Katarina vs Lee Sin
How to Beat Lee Sin as Katarina
based on 4,181 Katarina vs Lee Sin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Lee Sin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Lee Sin
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 Lee Sin
Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.
Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.
Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.
Katarina vs Lee Sin Counter Stats
How to Counter Lee Sin with Katarina in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several valuable Katarina versus Lee Sin counter statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lee Sin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Lee Sin..
Katarina normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Lee Sin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Katarina and Lee Sin
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Who is Better, Katarina or Lee Sin?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Katarina usually wins when playing against Lee Sin, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Katarina makes a good counter to Lee Sin.
While Katarina does have a higher winrate than Lee Sin, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Katarina into Lee Sinas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash 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 Lee Sin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Lee Sin matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Katarina is a decent counter for Lee Sin. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Katarina against Lee Sin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Katarina to counter Lee Sin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina typically racks up much more CS as Lee Sin. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Katarina versus Lee Sin build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Katarina used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Lee Sin than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Katarina had an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Lee Sin with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Lee Sin 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 combinations players used for Katarina vs Lee Sin battles, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.
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