heart
Reduces enemy Attack Speed
+80 Armor
+400 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemy champions within 650 units of you by 25%.
2550
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item combines a large amount of Armor, additional Mana, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. Nearby enemy champions have their Attack Speed reduced, making it especially effective against marksmen and other opponents who rely heavily on frequent basic attacks. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters against attack-focused team compositions.
Seeker's Armguard
Turn invulnerable
+20 Armor
+35 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown)
1200
Seeker's Armguard TIPS: This item combines Ability Power with extra defense, but its defining feature is the ability to become temporarily invulnerable. Its active effect lets you completely avoid lethal damage, dodge crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to return. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to survive burst damage and outplay opponents in critical teamfights.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable
+40 Armor
+110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown)
3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Exhaust
Exhausts target enemy champion, reducing their Movement Speed by 35% and their damage dealt by 40% for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Serylda’s Grudge
Armor Penetration (%) and apply slows
+50 Attack Damage
+35% Armor Penetration
+15 Ability Haste
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies below 60% current Health by 30% Movement Speed for 1 second.
3100
Serylda’s Grudge TIPS: This item significantly increases physical damage through percentage Armor Penetration while allowing you to use abilities more frequently. Damaging wounded enemies with active abilities or empowered attacks also slows them, making it easier to chase or keep targets at a distance. An excellent choice for AD champions who rely on abilities and need effective Armor Penetration combined with additional control.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Abilities apply slows
+350 Max Health
+65 Ability Power
Icy: Damaging abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies by 30% for 0.75 second.
2700
Rylai's Crystal Scepter TIPS: This item enhances your crowd control by causing your abilities and empowered attacks to slow enemies with every hit. The bonus health improves your durability, while the consistent slow makes it much easier to land follow-up abilities, chase fleeing targets, and support your teammates. It is an excellent choice for damage-over-time mages and champions who rely on keeping enemies within the range of their abilities.
Iceborn Gauntlet
Attacks create a slowing field
+300 Max Health
+50 Armor
+250 Max Mana
+30 Ability Haste
Spellblade: Using an ability causes your next attack within 10 seconds to deal bonus physical damage equal to (100% base AD
+ 25% Bonus Armor
) in an area and creates an icy field for 2 seconds that slows by 30%. Armor increases the size of the icy field. (1.5s Cooldown)
Damage is reduced vs structures.
3000
Iceborn Gauntlet TIPS: This item greatly boosts your health, armor, mana, and ability haste, making you much tankier. After casting an ability, your next attack in an area deals bonus physical damage and creates an icy field that slows enemies inside by 30%. The field’s size scales with your armor. This makes the item a great choice for champions who want to combine high survivability with crowd control and extra AOE damage.
Stridebreaker
Slows enemies nearby after a short dash
+400 Max Health
+40 Attack Damage
+25% Attack Speed
Breaking Shockwave (Active): Activate to dash a short distance, dealing 100% AD
as Physical Damage to nearby enemies and slowing them by 40% for 3s (25s cooldown)
Stride (Passive): Gain 20 Movement Speed for 2 second(s) when you deal physical damage.
3100
Stridebreaker TIPS: This item combines mobility, damage, and crowd control, making it easier to stick to your targets. Its active lets you dash a short distance, damage nearby enemies, and heavily slow them, while the passive grants bonus movement speed whenever you deal physical damage. It is an excellent choice for fighters and bruisers who want to engage quickly, chase down opponents, and keep enemies within melee range.
Sterak's Gage
Taking damage triggers a shield
+400 Max Health
+20% Tenacity
Heavy Handed: +50% base Attack Damage as bonus Attack Damage.
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35%
Health grants a shield that equal to 75% of your bonus health
that decays over 5 seconds (70s Cooldown).
Sterak's Fury: Triggering Lifeline increases size and grants 30% Tenacity for 8 seconds.
3200
Sterak's Gage TIPS: This item combines a large amount of Health, crowd control resistance, and additional Attack Damage based on the champion's base Attack Damage. When your Health drops to a critical level, it grants a powerful shield that scales with bonus Health and temporarily provides even more Tenacity. An excellent choice for fighters and other AD champions who need additional survivability in extended and intense fights.
Locket of the Iron Solari
Team shield
+200 Max Health
+30 Armor
+30 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Locket (Active): Grants a shield to yourself and nearby allied champions that each absorbs 250-370 damage for 2.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
This effect is reduced by 50% if the target has been affected by another Locket in the last 20 seconds.
