Kalista vs Sivir — Bot Lane (ADC) Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Kalista against Sivir · 49.81% win rate over 1,301 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Kalista is favoured — Kalista owns 6 of the 7 game windows to Sivir's 1. Kalista wins 49.81% of games vs Sivir in bot lane (adc) (1,301 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1KalistaYou win level 1 because Kalista's spear stacking and hop out-trade Sivir's mana-hungry Boomerang.
Level 2KalistaLevel 2 favours you as your Rend-plus-Pierce poke beats her single-spell early kit.
Level 3KalistaAt level 3 your full hop-and-E combo lets you walk her down before she can kite.
Levels 4-5KalistaLevels 4-5 stay yours with superior mobility and burst while her R is still offline.
Level 6KalistaAt level 6 Fate's Call adds an engage Sivir simply cannot dash away from.
First itemKalistaAt first item you keep the 2v2 edge before her Spell Shield and On the Hunt matter.
Two+ itemsSivirBy two items Sivir flips it — Spell Shield eats your engage and Ricochet plus R rule the teamfight.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You out-trade Sivir at levels 1-2: her early damage is Boomerang-reliant and mana-hungry, so hop onto her whenever she throws it to farm and blow her back off the wave.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Kalista vs Sivir report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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