Champion sheet · ADC

Kalista

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

5.3%#118 of 173 champions

Pick: 3.5%picked in 655 of 18,536 games
Ban: 1.8%321 bans over 17,581 games, against 3.8% in soloQ

Win rate as ADC51.0% between 47.8% and 54.3% over 635 gamesSoloQ 50.5%: no clear gap

Median length28 minsoloQ 25.4 min

Amateur: 18,736 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 316,098 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.DraftLength
How to play itLethal Tempo, then Statikk Shiv, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 76% of ADC.DuelistDamage
With / againstBetter than expected against Lee Sin in amateur play: +15.0 pts over 55 games, range above zero.+15.0 pt55 games
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.8%
SoloQ
3.0%
1.8% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.0% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
2.2%
SoloQ
3.8%
2.2% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 3.8% in soloQ over 123,725 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28 min
SoloQ
25.4 min
Median of 28 min in amateur play, against 25.4 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Lethal Tempo, then Statikk Shiv, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesLethal Tempo99% · 20,464

Same in amateur play

SpellsExhaust + Flash40% · 8,258

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 103 games

Core (3 legendaries)79% · 8,449

79%of soloQ games

Statikk Shiv
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Terminus

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 76% of ADC.

Takes its kills in duelstop24%21% · ADC: 19%
Team damagetop24%26% · ADC: 23%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other ADC

What marks it

Duelist
Damage

Like other ADC

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Plays teamfights
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 71 in lane, 61 in mid game and 12 in late game, out of 100 ADC.

559+34 vs 525

969+53 vs 915

1,254-112 vs 1,366

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

KalistaADC

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 96% of ADC against the direct opponent.

ADC

Where it stands among ADC · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 71 of 100 among ADC559 · median 525
Damage in mid game · rank 61 of 100 among ADC969 · median 915
Damage in late game · rank 12 of 100 among ADC1,254 · median 1,366
Gold at 15 min · rank 93 of 100 among ADC+356 · median -54
Gold at 20 min · rank 96 of 100 among ADC+567 · median -85
Absorbs damage · rank 93 of 100 among ADC508 · median 361
Plays teamfights · rank 46 of 100 among ADC56% · median 56%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 76 of 100 among ADC21% · median 19%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 44 of 100 among ADCrank 44 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 47 of 100 among ADC0.6 · median 0.6
Team damage · rank 76 of 100 among ADC26% · median 23%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Lee Sin in amateur play: +15.0 pts over 55 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

K'Sante61.3% · expected 53.0% · 31 g+8.3 ptSoloQ +0.4

Sion52.9% · expected 51.6% · 34 g+1.3 ptSoloQ +0.1

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin67.3% · expected 52.2% · 55 g+15.0 ptSoloQ 0.0

Sylas58.5% · expected 50.3% · 41 g+8.2 ptSoloQ +3.8

Wukong50.0% · expected 46.6% · 50 g+3.4 ptSoloQ +0.5

Jarvan IV55.6% · expected 52.7% · 36 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +1.9

Midgap to expected

Syndra57.1% · expected 50.6% · 35 g+6.5 ptSoloQ -0.3

Orianna61.3% · expected 54.8% · 31 g+6.5 ptSoloQ +1.6

ADCgap to expected

Jhin67.8% · expected 55.1% · 59 g+12.7 ptSoloQ +0.9

Kai'Sa60.0% · expected 50.6% · 50 g+9.4 ptSoloQ -1.1

Caitlyn59.0% · expected 48.9% · 39 g+10.1 ptSoloQ +0.6

Yunara52.7% · expected 48.7% · 55 g+4.1 ptSoloQ -1.5

Ezreal56.0% · expected 55.6% · 75 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +2.7

Supportgap to expected

Braum57.4% · expected 48.8% · 47 g+8.7 ptSoloQ +2.5

Yuumi51.4% · expected 49.6% · 35 g+1.9 ptSoloQ -2.3

Thresh50.0% · expected 49.7% · 34 g+0.3 ptSoloQ +2.2

Karma53.3% · expected 53.2% · 30 g+0.1 ptSoloQ +1.7

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Sylas54.1% · expected 51.7% · 37 g+2.3 ptSoloQ 0.0

Midgap to expected

Ahri69.4% · expected 53.8% · 36 g+15.7 ptSoloQ +1.2

Syndra58.3% · expected 51.4% · 36 g+6.9 ptSoloQ -1.2

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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