Kalista is a ranged marksman usually played Bot on Summoner's Rift. This guide covers Kalista in ARAM: Kalista excels at sustained damage and kiting in ARAM; constantly move between auto-attacks to stack Rend and use your ultimate to peel or engage for your team.
Kalista ARAM Abilities
Kalista lunges a short distance when she attacks or uses Pierce while moving.
Kalista hurls a spear that pierces through all enemies it kills.
Kalista and her Oathsworn deal bonus damage when attacking the same target; activate to send a scouting soul.
Rend rips spears from enemies, slowing them and dealing escalating damage per spear.
Kalista teleports her Oathsworn ally to her, granting them a knockback dash toward a target location.
Kalista ARAM Playstyle & Tips
Kalista excels at sustained damage and kiting in ARAM; constantly move between auto-attacks to stack Rend and use your ultimate to peel or engage for your team.
Tips
Always keep moving to stack your Martial Poise passive for bonus damage on your basic attacks.
Use your passive to hop between attacks to dodge skillshots and reposition in teamfights.
Bind your attack move click to a comfortable key to make kiting with Kalista easier in ARAM's chaotic fights.
Save your ultimate, Fate's Call, to save a low-health ally or engage on an out-of-position enemy.
Build attack speed items like Runaan's Hurricane to maximize your Rend stacks and AoE damage.
Combos
Auto-attack repeatedly to stack Rend, then use E (Rend) to execute low-health enemies.
Use Q (Pierce) to poke and stack Rend on multiple targets in a line.
Throw your bound ally with R (Fate's Call) into the enemy team, then follow up with auto-attacks and Rend.
Combine W (Sentinel) vision with Q to land skillshots on hidden enemies in bushes.
Kalista ARAM Build Patch 16.13
Runes
Primary — Precision
Lethal Tempo
Triumph
Legend: Alacrity
Cut DownSecondary — Domination
Treasure Hunter
Sudden ImpactSummoners
Skill Order
Max your skills in this order
Starter Items
- 1.
Boots - 2.
Long Sword - 3.
Recurve Bow
Core Items
- 1.
Blade of The Ruined King - 2.
Berserker's Greaves - 3.
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- you need both armor and magic penetration
- you can stack it quickly with high attack speed
- enemy team has mixed resistances
Avoid when:
- you rely on burst damage instead of sustained fights
- your team already has sufficient penetration
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- you need both armor and magic penetration
- you can stack it quickly with high attack speed
- enemy team has mixed resistances
Avoid when:
- you rely on burst damage instead of sustained fights
- your team already has sufficient penetration
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- your champion applies on-hit effects well
- enemy team clusters often in fights
- you need extra waveclear in aram
Avoid when:
- your champion is melee
- enemy team has many single-target threats
Options
Kalista ARAM FAQ
What is the best build for Kalista in ARAM?
In ARAM, Kalista typically builds core items like Blade of The Ruined King, Berserker's Greaves, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Lethal Tempo runes (Precision primary, Domination secondary).
What runes should I use for Kalista in ARAM?
Take Lethal Tempo in the Precision tree as your keystone, with Domination as your secondary tree for Kalista in ARAM.
How do you play Kalista in ARAM?
Kalista excels at sustained damage and kiting in ARAM; constantly move between auto-attacks to stack Rend and use your ultimate to peel or engage for your team.
What is Kalista's best combo in ARAM?
Auto-attack repeatedly to stack Rend, then use E (Rend) to execute low-health enemies.
