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Brand vs Katarina

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How to Beat Katarina as Brand

based on 8,087 Brand vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League rounds that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Katarina as Brand came out of an analysis of 8087 ranked rounds where both champions faced off against each other. This champ pairing is somewhat rare. Brand is forced to battle against Katarina in only 3.5% of his games.

Brand vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Brand does a good job of countering Katarina. Normally, he wins a fantastic 52.6% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Brand against Katarina rounds, Brand’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Katarina.

Best Brand vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHaunting Guise

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterCryptbloomZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

ShadowflameStormsurgeLiandry's TormentVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level upw
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Second ability for Brand to level upe
>
Last skill for Brand to max outq

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Brand's passive ability p
Brand's q ability q
Brand's w ability w
Brand's e ability e
Brand's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against Katarina

You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.

You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.

Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.

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.

Brand vs Katarina Counter Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Katarina Image
6
< Kills >
10.2
7.2
< Deaths >
7.2
9
< Assists >
5.6
1.38
< Killing Sprees >
2.3
62
< Minions Killed >
157
0.67
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.33
860
< Physical Damage >
2,113
21,953
< Magic Damage >
22,594
1,346
< True Damage >
991
24,160
< Damage Dealt >
25,698
25,762
< Damage Taken >
26,161
11,182
< Gold Earned >
12,553
1.57
< Towers >
1.4
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,181
< Total Healing >
3,558
13,009
< Experience >
14,513
36
< Vision Score >
17
14
< Wards Placed >
8
238
< Time Dealing CC >
36

How to Counter Katarina with Brand in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature some critical Brand versus Katarina counter statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between these two champs. Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Katarina..

Brand usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Brand and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
Katarina

Who is Better, Brand or Katarina?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when facing off against Katarina, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Brand makes a good counter for Katarina.

While Brand does have a higher win rate compared to Katarina, when facing one another, Brand also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Brand into Katarina.

Moreover, Brand also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Brand vs Katarina matchups, Brand 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 teamfights.

Brand is a good counter to Katarina. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Katarina.

Other Champion Matchups Against Brand

Brand Loses Against

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Brand Wins Against

ZeriZeri58.5% winrateNidaleeNidalee57.2% winrateXayahXayah55.8% winrateYuumiYuumi55.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

NilahNilah+ 55.4% 3348 GamesBardBard+ 55.5% 3915 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 56.1% 14071 GamesMaokaiMaokai+ 56.5% 6844 Games

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Brand, we analyzed 8,087 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Katarina as Brand comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Brand in order to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand most often accumulates less CS as Katarina. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Brand versus Katarina build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Brand incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Katarina than with most other common item sets. In fact, Brand boasted an average winrate of 52.6% when countering Katarina with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Katarina as Brand, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Brand vs Katarina fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.6% win rate overall.

If you need to get Brand vs Katarina tips and counter stats for a a distinct player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using all matches with data with these champs.