Varusvs Kalista
Varus vs Kalista is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Kalista wins with a 54.5% win rate (+9.1%) over Varus based on 11 games. Kalista wins the early laning phase while Varus scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Varus build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Varus vs Kalista matchup.
Varus Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Varus performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Varus vs Kalista?
Varus wins 40.0% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 23.4% and 59.3% (95% range).
- Expected
- 49.9% From both champions' overall Bot win rates
- Matchup effect
- −9.9 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 25 games Lane: Bot
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Bot · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Kalista, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Varus wins 40.0% of 25 games (95% range 23.4–59.3%).
- Both champions' overall Bot win rates predict 49.9% for Varus; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Varus players pick Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion much less often against Kalista: 35.4% of their other Bot games, 12.0% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Varus and Kalista played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Varus's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Varus vs Kalista Laning Stats
Only 23 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Varus vs Kalista Win Rate by Game Length
Varus's win rate against Kalista by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Varus's results against Kalista in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Varus vs Kalista Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Varus Changes Against Kalista
Choices Varus players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Bot games.
Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health PotionStarting itemsUsually35.4%vs Kalista12.0%−23.4 pts
Triple TonicRuneUsually17.6%vs Kalistaunder 2%−17.6 pts
Dagger + Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion + Stealth WardStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Kalista8.0%+8.0 pts- Dagger + Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health PotionStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Kalista4.0%+4.0 pts
Health Scaling (flex)Stat shardUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Kalista4.0%+4.0 pts
Hexoptics C44ItemUsually0.5%vs Kalista4.0%+3.5 pts
Best Varus Build vs Kalista
Usual Varus build (Bot)
83.3% win rate · 12 games
Against Kalista
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 4 of 19 Varus games against Kalista carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Varus's standard build instead.
- Skill priority: Q > W > E — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Varus Runes vs Kalista
Usual Varus runes (Bot)
Press the Attack
52.8% win rate · 386 games
Against Kalista
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Varus draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
- Full 5v5 draft board
- Lane matchup win rates
- Pick and ban suggestions
Varus matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Varus's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Varus build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Varus Matchups
Hardest for Varus
Easiest for Varus
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Varus vs Kalista FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Varus vs Kalista?
Current data slightly favors Kalista, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Varus wins 40.0% of 25 games (95% range 23.4–59.3%).
What is Varus's win rate against Kalista?
Varus wins 40.0% of 25 Bot games against Kalista on patch 26.19 (95% range 23.4–59.3%). Based on both champions' overall Bot win rates, 49.9% would be expected.
Does Varus counter Kalista?
Not clearly. Varus wins 40.0% of 25 games against Kalista, and the 95% range (23.4–59.3%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Varus or Kalista?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (23) to say who wins lane.
Does Varus outscale Kalista?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Kalista strongest against Varus?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Kalista is ahead of Varus beyond the margin of error.
What should Varus build against Kalista?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Varus's usual Bot core: Nashor's Tooth, Statikk Shiv, Dusk and Dawn. The biggest change against Kalista: Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion (35.4% usually, 12.0% here).
What runes should Varus use against Kalista?
Use Varus's usual Press the Attack page (Precision + Domination); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Kalista: Triple Tonic (17.6% usually, under 2% here).