Yunara vs Kalista Counter Pick

Mechanical precision decides this matchup. Kalista sits at difficulty 7 and Yunara at 4, and that gap is accurate: Martial Poise grants mobility only when you issue a movement command during each attack wind-up. Play Kalista with divided focus and you’re left with a 525-range marksman starting at 560 health. In patch 16.13.1, Yunara won 50.6% of 633 games, which places the matchup in the Even category.

Where the stats diverge:

• Attack range of 575 against 525: if the lunges go unused, Yunara wins the uncontested trades.
• Armor at level 18: 112.4 for Kalista versus 99.8, which is high for a marksman and matters against any physical burst.
• Health at level 18: 2,498 against 2,460, nearly identical, unlike the 560 to 590 gap at the start.

Rend rewards the player who waits. Each attack stacks spears onto the target, and on command they burst for damage that climbs with every stack, so Kalista can turn a drawn-out poke exchange into a single detonation. Yunara pushes back with sustained damage: Cultivation of Spirit splits her attacks across several targets, and Arc of Judgment slows enemies before firing as a laser in the Transcendent State. Yunara runs at 325 to 330 movement speed, so neither champion can simply walk out of the fight.