2600
Locket of the Iron Solari TIPS: This item provides powerful team-wide protection during fights. Its active grants a shield to you and nearby allies, helping your team survive burst damage and reducing the impact of enemy engages. It is an excellent choice for tanks and supports who stay close to their teammates and want to maximize their team's survivability in teamfights.
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Shield
+200 Max Health
+45 Armor
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a base shield that absorbs damage equal to 100 plus 90% bonus
and gain size, decayng over 2.5s. (60s Cooldown)
2900
Gargoyle Stoneplate TIPS: This item greatly increases your survivability during teamfights. Its active grants a powerful shield that scales with your bonus Health, allowing you to withstand heavy focus fire and remain on the frontline longer. It is an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb large amounts of damage while protecting their team.
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Solo Baron Line KALISTA. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Long Sword. Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy
Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Long Sword
+12 Attack Damage
500
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage
+40 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
+12% Lifesteal
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the enemy's current Health on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 8%). Minimum damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 100.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities slows them by 30% for 1.5s. (30s Cooldown)
3100
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Attack Speed, and Lifesteal, providing strong sustained damage and additional survivability. Attacks deal bonus physical damage based on the target's current Health, making it especially effective against high-Health champions. Consecutive attacks or abilities also slow the target, helping you stick to enemies. An excellent choice for marksmen and fighters focused on extended fights and basic attacks.
Berserker's Greaves
Attack Speed
+35% Attack Speed
+45 Move Speed
Blessed Blade: Attacks restore 10 Health on hit.
1200
Berserker's Greaves TIPS: These boots grant a significant boost to attack speed and movement speed, while empowering your basic attacks with on‑hit life steal. — A great pick for marksmen and auto‑attack bruisers who need mobility, rapid attack cadence, and constant sustain in fights.
Runaan's Hurricane
Ranged Attacks hit 3 targets
+40% Attack Speed
+25% Critical Rate
+4% Move Speed
Wind's Fury: Attacks strike 2 additional nearby enemies, each dealing 55% AD
. These strikes can Critically Strike and trigger on-hit effects.
This item cannot only be used by melee champions.
2650
Runaan's Hurricane TIPS: This item combines Attack Speed, Critical Strike Chance, and mobility, significantly improving basic attacks against multiple targets. Each attack also strikes nearby enemies, and these additional hits can Critically Strike and trigger on-hit effects. An excellent choice for auto-attack and on-hit focused champions, especially in team fights against multiple targets.
Berserker's Greaves
Attack Speed
+35% Attack Speed
+45 Move Speed
Blessed Blade: Attacks restore 10 Health on hit.
1200
Berserker's Greaves TIPS: These boots grant a significant boost to attack speed and movement speed, while empowering your basic attacks with on‑hit life steal. — A great pick for marksmen and auto‑attack bruisers who need mobility, rapid attack cadence, and constant sustain in fights.
Quicksilver Sash
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.25 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects.
1100
Quicksilver Sash TIPS: This enchant instantly removes most crowd control effects and briefly grants immunity to further disables. Once the effect ends, it provides increased resistance to crowd control and slows, helping you escape dangerous situations or continue fighting without interruption. It is an excellent choice against teams with heavy crowd control, allowing you to stay mobile and effective in crucial moments.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable
+40 Armor
+110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown)
3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Blade of the Ruined King (Attacks deal bonus damage) as your first item, followed by
Berserker's Greaves (Grants Attack Speed) (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is
Runaan's Hurricane (Ranged Attacks hit 3 targets).
Quicksilver Sash (Dispels crowd control). You may want to replace it with
Zhonya's Hourglass (Turn invulnerable), it all depends on your playstyle and the situation on the battlefield.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage
+40 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
+12% Lifesteal
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the enemy's current Health on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 8%). Minimum damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 100.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities slows them by 30% for 1.5s. (30s Cooldown)
3100
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Attack Speed, and Lifesteal, providing strong sustained damage and additional survivability. Attacks deal bonus physical damage based on the target's current Health, making it especially effective against high-Health champions. Consecutive attacks or abilities also slow the target, helping you stick to enemies. An excellent choice for marksmen and fighters focused on extended fights and basic attacks.
Berserker's Greaves
Attack Speed
+35% Attack Speed
+45 Move Speed
Blessed Blade: Attacks restore 10 Health on hit.
