Champion sheet · ADC

Kalista

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

6.7%#102 of 173 champions

Pick: 3.8%picked in 108 of 2,850 games
Ban: 2.9%61 bans over 2,078 games, against 1.4% in soloQ

Win rate as ADC49.5% between 41.6% and 57.5% over 105 gamesSoloQ 49.9%: no clear gap

Median length28.4 minsoloQ 27.3 min

Amateur: 2,886 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 241,611 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 tournaments2 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 / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.

DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.0%
SoloQ
1.4%
3.0% ban rate in amateur play over 1,538 games, against 1.4% in soloQ over 108,274 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.4 min
SoloQ
27.3 min
Median of 28.4 min in amateur play, against 27.3 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 Tempo97% · 9,339

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Barrier64% · 6,114

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 30 games

Core (3 legendaries)75% · 4,569

75%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?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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.