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How to Win Katarina vs Caitlyn Counter MatchupKatarina is in the a tier of champions

Katarina vs Caitlyn

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

based on 13,293 Katarina vs Caitlyn matchups
Win Rate
50.3 %
K/D/A
2.26
Pick Rate
9.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our data, Katarina faced off against Caitlyn 13293 times. Having so many matchups for Katarina versus Caitlyn provides us faith in our capability to produce informative stats and a solid build to annihilate Caitlyn. This pairing is fairly uncommon. Katarina has to counter Caitlyn in only 9.9% of her games.

Katarina vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary

Katarina has done a ok job of beating Caitlyn. Normally, she wins a acceptable 50.3% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Katarina against Caitlyn matches, Katarina’s team is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely won't get first blood versus Caitlyn.

Best Katarina vs Caitlyn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeSorcerer's Shoes

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Titanic HydraTerminusBanshee's VeilKraken Slayer

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
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Last skill for Katarina to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
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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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Katarina

Tips for Playing as Katarina against Caitlyn

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 Caitlyn

Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).

You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.

Katarina vs Caitlyn Counter Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
50.3 %
VS
Win Rate
49.7 %
Caitlyn Image
10
< Kills >
6.5
6.9
< Deaths >
6.4
5.6
< Assists >
6.7
2.23
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
155
< Minions Killed >
173
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.53
2,180
< Physical Damage >
18,979
21,646
< Magic Damage >
1,474
974
< True Damage >
526
24,800
< Damage Dealt >
20,980
25,420
< Damage Taken >
19,393
12,378
< Gold Earned >
11,953
1.5
< Towers >
2.44
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
3,504
< Total Healing >
4,979
14,289
< Experience >
12,454
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
36
< Time Dealing CC >
86

How to Counter Caitlyn with Katarina in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight several vital Katarina versus Caitlyn counter stats that may help you realize the differences between the two. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Caitlyn. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Katarina often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives more damage than Caitlyn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Katarina and Caitlyn

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Caitlyn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Katarina
Caitlyn

Who is Better, Katarina or Caitlyn?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when playing against Caitlyn, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Katarina makes an ok counter for Caitlyn.

While Katarina does have a higher winrate compared to Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Katarina into Caitlynas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Katarina has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This 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 Caitlyn matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Katarina is a decent counter to Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Katarina against Caitlyn.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina vs Caitlyn Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Caitlyn as Katarina, we analyzed 13,293 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 Caitlyn 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

If you would like to truly master Katarina to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Katarina typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Caitlyn. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Katarina versus Caitlyn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Katarina incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Caitlyn than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Katarina had an average win rate of 50.3% when playing against Caitlyn with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of beating Caitlyn as Katarina, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Katarina vs Caitlyn counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.3% winrate overall.

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