1200
Berserker's Greaves TIPS: These boots grant a significant boost to attack speed and movement speed, while empowering your basic attacks with on‑hit life steal. — A great pick for marksmen and auto‑attack bruisers who need mobility, rapid attack cadence, and constant sustain in fights.
Runaan's Hurricane
Ranged Attacks hit 3 targets
+40% Attack Speed
+25% Critical Rate
+4% Move Speed
Wind's Fury: Attacks strike 2 additional nearby enemies, each dealing 55% AD
. These strikes can Critically Strike and trigger on-hit effects.
This item cannot only be used by melee champions.
2650
Runaan's Hurricane TIPS: This item combines Attack Speed, Critical Strike Chance, and mobility, significantly improving basic attacks against multiple targets. Each attack also strikes nearby enemies, and these additional hits can Critically Strike and trigger on-hit effects. An excellent choice for auto-attack and on-hit focused champions, especially in team fights against multiple targets.
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Applies on-hit effects
+35 Attack Damage
+30% Attack Speed
+30 Ability Power
Wrath: Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damage on hit.
Seething Strike: Attacks grant 8% Attack Speed, stacking up to 4 times for a maximum of 32% Attack Speed. While fully stacked, every 3 attack(s) applies on-hit effects an additional 1 time(s).
3000
Guinsoo's Rageblade TIPS: This item combines physical and magic damage with Attack Speed, significantly empowering champions focused on on-hit effects. Attacks deal bonus magic damage and gradually increase Attack Speed, while at maximum stacks they periodically trigger on-hit effects an additional time. An excellent choice for champions who rely on frequent basic attacks and stacking multiple on-hit effects.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist
+35 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist(
) for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant
10% Armor Pen and
10% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus
Armor Pen and
Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%.
You cannot own this item concurrently with Void Staff.
3000
Terminus TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage and Attack Speed while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage. Consecutive attacks alternate between effects that gradually increase Armor and Magic Resistance or provide Armor and Magic Penetration. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent basic attacks and on-hit effects who need both sustained damage and additional durability in extended fights.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability
+300 Max Health
+50 Armor
+50 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor
by 30% and Magic Resistance
by 30% until out of combat with champion.
3200
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist
+35 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist(
) for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant
10% Armor Pen and
10% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus
Armor Pen and
Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%.
You cannot own this item concurrently with Void Staff.
3000
Terminus TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage and Attack Speed while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage. Consecutive attacks alternate between effects that gradually increase Armor and Magic Resistance or provide Armor and Magic Penetration. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent basic attacks and on-hit effects who need both sustained damage and additional durability in extended fights.
Black Cleaver
Physical Damage reduces Armor
+400 Max Health
+40 Attack Damage
+20 Ability Haste
Sunder: Dealing physical damage to a champion reduces their Armor by 6% for 6 seconds, stacking 5 times for 30% reduction.
Rage: Gain 20 Movement Speed when you deal physical damage. When moving toward enemy champions with 5 Sunder stacks, gain 40 Move Speed. Ranged champions gain halved values.
3000
Black Cleaver TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who deal physical damage and need to fight tanky opponents. The "Sunder" effect reduces the enemy’s armor when dealing physical damage, making it effective at shredding through tanks with high resistance. The movement speed bonus, activated when dealing physical damage, helps maintain mobility on the battlefield. It's a great choice for fighters and junglers who can quickly apply multiple stacks of the item’s passive, reducing the enemy's armor and increasing the overall damage dealt.
Black Cleaver — This item is perfect for champions who deal physical damage and need to fight tanky opponents. The "Sunder" effect reduces the enemy’s armor when dealing physical damage, making it effective at shredding through tanks with high resistance. The movement speed bonus, activated when dealing physical damage, helps maintain mobility on the battlefield. It's a great choice for fighters and junglers who can quickly apply multiple stacks of the item’s passive, reducing the enemy's armor and increasing the overall damage dealt.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist
+35 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist(
) for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant
10% Armor Pen and
10% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus
Armor Pen and
Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%.
You cannot own this item concurrently with Void Staff.
3000
Terminus TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage and Attack Speed while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage. Consecutive attacks alternate between effects that gradually increase Armor and Magic Resistance or provide Armor and Magic Penetration. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent basic attacks and on-hit effects who need both sustained damage and additional durability in extended fights.
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing
+35 Attack Damage
+30% Armor Penetration
+25% Critical Rate
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
3000
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with armored enemies. Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of their healing and health regeneration. An excellent choice against teams with high Armor, healing, and regeneration.
