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 +12 Attack Damage
500
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage +25 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
Thirst:+10% Physical Vamp.
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the enemy's current Health
on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 9%). Minion damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 60.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities deals 30-100 bonus magic damage and steals 25% of their Move Speed for 2 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
3000
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: Is a great source of sustain with it’s lifesteal but mostly picked for it’s ability to cut through tanks or champions who heavily stack health like Dr. Mundo.
Berserker's Greaves
Attack Speed +20 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
+45 Move Speed.
1400
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +35 Attack Damage
+30% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 35 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
11% Armor Penetration and
11% Magic Penetration for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. The upper limit of armor and magic penetration rates is 40% when equipped with Terminus.
3400
Terminus TIPS: On-hit item that provides mixed penetration & stacking bonus resistances. It works well on champions that auto-attack a lot.
Berserker's Greaves
Attack Speed +20 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
+45 Move Speed.
1400
Quicksilver Enchant
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.75 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): After 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. 800
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: Good against assassins and burst damage.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage +25 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
Thirst:+10% Physical Vamp.
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the enemy's current Health
on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 9%). Minion damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 60.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities deals 30-100 bonus magic damage and steals 25% of their Move Speed for 2 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
3000
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: Is a great source of sustain with it’s lifesteal but mostly picked for it’s ability to cut through tanks or champions who heavily stack health like Dr. Mundo.
Berserker's Greaves
Attack Speed +20 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
+45 Move Speed.
1400
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +35 Attack Damage
+30% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 35 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
11% Armor Penetration and
11% Magic Penetration for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. The upper limit of armor and magic penetration rates is 40% when equipped with Terminus.
3400
Terminus TIPS: On-hit item that provides mixed penetration & stacking bonus resistances. It works well on champions that auto-attack a lot.
Runaan's Hurricane
Ranged Attacks hit 3 targets +45% Attack Speed
Wind's Fury: Attacks strike 2 additional nearby enemies, each dealing 55%. These strikes can Critically Strike and trigger on-hit effects.
Wind’s Favor: Gain 20 AD or 40 AP
(Adaptive).
Wind Blade: Attacks deal 15 bonus physical damage on-hit against targets.
This item cannot only be used by melee champions. 2900
Runaan's Hurricane TIPS: Good for champions who need to constantly auto-attack to deal damage.
Wit's End
Basic Attack deals Bonus Damage +45% Attack Speed
+45 Magic Resistance
At Wit's End: Basic attacks deal 15-65 bonus magic damage. While below 50% Health, dealing damage to an enemy champion heals you for (Melee 100%/Range 33%) of this effect's post-mitigation damage.
2700
Wit's End TIPS: A good item to build if you want to deal sustained damage and have some defensive stats against magic damage threats. Most commonly bought on champions that can benefit from it’s on-hit damage like Vayne, Irelia or Master Yi.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health
+50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 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) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health
+50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 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) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Demonbane: 20% of the damage that your attack deals, or 15% of the physical damage that your abilities deal is converted into a magic shield that absorbs up to 60-400 magic damage. The shield decays by 5% per second.
3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: Good choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie who can quickly take you down. It's also effective against sustained damage mages like Vladimir and Swain who rely on consistent damage over time.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +35 Attack Damage
+30% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 35 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
11% Armor Penetration and
11% Magic Penetration for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. The upper limit of armor and magic penetration rates is 40% when equipped with Terminus.
3400
Terminus TIPS: On-hit item that provides mixed penetration & stacking bonus resistances. It works well on champions that auto-attack a lot.
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +30 Attack Damage
+25% Critical Rate
Last Whisper: +33% Armor Penetration.
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3300
Mortal Reminder TIPS: Must have item versus champions with a lot of healing such as Soraka, Yuumi, Dr. Mundo or Vladimir.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health
+50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 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) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
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: If you're an assassin and the enemy has a lot of shields, pick this item up to make destroying their shields easier.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health
+50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 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) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Guardian Angel
Revives at death +40 Attack Damage
+40 Armor
Resurrect: Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% and Health и 30% Mana after 4 seconds of stasis. (210s Cooldown) 3400
Guardian Angel TIPS: Second chance in teamfights. Effective against high burst damage champions (Zed, Syndra, Zoe, etc.) and strong diving potential (Camille, Kha’Zix, Lee Sin, etc.).
