Caitlyn vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Caitlyn
based on 13,293 Caitlyn vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Katarina
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several influential Caitlyn vs. Katarina matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Katarina..
Caitlyn normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Katarina. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Katarina
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Katarina?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Katarina, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes an ok counter to Katarina.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate compared to Katarina, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Katarina.
Moreover, Caitlyn also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter for Katarina. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Caitlyn against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Caitlyn to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Katarina. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Katarina build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Katarina than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 49.7% battling Katarina with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Katarina as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Caitlyn vs Katarina battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
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