Kalista·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kalista Mid build, you should take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Lethal Tempo as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Sudden Impact and Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Guinsoo's Rageblade. For your last 3 items, you should build Terminus, Jak'Sho, The Protean and finish with Wit's End. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 49.6% winrate over 423 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Kalista Mid build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Treasure Hunter with Sudden Impact in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Tenacity and Slow Resist in defense. The items for the build are Wit's End, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Blade of The Ruined King as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Terminus, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Kraken Slayer. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 47.6% win rate over 84 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Press the Attack as your keystone, Absorb Life, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Guinsoo's Rageblade as a third item. You want to finish the build with Terminus, Wit's End and Death's Dance. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 49.0% win rate across 51 matches played.

Situational Kalista Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Kalista build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.