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
Attack Speed
Gain stacks of Attack Speed when attacking enemy champions. Stacks up to 6 times. At max stacks, you gain bonus range and can exceed the Attack Speed cap.
Each stack: increase 10-18% (Melee) or 4-13% (Ranged) Attack Speed for 6 seconds.
At max stack bonus: Gain 50 (Melee) or 75 (Ranged) Attack Distance.
Brutal
On-hit Damage
Basic attacks deal 7-21 bonus adaptive damage on-hit against champions.
Coup de Grace
Bonus Damage
When an enemy champion has less than 40% Health, deals 8% bonus adaptive damage.
Legend: Alacrity
Bonus Attack Speed
Gains 3% Attack Speed. Takedown monsters, enemy champions, or minions to gain up to an additional 20% Attack Speed.
Sudden Impact
Bonus Damage
For 4 seconds after exiting stealth or using a dash, leap, blink, or teleport, damaging an enemy champion additionally deals 10-80 true damage.
Cooldown: 10s
(Q) PIERCE
8/7.5/7/6.5s
55/60/65/70
Hurls a spear, dealing 130 physical damage (60/125/190/230 + 105% ) 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 27 physical damage (8/12/16/20 + 35/39/43/47%
) 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
80/70/60s
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 Physical Damage +150 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Armor
+45 Move Speed.
Block: Reduces physical damage taken by 7-10% ().
1350
Guardian Angel
Revives at death +40 Attack Damage
+40 Armor
Resurrect: Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% and Health и 30% Mana after 4 seconds of stasis. (210s Cooldown) 3400
Guardian Angel TIPS: Second chance in teamfights. Effective against high burst damage champions (Zed, Syndra, Zoe, etc.) and strong diving potential (Camille, Kha’Zix, Lee Sin, etc.).
Randuin's Omen
Attack to heal from enemy Critical Strikes +400 Max Health
+75 Armor
Countercurrent: When you are Critically Struck or take physical damage, gain 1 stack of Countercurrent. Each stack of Countercurrent grants 5% Critical Strike damage reduction. Stacks up to 4 times. Upon reaching full stacks, grants 20% bonus Movement Speed and slow resist equal to 20% plus 0.5% of bonus Health.
2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: Pick the item if enemy team has a lot of physical damage, you need increased armor and you want to get an additional bonus to movement speed and resistance to slowdowns.. Effective against champions who deal consistent crit based damage like Jinx, Yasuo or Tryndamere.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health
+75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an enemy champion's attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 2% bonus Health
magic damage to the attacker and inflict 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 second(s).
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: Consider in the following situations: 1) when facing multiple auto-attack reliant champions on the enemy team, such as Tryndamere, Yasuo, and Jinx; 2) reduce the effectiveness of healing when playing against Soraka, Vladimir or Samira; 3) soak up damage.
Iceborn Gauntlet
Attacks create a slowing field +250 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. It also creates an icy field for 2 seconds that slows enemies inside by 30%. Armor increases the size of the icy field. (1.5s Cooldown)
Damage is reduced vs structures. 3100
Iceborn Gauntlet TIPS: Makes you tankier while slowing and dealing damage to enemies.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed +250 Max Health
+50 Armor
Relentless: +5% Move 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 50% for 1 second. 2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: Great for tanks and bruisers who need extra movement speed and durability. Also provides excellent burst especially in combination with spellblade items (e.g. Divine Sunderer).
