Kalista
Hardest matchups for Kalista in Bot (Emerald, patch 16.20): 
Vel'Koz, 
Hwei, 
Lux. Easiest: 
Ezreal, 
Mel, 
Varus.
Try it in a draftCountersPower curvesIn the tier listWho wins into KalistaOn the pro tier list
Kalista on patch 16.22
- Bot48.3%#50 of 51C9,771 games
- Top47.2%#85 of 103C608 games
- steady since 16.21
Kalista’s main role on patch 16.22 is Bot: a 48.3% win rate across 9,771 Emerald games, #50 of 51 Bot champions on the tier list (grade C), picked in 3.8% of games. Kalista is also played Top: a 47.2% win rate across 608 games, #85 of 103. Since patch 16.21, Kalista Bot has not moved by more than chance explains: 0.2 points across 53,783 games in 8 ranks.
Emerald games from every region, as of Nov 9, 2026. The tables below load current numbers. Patch 16.22 tier list
Solo queue
Open in the tier listPatch 16.20, the current one
| Lane | Grade | Win rate | Games | Picked | Mains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bot89% of its games | C | 48.9%48.8% raw ±0.7 | 22,226 | 3.1%0.9% banned | 52.2%46.6% first time |
| Top8% of its games | C | 47.6%46.4% raw ±2.2 | 1,908 | 0.3%0.9% banned | 51.0%45.7% first time |
| Mid3% of its games | C | 48.1%46.1% raw ±3.3 | 866 | 0.1%0.9% banned | 50.9%46.6% first time |
| Support0% of its games | too few games | 47.6%22.2% raw ±10.3 | 90 | 0.0%0.9% banned | 51.1%46.2% first time |
| Jungle0% of its games | too few games | 49.5%8.3% raw ±28.3 | 12 | 0.0%0.9% banned | 51.4%46.7% first time |
Matchups
Every matchupHow to read this
Kalista’s win rate against each champion picked into it in the lane opposite: its hardest matchups, then its easiest. The small number is the matchup’s own effect on Kalista, the part not explained by either champion’s strength.
Hardest for Kalista
Lane leads and team bans
What Kalista’s team bans
Champions a team bans more often when it has Kalista than the other team does in the same games (148,103 games). The other team banned before Kalista was picked, so the gap is the ban spent because Kalista was coming — a sign players see these as counters. Riot does not say which player cast a ban, so this is the team’s choice.
Builds
Every buildHow to read this
How Kalista is built in this lane, most common first, with the items those builds finish and how they win.
- On-hit
50.6%22,811 games - Crit
49.9%94 games - Lethality
50.5%40 games - Tank
50.8%23 games - AD bruiser
50.5%20 games
Runes and summoner spells
How to read this
How Kalista does with each summoner-spell pair, keystone and minor rune in this lane, at the rank and region above. These are the win rates of the players who made each choice, not the choice’s own effect: a page is recommended only when a real share of players runs it.
24,513 games · patches 16.20, 16.21 · Sep 10 – Oct 21
Flash + Barrier48.9% · 15,483 games
Lethal TempoPrecision + Domination · 48.8%
Triumph · Legend: Alacrity · Cut Down · Sudden Impact · Treasure HunterShards: Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health
Start: Doran's Bow + Health Potion · 50.4%
Key items: Statikk Shiv → Guinsoo's Rageblade · 51.0%
Boots: Gluttonous Greaves · 53.6%Every option, with its numbers
Summoner spells
- Flash + Barrier48.9%15,483 games · 63% pick rate · the usual choiceRecommended
Exhaust + Flash49.2%6,011 games · 25% pick rate · same players: −2.8 pts vs the usual
Cleanse + Flash47.9%2,900 games · 12% pick rate · same players: −2.8 pts vs the usual
Keystones
- Lethal Tempo + Domination48.8%20,305 games · 83% pick rate · the usual choiceRecommended
Lethal Tempo + Inspiration49.4%1,838 games · 7.5% pick rate · same players: −0.4 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Lethal Tempo + Resolve49.8%1,754 games · 7.2% pick rate · same players: −1.1 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Minor runes with Lethal Tempo
- Triumph49.0%98% take it
- Legend: Alacrity49.1%95% take it
Legend: Bloodline45.9%4.9% take it
- Cut Down49.1%18% take it
Last Stand48.7%75% take it
Coup de Grace50.5%6.5% take it
- Sudden Impact48.7%100% take it
- Treasure Hunter48.8%97% take it
Ultimate Hunter49.1%2.3% take it
- Attack Speed48.9%96% take it
- Adaptive Force46.1%3.5% take it
- Adaptive Force48.9%100% take it
- Health48.9%94% take it
- Health Scaling47.5%5.1% take it
These numbers describe, they do not prove. Each rate is Kalista’s record when its player chose that option, pulled toward Kalista’s own rate by 100 games of prior so a small sample cannot look like a discovery. An uncommon page often wins more because experts run it, and they would win on any page, so only a choice taken in at least 10% of games can be recommended, and spells and keystones are ranked by how the SAME players do with them against the usual choice, not by the raw rate; rarer ones are listed with their numbers and labeled. The build line (opening buy, the two key items in the order they are finished, boots or the support upgrade) is advice in the same sense: how Kalista does when built that way.
The learning curve
Champion pool
On a first game Kalista wins 45.9%; in the hands of players with the most mastery on it, 52.9%. That gap ranks it 39 of 173 for how much practice pays. It crosses 50% at about 120K mastery points.
Pro play
On the pro tier list
Kalista in the major leagues and international events this season, across 3,434 games: its record, how often it is picked or banned, whether it is taken blind or saved as a counter, its lane at 15 minutes, and the best pro on it.
| Lane | Win rate | Priority | Blind / counter | Lane @15 | Best pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bot | 48.6%73W 86L | 7%7% in any lane | 52% counter | +19 gold | — |
How much knowing Kalista pays
Players on their Mastery band win 7.0 points more on Kalista than first-timers do: #39 of 173 champions for how much mastery pays.
At 300k+ mastery points, Kalista players win 52.9%: #44 of 173 champions for where mastery ends up. The curve is still rising there: its fitted ceiling of about 55.7% lies beyond the data and is an estimate, not a measurement.
KalistaDots are the six mastery bands, placed at their mastery points. The line is the best-fitting curve that rises and levels off.
This is not a promise about your next game. Players do not reach a mastery band in a random order, and a champion someone loses on tends to get dropped before it reaches the high bands — so the right-hand side of every curve is partly survivors, not only practice.
Text summary of this page as it stood on Nov 9, 2026. The live tables on this page are current.
Kalista ranked-play summary
Most similar champions: Varus, Sivir, Draven.
Anonymous public figures recorded on Nov 9, 2026, when this page was built. The interactive tables on this page load current data.