01 / Kalista
At a glance
Learn Kalista abilities and prepare your first games. Find builds for each supported role.
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Strengths & weaknesses
Tools to play around
What can go wrong
- PierceRead the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
- SentinelPractise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
- A completed combo is only useful when your position, resources and follow-up are safe.
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Abilities & tips
Open an ability to read its effect and a practical use tip.
PMartial Poise
Enter a movement command while winding up Kalista's basic attack or Pierce to lunge a short distance when she launches her attack.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
QPierce
Throw a fast moving spear that passes through enemies it kills.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
WSentinel
Gain bonus damage when Kalista and her Oathsworn strike the same target. Activate to send a soul to scout out the path, revealing the area in front of it.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
ERend
Attacks impale their targets with spears. Activate to rip the spears out, slowing and dealing escalating damage.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
RFate's Call
Kalista teleports the Oathsworn ally to herself. They gain the ability to dash toward a position, knocking enemy champions back.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
Kalista combos: execution and timing
AA = basic attack · EAA = empowered attack · 1/2/3 = cast stage. Follow the order, not instant key presses.
Follow up with Pierce
- Q
- AA
- E
With Kalista, start with Pierce, then continue through Basic attack → Rend. Track the marks from Rend before following with Rend. Compare a marked target with an unmarked one in practice.
Spell and attack trade: Pierce
- AA
- Q
- E
With Kalista, start with Basic attack, then continue through Pierce → Rend. Track the marks from Rend before following with Rend. Compare a marked target with an unmarked one in practice.
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Game plan by role
Kalista · Bot
Coordinate trades with your support and keep last hits consistent. Stand where you can attack without stepping into both enemy players’ threat range.
Collect safe farm while staying close enough to join your team. Check the map before crossing an exposed side lane for one more wave.
Keep dealing damage to an accessible target while tracking enemy engage tools. A safer sustained position is often better than chasing a distant carry.
Before your next fight, check: Pierce · Fate's Call · Combos
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Matchup preparation
Compare opponents in the build for the role you are actually playing. Then check their key control, escape and defensive spells before choosing your trade.
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Practice checklist
- Cast each ability alone and identify its range, target conditions and stopping point.
- Practise the first sequence slowly. Repeat it while moving, without skipping the conditions shown on its card.
- After each attempt, identify the spell you would still have available to defend or retreat.
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Kalista · Builds & runes
Choose a role, then select your rank on the build page for runes, items, skill order and matchup statistics.