Ahri vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Ahri
based on 3,009 Ahri vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Katarina
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
Advice to Win Against Katarina
Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.
Ahri vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Ahri in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some vital Ahri versus Katarina counter statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between this set of champs. Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Katarina..
Ahri usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Katarina. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ahri and Katarina
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Who is Better, Ahri or Katarina?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ahri usually loses when playing against Katarina, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Ahri makes a poor counter to Katarina.
While Ahri does have a lower win rate compared to Katarina, when they face off with one another, Ahri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Ahri into Katarina.
Additionally, Ahri has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Ahri is a somewhat poor counter for Katarina. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Ahri against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ahri to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Katarina. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Ahri versus Katarina build consist of Luden's Tempest, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Ahri bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Katarina than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ahri boasted an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Katarina with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Katarina as Ahri, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Minion Dematerializer, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Ahri vs Katarina counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Katarina as Ahri are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.