Kalista

The Spear of Vengeance

Marksman · Mana · Ranged

About

Kalista, the Spear of Vengeance, is a marksman champion who uses Mana as a resource and attacks at range. Their kit focuses on physical damage.

On the official scale, difficulty is 7 out of 10: a champion hard and needs practice to perform well.

Compared with other champions, Kalista starts with below average HP (560), below average armor (24) and average move speed (330). Attack range is 525 units.

Kalista has 6 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack8

Defense2

Magic4

Difficulty7

Abilities

Passive · 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.
Q · Pierce
Throw a fast moving spear that passes through enemies it kills.
Cooldown: 9s · Cost: 60/65/70/75/80
W · 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.
Cooldown: 30s
E · Rend
Attacks impale their targets with spears. Activate to rip the spears out, slowing and dealing escalating damage.
Cooldown: 0s · Cost: 30
R (Ultimate) · Fate's Call
Kalista teleports the Oathsworn ally to herself. They gain the ability to dash toward a position, knocking enemy champions back.
Cooldown: 160/140/120s · Cost: 100

Tips for playing Kalista

Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.

Tips for playing against Kalista

Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.

Base stats

HP: 560 (+114 per level)
Mana: 300 (+45 per level)
Armor: 24 (+5.2 per level)
Magic resist: 33 (+1.1 per level)
Attack damage: 57
Attack speed: 0.694 (+4.5 per level)
Move speed: 330
Range: 525

Lore

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.