Kalista·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kalista Top build, you should take Exhaust and Flash 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 Bone Plating and Overgrowth 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 Statikk Shiv as your first item, followed by Gluttonous Greaves and Guinsoo's Rageblade. For your last 3 items, you should build Terminus, Jak'Sho, The Protean and finish with Randuin's Omen. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 53.1% winrate over 4 021 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Kalista Top build would be to take Exhaust and Flash as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Blade of The Ruined King, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Guinsoo's Rageblade as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Terminus, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Guardian Angel. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 51.6% win rate over 1 407 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Exhaust and Flash as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Guinsoo's Rageblade as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Blade of The Ruined King as a third item. You want to finish the build with Terminus, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Wit's End. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 62.1% win rate across 140 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Kalista Top build in the current patch, try Exhaust and Flash as your Summoner Spells, Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Triumph as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Statikk Shiv as your first item, then finish Berserker's Greaves as your second item, and Guinsoo's Rageblade as third item. The last 3 options are Terminus, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Mercurial Scimitar. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 56.9% win rate over 72 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.