Frozen Heart
Reduces all nearby enemies Attack Speed +80 Armor
+200 Max Mana
+25 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Basic attacks and magic damage caused by you or inflicted upon you and nearby allies, will apply stacks of Chill to the enemy champion for 3 seconds. Each stack of Chill slows enemy attack speed by 9%, up to a maximum of 4 stacks or 36% attack speed reduction. Each individual ability has a 3 seconds cooldown on applying Chill stacks. 2700
Frozen Heart TIPS: Recommended whenever you need to increase mana usage; reduce enemy attack speed. It's effective against AD champions who rely on basic attacks (Jinx, Tristana, Vayne) or use their abilities frequently (Yasuo, Riven, Zed).
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 all nearby enemies Attack Speed +80 Armor
+200 Max Mana
+25 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Basic attacks and magic damage caused by you or inflicted upon you and nearby allies, will apply stacks of Chill to the enemy champion for 3 seconds. Each stack of Chill slows enemy attack speed by 9%, up to a maximum of 4 stacks or 36% attack speed reduction. Each individual ability has a 3 seconds cooldown on applying Chill stacks. 2700
Frozen Heart TIPS: Recommended whenever you need to increase mana usage; reduce enemy attack speed. It's effective against AD champions who rely on basic attacks (Jinx, Tristana, Vayne) or use their abilities frequently (Yasuo, Riven, Zed).
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: Good against assassins and burst damage.
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 +40 Attack Damage
+15 Ability Haste
Last Whisper: +33% Armor Penetration
.
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies by 30% for 1 second. 3100
Serylda's Grudge TIPS: There is a need to slow down enemy champions and improve their kiting potential. A good item to build if you want to control the pace of the fight and peel for your team.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Abilities apply slows +350 Max Health
+70 Ability Power
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies by 30% for 1 second. 2700
Rylai's Crystal Scepter TIPS: This item will allow you to slow the enemy whenever your abilities deal damage to them. Pick up on champions with lots of AOE.
Iceborn Gauntlet
Attacks create a slowing field +250 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. It also creates an icy field for 2 seconds that slows enemies inside by 30%. Armor increases the size of the icy field. (1.5s Cooldown)
Damage is reduced vs structures. 3100
Iceborn Gauntlet TIPS: Makes you tankier while slowing and dealing damage to enemies.
Sterak's Gage
Taking damage triggers a shield +400 Max Health
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 3 seconds (90s Cooldown).
Sterak's Fury: Triggering Lifeline increases size, empowers you, removes all crowd control effects on you (except Airborne), and grants 30% Tenacity for 4 seconds. 3200
Sterak's Gage TIPS: Increase survivability in team fights to be tankier frontliner. It's effective against champions with burst damage like Zed, Talon and against champions with heavy CC like Lissandra and Nautilus, as the shield can help you survive their initial burst and crowd control.
Immortal Shieldbow
Gain a Shield and Physical Vamp when health is low +40 Attack Damage
+25% Critical Rate
+15% Attack Speed
+5% Physical Vamp
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health preemptively grants a shield that absorbs 250-550 damage (
) for 5 seconds. (90s Cooldown).
Buttle Furor: Triggering Lifeline grants +8% Physical Vamp for 8 seconds.
3000
Immortal Shieldbow TIPS: Recommended when you need a lot of sustain in fights; play a champion that benefits from high AD, (i.e. Draven, Jhin) or facing champions that deal a lot of physical damage (i.e. Zed, Master Yi, Tryndamere).
Locket Enchant
Area of effect magic shield
Locket (Active): Grants a shield to yourself and nearby allied champions that each absorbs 60-390 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. 500
Locket Enchant TIPS: Is great on tanks who are good in team fights.
Gargoyle Enchant
Shield
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a shield that absorbs 28% of your max Health. The shield decays over 4 seconds. (60s Cooldown) Fore every enemy nearby, gain an additional shield that absorbs damage equal to 14% of max Health, capped at 3 shields. Damage dealt is reduced by 40% for 4 seconds. If the shield breaks early, damage reduction will end. 500
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 130 physical damage (60/125/190/230 + 105% ) 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 27 physical damage (8/12/16/20 + 35/39/43/47%
) 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.
80/70/60s
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.
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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.