Elise vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Elise
based on 1,018 Elise vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Elise vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Elise vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Elise
Tips for Playing as Elise against Katarina
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
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.
Elise vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Elise in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several vital Elise versus Katarina counter stats that may help us understand the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, showing that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Katarina..
Elise normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Katarina. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Elise and Katarina
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Who is Better, Elise or Katarina?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Elise usually fairs equally well when taking on Katarina, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Elise makes an ok counter to Katarina.
While Elise does have a higher win rate than Katarina, when on opposite teams, Elise also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Elise into Katarinaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Elise has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Elise vs Katarina matchups, Elise is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Elise is a decent counter for Katarina. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Elise against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Elise in order to counter Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Katarina. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Elise versus Katarina build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Katarina than with most other common item sets. In fact, Elise boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Katarina with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Katarina as Elise, Elise players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Elise vs Katarina counter picks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Katarina as Elise are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.