Katarina vs Corki
How to Beat Corki as Katarina
based on 1,316 Katarina vs Corki matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Corki Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Corki Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Corki as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Corki
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 Corki
Watch out for Corki's Missile Barrage. They deal splash damage, so you can get hit even when hiding behind minions.
Corki is vulnerable after he uses his Valkyrie or Special Delivery, so try switching focus to him if he uses them to enter a fight.
Katarina vs Corki Counter Stats
How to Counter Corki with Katarina in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Katarina versus Corki matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Corki’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Corki..
Katarina usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Corki. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Corki
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Who is Better, Katarina or Corki?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when playing against Corki, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Katarina makes an ok counter for Corki.
While Katarina does have a higher winrate than Corki, when they face off with one another, Katarina also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Katarina into Corkias her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Katarina also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Corki. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Corki matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Katarina is a decent counter for Corki. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Katarina against Corki.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Katarina to counter Corki during both the early game 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 stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Corki. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Katarina versus Corki build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Katarina incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Corki than with many other common builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 50.9% battling Corki with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Corki as Katarina, Katarina players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Katarina vs Corki face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.9% win rate overall.
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