Katarina vs Ezreal
How to Beat Ezreal as Katarina
based on 8,009 Katarina vs Ezreal matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Ezreal Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Ezreal Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ezreal as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Ezreal
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 Ezreal
Ezreal is a very fragile champion so take the fight to him.
Ezreal is completely skill shot based, so make sure to keep minions in between you.
Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects including the Crest of Cinders.
Katarina vs Ezreal Counter Stats
How to Counter Ezreal with Katarina in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some strategic Katarina vs. Ezreal matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ezreal’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ezreal. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Katarina often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives more damage than Ezreal. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Katarina and Ezreal
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Who is Better, Katarina or Ezreal?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Katarina usually wins when taking on Ezreal, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Katarina makes a good counter for Ezreal.
While Katarina does have a higher winrate than Ezreal, when facing one another, Katarina also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Katarina into Ezrealas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach 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 Ezreal. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Ezreal matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Katarina is a decent counter for Ezreal. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Ezreal.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Katarina in order to counter Ezreal during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Ezreal. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Katarina versus Ezreal build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Katarina used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better against Ezreal than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 51.5% battling Ezreal with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Ezreal as Katarina, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ingenious Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Katarina vs Ezreal counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ezreal as Katarina are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.