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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00

Kalista

the Spear of Vengeance

Marksman

League of LegendsPatch 26.16BotRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA84,024 gamesSample data

Role snapshot (Bot)

ATier
53.3%
Win Rate
16.4%
Pick Rate
3.7%
Ban Rate

84,024

Games

Very High

Confidence

Matchup map (Bot) — level 1–18

40%60%
≥ 60%
55 – 60%
50 – 55%
45 – 50%
40 – 45%
< 40%
Nobody in this lane sits here.

Conditional build matrix

vs AP Burstvs AD Assassinsvs Tanksvs Sustain
Mythic / Core
Core 2
Core 3
Boots
Situational

Popular build

38,651 games

53.7%Win Rate

FlashIgnite

Reliable build

27,728 games

52.4%Win Rate

FlashTeleport

High observed win rate

10,083 games

55.8%Win Rate

FlashExhaust

Runes

Primary: Precision

  • Fleet Footwork
  • Absorb Life
  • Legend: Bloodline
  • Coup de Grace

Secondary: Resolve

  • Demolish
  • Second Wind

Shards

+9 Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force

+10-180 Health (based on level)

Skill order

Skill order
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Ability details

  • Martial Poise

    Enter a movement command while winding up Kalista's basic attack or Pierce to lunge a short distance when she launches her attack.

    Passive — never cast

  • Pierce

    Throw a fast moving spear that passes through enemies it kills.

    Cost 60/65/70/75/80 ManaCooldown 9sRange 1150

  • Sentinel

    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.

    Cost 0 ManaCooldown 30sRange 5000

  • Rend

    Attacks impale their targets with spears. Activate to rip the spears out, slowing and dealing escalating damage.

    Cost 30 ManaCooldown 0sRange 1000

  • Fate's Call

    Kalista teleports the Oathsworn ally to herself. They gain the ability to dash toward a position, knocking enemy champions back.

    Cost 100 ManaCooldown 160/140/120sRange 1000

Scaling — level 1–18

KalistaBot average

Win Rate

1918

Damage / Min

1918

Gold / Min

1918

Counter plan — how to beat Kalista

  • Close the gap early — it wins at range and at three items — neither before ten minutes

  • Punish the cooldown — Kalista is exposed while its rotation is down

  • Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one

  • Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 7/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average

  • Trade on your terms — take the fight where its damage lands on nobody

ARAM performance

S
52.0%
Win Rate
▲ 1.2%
9.6%
Pick Rate
▲ 4.2%
0.3%
Ban Rate
▼ 1.2%
Damage dealt
97.8%
Damage taken
95.0%
Healing
104.5%
Shielding
91.6%
Ability Haste
+14

Best ARAM build

Patch timeline

Riot’s notes

We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.

  1. 26.16Live now+1.0
  2. 26.14Sample win rate across this patch+0.3
  3. 26.11Sample win rate across this patch+0.1
  4. 26.08Sample win rate across this patch+0.1
  5. 26.05Sample win rate across this patch+0.3

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Methodology

Data window
512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
Rank aggregation
Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
Role assignment
A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
Counters
A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
Minimum sample
The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
Why a build is not a cause
The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
Where the numbers come from
Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.