Blitzcrank vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Blitzcrank
based on 4,905 Blitzcrank vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Katarina
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some critical Blitzcrank against Katarina matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, showing that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Katarina. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Katarina
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Katarina?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when taking on Katarina, with a 53.4% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes a great counter for Katarina.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher winrate than Katarina, when they face off with one another, Blitzcrank also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Blitzcrank into Katarina.
Furthermore, Blitzcrank has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Katarina matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Blitzcrank is a great counter to Katarina. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Blitzcrank against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank in order to counter Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank typically racks up a lot less CS compared to Katarina. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Blitzcrank versus Katarina build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Katarina than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average win rate of 53.4% when countering Katarina with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Katarina as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Blitzcrank vs Katarina clashes, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.4% winrate overall.
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