Kalista ADC build & stats
- Win rate
- 48.7%
- Pick rate
- 3.6%
- Ban rate
- 1.2%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Runes
Precision +
Resolve 
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
Precision
Resolve
Summoner spells
Max order
E
Q
W
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Kalista
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Kalista wins 48.7% of games as ADC on patch 16.17 (3,345 games).
- Most common core: Statikk Shiv → Guinsoo's Rageblade → Terminus — 51% win rate over 200 games.
- Take Lethal Tempo as keystone: picked in 85% of games with a 49% win rate.
- Best matchup: Twitch (64% over 47 games). Hardest: Cassiopeia (8% over 12 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 63.6% | 0% (11) | |
| 62.5% | 1% (48) | |
| 60.0% | 1% (20) | |
| 58.9% | 4% (129) | |
| 55.0% | 12% (416) | |
| 53.7% | 26% (863) | |
| 52.9% | 2% (70) | |
| 52.8% | 4% (142) | |
| 51.2% | 1% (43) | |
| 50.5% | 35% (1,185) | |
| 48.9% | 37% (1,240) | |
| 37.4% | 3% (99) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Precision +
Domination
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
Precision
Domination
Precision +
Domination
Precision +
Domination
Keystones
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Lethal Tempo
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
48.2%37% pick
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Press the Attack
Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.
25.0%0% pick
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Hail of Blades
Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
33.3%0% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Barrier
49.8%23% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
46.3%8% pick
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Cleanse + Flash
44.3%6% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
E
Q
W
53.5%127 games
Most common first three levels: E → Q → W (48%), E → Q → E (47%), E → W → Q (71%).
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PMartial PoiseEnter a movement command while winding up Kalista's basic attack or Pierce to lunge a short distance when she launches her attack.
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QPierce
Throw a fast moving spear that passes through enemies it kills.
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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.
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ERend
Attacks impale their targets with spears. Activate to rip the spears out, slowing and dealing escalating damage.
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RFate's CallKalista teleports the Oathsworn ally to herself. They gain the ability to dash toward a position, knocking enemy champions back.