Kalista ARAM Mayhem Build

The Spear of Vengeance. A below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #124 of 173 champions.

CPatch 26.21MarksmanNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: C
Win rate: 47.9%
Pick rate: 2.6%
Rank: #124 of 173
Games: 593,562
Patch: 26.21

How to play Kalista in ARAM Mayhem

Kalista is a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier C, #124 of 173 champions, with a 47.9% win rate over 593,562 games.

80% of Kalista's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It brings almost no crowd control, so it relies on teammates to set up kills.

The On-hit build, on-hit attack speed items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Statikk Shiv, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Terminus, with a 50.8% win rate over 324,005 games. For boots, Gluttonous Greaves are both the most bought and the top-ranked pair.

The cards that do best on Kalista are Still Here, Dual Wield and Escape Plan. Cards built around movement speed fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability haste. Skip Bread And Butter and Double Time when you can: they do worst on Kalista. A pair to look for: Shadow Runner with Still Here.

Take Flash and Cleanse (6% of players). Max E (Rend) first, then Q, then W.

Kalista ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Kalista game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

On-hit build · top ranked

50.8% win rate · 64% of Kalista games · 324,005 games

Start

Dagger
Gluttonous Greaves

Core items, in buying order

Statikk Shiv
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Terminus

Boots on the On-hit build for Kalista, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	45%
Berserker's Greaves	36%
Mercury's Treads	3%

Situational, after the core

Jak'Sho, The Protean59% buy it
Kaenic Rookern3% buy it
Blade of The Ruined King17% buy it
Runaan's Hurricane11% buy it
Wit's End7% buy it
Randuin's Omen11% buy it

Other build paths

Other Kalista build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
CritThe Collector, Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King		16.7%	48.7%
LethalityHubris, Voltaic Cyclosword, The Collector		1.7%	41.5%

Games: the share of all Kalista games that went this way.

Most bought items

Blade of The Ruined King72% of games
Runaan's Hurricane65% of games
Berserker's Greaves61% of games
Guinsoo's Rageblade50% of games
Terminus43% of games
Statikk Shiv30% of games
The Collector23% of games
Jak'Sho, The Protean23% of games
Infinity Edge18% of games
Wit's End17% of games

Best augments for Kalista

Every card with enough Kalista games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Kalista's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

1Dual WieldTier S
2TotentanzTier A
3Giant SlayerTier A

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Kalista

5 S tier and 31 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Kalista in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Still Here	Gold	Tier S	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Dual Wield	Prismatic	Tier S	When you Attack, fire a bolt that deals 40% damage and applies your On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects at 40% effectiveness. Gain 10% total…
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier S	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Outlaw's Grit	Gold	Tier S	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability you gain 12 Armor and Magic Resist up to 60 at 5 stacks. Resets every 15 seconds.
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier S	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Swift and Safe	Silver	Tier A	Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown).
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Witchful Thinking	Silver	Tier A	Gain Ability Power 20–80 (by level) Ability Power.
Totentanz	Prismatic	Tier A	Replace a Summoner Spell with A Dance with Death. A Dance with Death: Become Unkillable for 5 seconds and blink forward. If you get a…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Scopiest Weapons	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain Melee 250 / Ranged 150 Attack Range.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier A	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Tap Dancer	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Attacks grant you 10 Movement Speed. Gain (10% Move Speed) Attack Speed. The buff stacks and refreshes infinitely but lasts 5 seconds.
Tank It Or Leave It	Silver	Tier A	You can Critically Defend using your Crit Chance (max 50% chance), giving you a chance to reduce damage taken by 20%. Gain 25% Crit Chance.
Scopier Weapons	Gold	Tier A	Gain Melee 150 / Ranged 100 Attack Range.
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Light 'Em Up!	Silver	Tier A	Every 4th Attack shoots 4 missiles dealing (44–320 (by level) +140% Bonus Attack Damage+76% Ability Power) magic damage.
Erosion	Silver	Tier A	Damaging enemies shreds 1.5% Armor and Magic Resist for 4s, up to 30% at 20 stacks.
Soul Siphon	Gold	Tier A	Gain 25% Crit Chance and 12% Lifesteal on Critical Strikes.
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Dashing	Prismatic	Tier A	Your dash, leap, blink, or teleport Abilities gain 175 Ability Haste.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier A	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
Zealot	Silver	Tier A	Gain (25%+5% Ability Power) Critical Strike Chance and (35%+5% Ability Power) Attack Speed.
Deft	Silver	Tier A	Gain Attack Speed 60% Attack Speed.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Don't Blink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 1% bonus damage per 10 Movement Speed more you have than the target.
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
escAPADe	Silver	Tier A	Convert Ability Power to Bonus Attack Damage and gain (15%) Attack Damage. Converts at a rate of 0.6 Attack Damage per point of Ability…
Veil of Warding	Silver	Tier A	Gain a Spell Shield every 30 seconds that blocks the next enemy Ability.
Firebrand	Gold	Tier A	Your Attacks also Burn enemies, dealing 0.4% max Health magic damage damage per second over 5 seconds. This Burn stacks infinitely.

Average on Kalista
49 cards, best first

Below average on Kalista
26 cards, best first

Weakest on Kalista
20 cards, best first

Best first augment for Kalista

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Kalista's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Still Here, Dual Wield and Escape Plan come out on top.

The best augments for Kalista in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Still HereTier S	Witchful ThinkingTier S	Dual WieldTier S	Still HereTier S
2	Dual WieldTier S	Still HereTier S	Escape PlanTier S	Dual WieldTier S
3	Escape PlanTier S	Dual WieldTier S	Still HereTier S	Shadow RunnerTier A
4	Outlaw's GritTier S	GoredrinkTier S	Shadow RunnerTier S	Tap DancerTier A
5	Swift and SafeTier S	Outlaw's GritTier S	GoredrinkTier S	Mad ScientistTier A

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Kalista, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Cleanse6% of players · 50.7% win rate
Flash + Barrier5% of players · 49.7% win rate
Flash + Ghost62% of players · 48.2% win rate

Skill order

ERend
QPierce
WSentinel

Max E first. 76% of players use this order (50.3% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Kalista in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 12.3 / 11.6 / 20.8
KDA: 3.10
Damage to champions: 37,194
Damage taken: 31,318
Self-mitigated: 23,021
Healing on allies: 8
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 9 s
Kill participation: 62%
Game length: 16:22

Damage type

Physical 80%Magic 17%True 3%

Questions and answers

What is the best Kalista build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the On-hit build first for Kalista: Statikk Shiv, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Terminus. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Kalista in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Kalista, best first: Still Here, Dual Wield, Escape Plan, Outlaw's Grit and Shadow Runner. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Kalista good in ARAM Mayhem?

Kalista is tier C on patch 26.21, #124 of 173 champions, with a 47.9% win rate over 593,562 games. That makes it a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Kalista in ARAM Mayhem?

For Kalista's first pick on patch 26.21: Still Here, Dual Wield, Escape Plan, Outlaw's Grit and Swift and Safe, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Kalista counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.