How to win lane as Samira against Kalista · 52.59% win rate over 1,314 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Kalista | Kalista's passive hop kites your dash and rends you down at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Kalista | At level 2 she keeps auto-hopping out of your range and out-trades you. |
| Level 3 | Kalista | Level 3 her E rend burst on stacked minions punishes any step you take. |
| Levels 4-5 | Kalista | Through 4-5 she still kites you and her support's Fate's Call threatens your dive. |
| Level 6 | Samira | At 6 your ult executes her at melee where her hop mobility can't escape. |
| First item | Samira | At first item your close-range DPS and resets overtake her stack-and-rend poke. |
| Two+ items | Samira | Late, your scaling beats a Kalista whose rend falls off and who can't stop your dive. |
Kalista bullies you at 1-4: her passive hop lets her auto and reposition simultaneously, kiting your Q and stacking rend on you before you can close the gap or windwall.
The full Samira vs Kalista 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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