Best supports to pair with Kalista in LoL

If you’re wondering who you should be playing with Kalista, here are the five best supports to pair up with her in LoL season 13.

The best supports to play with Kalista in LoL

When it comes to mechanically difficult marksmen, Kalista is probably one of the ones that come to mind. She has a rather unique kit, fully revolved around her passive which turns her into a kiting machine. That being said, she requires a high level of proficiency and not many have that.

Paired with the fact that she cannot be buffed or she would be too oppressive in professional play, Kalista has always been in a weird spot among the ADC pool. While she’s in a balanced state currently, she needs to have specific supports to draw out the maximum potential. 

To help you out, we’ve created a list of the best supports to play alongside Kalista. They are guaranteed to work, and we’re going to explain what makes them strong together. Make also sure to check out all the other best supports list, so you know which are the right pairings for all the ADC you play or main.

Thresh – the no. 1 support for Kalista

Based on the current meta, as well as the synergy between the different champions, Thresh is the best support to pair up with Kalista. He has all the tools that Kalista wants in a support: crowd control, engage, disengage, repositioning, and good 2v2. 

Thresh’s crowd controls with his hook and Flay (E) make sure the enemies cannot run away, giving Kalista enough space to kite and apply all her Rend (E) stacks during the trades. Moreover, Kalista can use her ultimate to reposition Thresh to wherever she wants. It can be used to initiate an engage or bring him to safety from a dangerous position. Regardless of what they do, this duo is set up for success.

Generally speaking, all lanes involving Kalista require great coordination. That said, Thresh requires even more coordination since the best plays are based on fast and reactive execution: both champions need to be highly proficient and know each other’s limits if you want to demolish the enemies.

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Nautilus – The best Thresh alternative

If Thresh is taken by the enemy team or banned, then Nautilus is the second-best choice you have with Kalista. He and Thresh have similar functions, even though Nautilus is much more aggressive and reliable when it comes to hard engage. He’s also relatively easier to play mechanically, which is better for new players and beginners.

Nautilus offers good engage on his own, but Kalista’s ultimate enhances that to new heights. By drawing him with Fate’s Call (R), Nautilus can dash towards the enemies and get an instant gap closer. Paired with the crowd control chain, the two can shut down any target. If you’re behind, instead, you can the ultimate defensively to prevent enemies from killing Kalista and give her enough space to kite.

Blitzcrank – One of the best hook supports with Kalista

Blitzcrank is similar to Nautilus in terms of the amount of crowd control, but instead of going in, Blitzcrank is the one that pulls the enemies toward him. In most scenarios, Blitzcrank’s hook is better since it’s the enemy that is put into a dangerous position.

Aside from that, however, Blitzcrank and Nautilus function in a very similar way. You’re always looking to win the early 2v2 trades with Kalista and make sure that she can snowball. This lane, though, is highly reliant on Blitzcrank’s hooking ability and the duo’s ability to concatenate the crowd controls.

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Taric – the best peeling support

Taric has never been a popular support, but he’s actually one of the best to play together with Kalista. There are two particular reasons: Kalista’s kit partially fixes Taric’s weaknesses, and Taric gives defensive tools that other tank support do not offer.

The support has healing and an ultimate that can protect Kalista from any incoming danger during the teamfights. On the other hand, Kalista can allow Taric to get closer to the enemies faster with Fate’s Call, giving him the chance to follow up with an E.

If you’re looking to play Kalista, this is definitely an underrated pairing worth trying out: you’ll be surprised at their potential.

Milio – the atypical enchanter support

Milio is the newest champion released in League and considering he’s an enchanter, he has been working out really well with most ADCs, and Kalista doesn’t seem like an exception. Just imagine the idea of having Kalista kiting champions with an extra 10 to 20% attack range: it sounds quite strong, right?

Well, this is what Milio can do with Kalista. Not only can he grant her shields and heals, but he can also cleanse any incoming crowd control with the ultimate, and greatly increase the attack range. All of this makes Kalista basically untouchable.

The only thing is that Milio doesn’t have much damage early on, so it will be up to Kalista to win the early skirmishes and trades. Despite this small downside, Milio is one of the best supports together with Kalista.