Mortal Reminder — This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with armored enemies. Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of their healing and health regeneration. An excellent choice against teams with high Armor, healing, and regeneration.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability
+300 Max Health
+50 Armor
+50 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor
by 30% and Magic Resistance
by 30% until out of combat with champion.
3200
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Wit's End
Basic Attack deals Bonus Damage
+50% Attack Speed
+45 Magic Resistance
+20% Tenacity
At Wit's End: Attacks deal 40 bonus magic damage on hit.
2800
Wit's End TIPS: This item combines high Attack Speed, Magic Resistance, and Tenacity while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage on hit. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent attacks and on-hit effects, especially against teams with heavy magic damage and crowd control.
Wit's End — This item combines high Attack Speed, Magic Resistance, and Tenacity while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage on hit. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent attacks and on-hit effects, especially against teams with heavy magic damage and crowd control.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability
+300 Max Health
+50 Armor
+50 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor
by 30% and Magic Resistance
by 30% until out of combat with champion.
3200
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Serpent's Fang
Anti-Shielding
+50 Attack Damage
+10 Ability Haste
Stab:
+15 Armor Penetration.
Shield Reaver: Dealing damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3s. Melee champions apply (10% of bonus AD
+ 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%; while ranged champions apply (10% of bonus AD
+ 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Shield Reaver, all shields on them are reduced by the same values.
2800
Serpent's Fang TIPS: This item is perfect for assassins and champions who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to attack damage and ability haste, along with increased armor penetration, making it effective against well-protected enemies. The "Shield Reaver" effect allows you to reduce the effectiveness of shields gained by enemy champions, depending on your bonus attack damage, helping to quickly break through shields. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on shields for defense, such as Lux, Braum, and others.
Serpent's Fang — This item is perfect for assassins and champions who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to attack damage and ability haste, along with increased armor penetration, making it effective against well-protected enemies. The "Shield Reaver" effect allows you to reduce the effectiveness of shields gained by enemy champions, depending on your bonus attack damage, helping to quickly break through shields. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on shields for defense, such as Lux, Braum, and others.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability
+300 Max Health
+50 Armor
+50 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor
by 30% and Magic Resistance
by 30% until out of combat with champion.
3200
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Guardian Angel
Revives at death
+45 Attack Damage
+40 Armor
Resurrect: Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% Health and 100% Mana after 4 seconds of stasis. (180s Cooldown)
3200
Guardian Angel TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a second chance in teamfights. It is especially effective against champions with high burst damage, such as Zed, Syndra, or Zoe, as well as against strong diving champions like Camille, Kha'Zix, or Lee Sin. The Resurrection effect allows you to return to the fight after taking lethal damage, restoring health and mana, giving you a chance to continue fighting and assist your team even in critical moments.
Guardian Angel — This item is perfect for champions who need a second chance in teamfights. It is especially effective against champions with high burst damage, such as Zed, Syndra, or Zoe, as well as against strong diving champions like Camille, Kha'Zix, or Lee Sin. The Resurrection effect allows you to return to the fight after taking lethal damage, restoring health and mana, giving you a chance to continue fighting and assist your team even in critical moments.
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and
Cleanse (Removes all crowd control) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.25 seconds.
Cooldown: 110s
Lethal Tempo (Stack Attack Speed with each consecutive attack. At max stacks, gain additional Attack Speed and deal bonus damage with your attacks) as your keystone, followed by
Brutal (Attacks deal bonus damage to enemy champions.),
Coup de Grace (Increases damage dealt to enemy champions with low Health.) and
Legend: Alacrity (Gains Attack Speed.) in the primary tree, as well as
Bone Plating (Reduces incoming damage.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Lethal Tempo
Attack Speed
Gain Attack Speed when attacking enemy champions. Stacks up to 6 times. At max stacks deal bonus damage with your attacks.
Each stack Attack Speed by 6% (4.8% for ranged champions) for 6 seconds.
Max stacks bonus: Attacks against non-turrets fire a bullet on hit, dealing 9–30 adaptive damage (6–20 for ranged champions). Every 1% bonus Attack Speed you have increases the damage by 0.5% (0.33% for ranged champions).
Brutal
Attacks deal on-hit damage
Attacks deal (5 + 6% bonus
+ 3%
) bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions.
