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Katarina vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Katarina in LoLKatarina is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Katarina

based on 2,993 Katarina vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends games each and every week. In our data, Katarina faced off against Aphelios 2993 times. With so many games with Katarina versus Aphelios provides us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare actionable statistics and a pro build to destroy Aphelios. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Katarina fights Aphelios in only 2.2% of her rounds.

Katarina vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Katarina has done a average job of beating Aphelios. Normally, she wins a acceptable 50.2% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Katarina against Aphelios games, Katarina’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood against Aphelios.

Best Katarina vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBlasting Wand

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneShadowflame

Optional Items

Blade of The Ruined KingKraken SlayerVoid StaffZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Katarina to level upq
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Second ability for Katarina to level upe
>
Last skill for Katarina to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Katarina's passive ability p
Katarina's q ability q
Katarina's w ability w
Katarina's e ability e
Katarina's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Katarina

Tips for Playing as Katarina against Aphelios

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

Advice to Win Against Aphelios

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.

Katarina vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Aphelios Image
9.5
< Kills >
6.7
6.7
< Deaths >
6.6
5.7
< Assists >
6
2.1
< Killing Sprees >
1.53
155
< Minions Killed >
171
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.51
2,092
< Physical Damage >
19,488
20,482
< Magic Damage >
1,311
927
< True Damage >
415
23,502
< Damage Dealt >
21,215
24,201
< Damage Taken >
18,402
12,049
< Gold Earned >
11,673
1.49
< Towers >
2.33
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
3,313
< Total Healing >
4,816
13,921
< Experience >
12,240
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
34
< Time Dealing CC >
130

How to Counter Aphelios with Katarina in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify several critical Katarina against Aphelios counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences between this pair of champions. Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Aphelios..

Katarina often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Aphelios. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Katarina and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Katarina
Aphelios

Who is Better, Katarina or Aphelios?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Aphelios, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Katarina makes an ok counter to Aphelios.

While Katarina does have a higher winrate compared to Aphelios, when facing one another, Katarina also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Katarina into Apheliosas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Katarina also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Aphelios matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Katarina is a decent counter to Aphelios. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Katarina against Aphelios.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Katarina, we analyzed 2,993 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 Aphelios as Katarina 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Katarina in order to counter Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Katarina typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Aphelios. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Katarina versus Aphelios build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Katarina bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Aphelios than with most other common builds. In fact, Katarina had an average winrate of 50.2% when countering Aphelios with this counter build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Aphelios as Katarina, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Relentless Hunter, and Sudden Impact runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Katarina vs Aphelios matchups, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.

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