Katarina vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Katarina
based on 1,426 Katarina vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Jayce
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Advice to Win Against Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Katarina vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Katarina in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some important Katarina against Jayce matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Jayce..
Katarina usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Jayce. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Jayce
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Who is Better, Katarina or Jayce?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually loses when trying to fight Jayce, with a 46.9% win rate. Thus, Katarina makes a bad counter to Jayce.
While Katarina does have a lower winrate than Jayce, when they face off with one another, Katarina also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Katarina into Jayceas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Katarina also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Jayce matchups, Jayce is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Katarina is a garbage counter to Jayce. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Katarina against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Katarina to counter Jayce during both the early game 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 suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Jayce. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Katarina versus Jayce build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Nashor's Tooth. When Katarina included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Jayce than with most other typical builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 46.9% when countering Jayce with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Jayce as Katarina, Katarina players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Katarina vs Jayce counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.9% win rate overall.
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