Coup de Grace
Increase damage to low Health enemies
Your attacks deal 8% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with less than 40% Health.
Legend: Alacrity
Increase bonus Attack Speed
Gains 3% Attack Speed. Takedown monsters, enemy champions, or minions to gain up to an additional 18% Attack Speed.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 (
) less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Brutal
Attacks deal on-hit damage
Attacks deal (5 + 6% bonus
+ 3%
) bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions.
Gathering Storm
Increasing AD/AP
Every 3 minutes, gain increasing Adaptive
or
. Totaling: 2/5/9/14
or 4/10/18/28
based on game time.
Gathering Storm — The rune increases your adaptive strength (AD or AP) every 3 minutes, stacking bonuses as the game progresses. It is perfect for champions who need scaling power throughout the game, such as mages and damage-focused champions. The rune allows for significant damage growth in the late game, making it a great choice for champions who can build up their power over time and use it to secure victories in critical fights.
Coup de Grace
Increase damage to low Health enemies
Your attacks deal 8% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with less than 40% Health.
Cut Down
Deal more damage to high Health enemies
Your attacks deal 6.57% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with more than 60% Health.
Cut Down — This rune increases damage against high-health targets, helping you deal with tanky enemies more effectively. It is ideal for champions who rely on consistent damage output, especially against tanks and durable fighters. It works best on marksmen and some fighters where efficiently shredding high-health targets is important.
(Q) PIERCE
8/7.5/7/6.5s
55/60/65/70
Hurls a spear, dealing 134 physical damage (70/135/200/265 + 110%
) to the first target hit. If this kills the target, the spear continues onward, carrying the target's Rend stacks to the next enemy hit.
After casting this ability, Kalista can dash using Martial Poise.
(W) SENTINEL
20s
30
Passive: When the distance between Kalista and her Oathsworn is less than 8, and both hit the same target within 4s using attacks or Pierce, Kalista deals 16/17/18/19% of the target's max Health as bonus magic damage. This effect has a 8s cooldown per target.
Active: Sends a Soul Sentinel to patrol an area. Upon spotting an enemy champion, the Sentinel follows them for 4s, revealing them for 4s. Sentinels disappear after patrolling 3 laps.
Charge: Kalista gains a charge every 45/40/35/30s, storing up to 2 charge(s).
This ability's passive deals at least 75 damage against minions and executes them if their Health is below 125.
(E) REND
10/9/8/7s
30
Passive: On hit, Kalista's spears linger in their target for 4 second(s), applying a stacking Rend.
Active: Kalista rips the spears from nearby enemies, dealing 75 physical damage (30/45/60/75 + 70%
) plus 33 physical damage (12/22/32/42 + 36/43/50/57%
) per spear after the first. Slows enemies hit by 15/25/35/45% for 2 second(s).
If this ability kills at least one target, its cooldown is refreshed, and it refunds 12/18/24/30 Mana.
Deals 50% damage to epic mOnsters.
(R) FATE'S CALL
60/55/50s
100
Kalista puts her Oathsworn into stasis and draws them to herself for up to 4 second(s).
The Oathsworn can launch themselves in a direction, knocking nearby enemies airborne for 1/1.5/2 second(s) upon hitting the first enemy champion. The Oathsworn then ricochets for a distance based on their max attack range.
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Solo Baron KALISTA. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
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We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Solo Baron KALISTA in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks
+150 Max Health
+20 Armor
+45 Move Speed
Block: Reduces damage from champion attacks by 10%.
1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against champions who rely heavily on basic attacks. They increase your Health and Armor, while the passive further reduces damage taken from enemy champion attacks. An excellent choice against marksmen, AD fighters, and other auto-attack-focused champions.
Randuin's Omen
Counters Critical Strike Damage
+400 Max Health
+75 Armor
Resilience: Critically Struck deal 30% less damage to you.
Countercurrent: Gain 1 stacks of Countercurrent when Critically Struck by physical damage. Each stuck grants 5% Movement Speed and 5% slow resist. Max 4 stacks.
2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: This item is built to counter crit-heavy builds. It provides a large health pool and armor while reducing damage from critical strikes, making you much tougher in head-on engagements. When you are critically struck, you gain stacks that boost your movement and slow resistance, helping you hold position and control fight spacing. — Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need to stand up to high-crit auto-attackers and survive extended teamfights.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing
+200 Max Health
+75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor
+ 1% bonus Health
magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed
+350 Max Health
+70 Armor
+4% Movement Speed
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 75% for 1 second.
