Kalista·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kalista Bot 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 Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 52.3% winrate over 16 978 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Kalista Bot build would be to take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter 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 52.3% win rate over 744 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Hail of Blades as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Triumph in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling 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, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 51.5% win rate across 627 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Kalista Bot build in the current patch, try Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection 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 Opportunity as your first item, then finish Berserker's Greaves as your second item, and Edge of Night as third item. The last 3 options are Serylda's Grudge, Youmuu's Ghostblade and Guardian Angel. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 45.6% win rate over 618 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.