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How to Win Katarina vs Kai'Sa Counter MatchupKatarina is in the a tier of champions

Katarina vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Katarina in LoLKatarina is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Katarina

based on 5,613 Katarina vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL matches every week. In our database, Katarina fought Kai'Sa 5613 times. Using so many matchups for Katarina versus Kai'Sa gives us faith in our ability to provide useful data and a pro build to defeat your rival. This particular champion pairing is relatively uncommon. Katarina has to counter Kai'Sa in only 4.2% of her rounds.

Katarina vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Katarina has done a good job of beating Kai'Sa. Normally, she wins a fantastic 52.4% of games the champions fight one another in. In Katarina versus Kai'Sa matches, Katarina’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood, implying that she most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Kai'Sa.

Best Katarina vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothShadowflame

Optional Items

Lich BaneVoid StaffBlade of The Ruined KingZhonya'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
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Last skill for Katarina to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Katarina

Tips for Playing as Katarina against Kai'Sa

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 Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Katarina vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Kai'Sa Image
9.7
< Kills >
7.6
6.8
< Deaths >
6.5
5.8
< Assists >
6.2
2.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.75
156
< Minions Killed >
178
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.48
2,120
< Physical Damage >
11,815
20,882
< Magic Damage >
7,824
952
< True Damage >
411
23,954
< Damage Dealt >
20,051
24,603
< Damage Taken >
19,756
12,255
< Gold Earned >
12,347
1.52
< Towers >
2.05
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
3,326
< Total Healing >
4,083
14,169
< Experience >
12,596
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
35
< Time Dealing CC >
44

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Katarina in LoL

The stats shown here show several strategic Katarina versus Kai'Sa matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kai'Sa..

Katarina typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes more damage than Kai'Sa. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Katarina and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Katarina
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Katarina or Kai'Sa?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Katarina usually wins when playing against Kai'Sa, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Katarina makes a good counter to Kai'Sa.

While Katarina does have a higher winrate compared to Kai'Sa, when facing one another, Katarina also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Katarina into Kai'Saas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

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

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Kai'Sa matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Katarina is an above average counter for Kai'Sa. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Kai'Sa.

Other Champion Matchups Against Katarina

Katarina Loses Against

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Katarina Wins Against

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Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina vs Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Katarina, we analyzed 5,613 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 Kai'Sa 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.

Other Useful Resources

Katarina Build Kai'Sa Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Katarina in order to counter Kai'Sa during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Katarina most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kai'Sa. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Katarina versus Kai'Sa build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Katarina bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Kai'Sa than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 52.4% when countering Kai'Sa with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Kai'Sa as Katarina, Katarina players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Katarina vs Kai'Sa counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kai'Sa as Katarina are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.