2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and armor, and its “Momentum” passive builds movement speed as you move—up to a cap—until you land an attack, which then triggers “Crushing Blow”, dealing bonus magic damage based on the momentum removed and slowing enemies at full stacks. This makes it an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need extra mobility to engage quickly and sustain through fights. Tips: ideal for champions who need to close distance and absorb damage; pairs extremely well with Spellblade items (e.g., Divine Sunderer) for additional burst damage on engage.
Frozen Heart
Reduces enemy Attack Speed
+80 Armor
+400 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemy champions within 650 units of you by 25%.
2550
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item combines a large amount of Armor, additional Mana, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. Nearby enemy champions have their Attack Speed reduced, making it especially effective against marksmen and other opponents who rely heavily on frequent basic attacks. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters against attack-focused team compositions.
Warden's Mail
Reduces enemy's Attack Speed
+35 Armor
Cold Steel: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemies by 15% for 1.5 seconds when struck by an attack.
1050
Frozen Heart
Reduces enemy Attack Speed
+80 Armor
+400 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemy champions within 650 units of you by 25%.
2550
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item combines a large amount of Armor, additional Mana, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. Nearby enemy champions have their Attack Speed reduced, making it especially effective against marksmen and other opponents who rely heavily on frequent basic attacks. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters against attack-focused team compositions.
Seeker's Armguard
Turn invulnerable
+20 Armor
+35 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown)
1200
Seeker's Armguard TIPS: This item combines Ability Power with extra defense, but its defining feature is the ability to become temporarily invulnerable. Its active effect lets you completely avoid lethal damage, dodge crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to return. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to survive burst damage and outplay opponents in critical teamfights.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable
+40 Armor
+110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown)
3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Exhaust
Exhausts target enemy champion, reducing their Movement Speed by 35% and their damage dealt by 40% for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Serylda’s Grudge
Armor Penetration (%) and apply slows
+50 Attack Damage
+35% Armor Penetration
+15 Ability Haste
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies below 60% current Health by 30% Movement Speed for 1 second.
3100
Serylda’s Grudge TIPS: This item significantly increases physical damage through percentage Armor Penetration while allowing you to use abilities more frequently. Damaging wounded enemies with active abilities or empowered attacks also slows them, making it easier to chase or keep targets at a distance. An excellent choice for AD champions who rely on abilities and need effective Armor Penetration combined with additional control.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Abilities apply slows
+350 Max Health
+65 Ability Power
Icy: Damaging abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies by 30% for 0.75 second.
2700
Rylai's Crystal Scepter TIPS: This item enhances your crowd control by causing your abilities and empowered attacks to slow enemies with every hit. The bonus health improves your durability, while the consistent slow makes it much easier to land follow-up abilities, chase fleeing targets, and support your teammates. It is an excellent choice for damage-over-time mages and champions who rely on keeping enemies within the range of their abilities.
Iceborn Gauntlet
Attacks create a slowing field
+300 Max Health
+50 Armor
+250 Max Mana
+30 Ability Haste
Spellblade: Using an ability causes your next attack within 10 seconds to deal bonus physical damage equal to (100% base AD
+ 25% Bonus Armor
) in an area and creates an icy field for 2 seconds that slows by 30%. Armor increases the size of the icy field. (1.5s Cooldown)
Damage is reduced vs structures.
3000
Iceborn Gauntlet TIPS: This item greatly boosts your health, armor, mana, and ability haste, making you much tankier. After casting an ability, your next attack in an area deals bonus physical damage and creates an icy field that slows enemies inside by 30%. The field’s size scales with your armor. This makes the item a great choice for champions who want to combine high survivability with crowd control and extra AOE damage.
Stridebreaker
Slows enemies nearby after a short dash
+400 Max Health
+40 Attack Damage
+25% Attack Speed
Breaking Shockwave (Active): Activate to dash a short distance, dealing 100% AD
as Physical Damage to nearby enemies and slowing them by 40% for 3s (25s cooldown)
Stride (Passive): Gain 20 Movement Speed for 2 second(s) when you deal physical damage.
3100
Stridebreaker TIPS: This item combines mobility, damage, and crowd control, making it easier to stick to your targets. Its active lets you dash a short distance, damage nearby enemies, and heavily slow them, while the passive grants bonus movement speed whenever you deal physical damage. It is an excellent choice for fighters and bruisers who want to engage quickly, chase down opponents, and keep enemies within melee range.
Sterak's Gage
Taking damage triggers a shield
+400 Max Health
+20% Tenacity
Heavy Handed: +50% base Attack Damage as bonus Attack Damage.
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35%
Health grants a shield that equal to 75% of your bonus health
that decays over 5 seconds (70s Cooldown).
Sterak's Fury: Triggering Lifeline increases size and grants 30% Tenacity for 8 seconds.
3200
Sterak's Gage TIPS: This item combines a large amount of Health, crowd control resistance, and additional Attack Damage based on the champion's base Attack Damage. When your Health drops to a critical level, it grants a powerful shield that scales with bonus Health and temporarily provides even more Tenacity. An excellent choice for fighters and other AD champions who need additional survivability in extended and intense fights.
Locket of the Iron Solari
Team shield
+200 Max Health
+30 Armor
+30 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Locket (Active): Grants a shield to yourself and nearby allied champions that each absorbs 250-370 damage for 2.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
This effect is reduced by 50% if the target has been affected by another Locket in the last 20 seconds.
2600
Locket of the Iron Solari TIPS: This item provides powerful team-wide protection during fights. Its active grants a shield to you and nearby allies, helping your team survive burst damage and reducing the impact of enemy engages. It is an excellent choice for tanks and supports who stay close to their teammates and want to maximize their team's survivability in teamfights.
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Shield
+200 Max Health
+45 Armor
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a base shield that absorbs damage equal to 100 plus 90% bonus
and gain size, decayng over 2.5s. (60s Cooldown)
2900
Gargoyle Stoneplate TIPS: This item greatly increases your survivability during teamfights. Its active grants a powerful shield that scales with your bonus Health, allowing you to withstand heavy focus fire and remain on the frontline longer. It is an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb large amounts of damage while protecting their team.
MARTIAL POISE
PIERCE
SENTINEL
REND
FATE'S CALL

When Kalista winds up her attacks, moving the left joystick will cause her to dash for a short distance in that direction after she throws her spear.
When the game starts, she can choose an ally to become her Oathsworn.
Kalista cannot change her Oathsworn.
Once Kalista launches her attacks, they cannot be canceled.
Her dash speed and distance scale with boot tier.

8/7.5/7/6.5s
55/60/65/70
Hurls a spear, dealing 134 physical damage (70/135/200/265 + 110%
) to the first target hit. If this kills the target, the spear continues onward, carrying the target's Rend stacks to the next enemy hit.
After casting this ability, Kalista can dash using Martial Poise.

20s
30
Passive: When the distance between Kalista and her Oathsworn is less than 8, and both hit the same target within 4s using attacks or Pierce, Kalista deals 16/17/18/19% of the target's max Health as bonus magic damage. This effect has a 8s cooldown per target.
Active: Sends a Soul Sentinel to patrol an area. Upon spotting an enemy champion, the Sentinel follows them for 4s, revealing them for 4s. Sentinels disappear after patrolling 3 laps.
Charge: Kalista gains a charge every 45/40/35/30s, storing up to 2 charge(s).
This ability's passive deals at least 75 damage against minions and executes them if their Health is below 125.

10/9/8/7s
30
Passive: On hit, Kalista's spears linger in their target for 4 second(s), applying a stacking Rend.
Active: Kalista rips the spears from nearby enemies, dealing 75 physical damage (30/45/60/75 + 70%
) plus 33 physical damage (12/22/32/42 + 36/43/50/57%
) per spear after the first. Slows enemies hit by 15/25/35/45% for 2 second(s).
If this ability kills at least one target, its cooldown is refreshed, and it refunds 12/18/24/30 Mana.
Deals 50% damage to epic mOnsters.

60/55/50s
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Kalista puts her Oathsworn into stasis and draws them to herself for up to 4 second(s).
The Oathsworn can launch themselves in a direction, knocking nearby enemies airborne for 1/1.5/2 second(s) upon hitting the first enemy champion. The Oathsworn then ricochets for a distance based on their max attack range.
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A specter of wrath and retribution, Kalista is the undying spirit of vengeance, an armored nightmare summoned from the Shadow Isles to hunt deceivers and traitors. The betrayed may cry out in blood to be avenged, but Kalista only answers those willing to pay with their very souls. Those who become the focus of Kalista's wrath should make their final peace, for any pact sealed with this grim hunter can only end with the cold, piercing fire of her soul-spears.