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How to Win Katarina vs Lillia Counter MatchupKatarina is in the a tier of champions

Katarina vs Lillia

How to Beat Lillia as Katarina in LoLKatarina is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Lillia as Katarina

based on 7,972 Katarina vs Lillia matchups
Win Rate
46.2 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds every week. Within our database, Katarina engaged Lillia in 7972 rounds. With so many games with Katarina versus Lillia provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare informative stats and a solid build to wreck your foe. This champion pairing is fairly uncommon. Katarina encounters Lillia in only 6.0% of her games.

Katarina vs Lillia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Katarina has done a pathetic job of countering Lillia. Normally, she wins a lowly 46.2% of games the champions fight one another in. In Katarina against Lillia rounds, Katarina’s side is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood against Lillia.

Best Katarina vs Lillia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeSorcerer's Shoes

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

Void StaffShadowflameRiftmakerBanshee's Veil

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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Guide to Countering Lillia as Katarina

Tips for Playing as Katarina against Lillia

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.

Katarina vs Lillia Counter Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
46.2 %
VS
Win Rate
53.8 %
Lillia Image
9.8
< Kills >
6.6
6.8
< Deaths >
5.6
5.5
< Assists >
8.3
2.18
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
158
< Minions Killed >
46
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
1.29
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.44
2,162
< Physical Damage >
809
22,499
< Magic Damage >
15,954
988
< True Damage >
4,831
25,651
< Damage Dealt >
21,595
25,017
< Damage Taken >
40,035
12,332
< Gold Earned >
12,066
1.41
< Towers >
1.37
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
3,467
< Total Healing >
22,292
14,232
< Experience >
14,137
16
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
6
36
< Time Dealing CC >
414

How to Counter Lillia with Katarina in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several important Katarina vs. Lillia matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lillia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lillia. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Katarina usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Lillia. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Katarina and Lillia

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Lillia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Katarina
Lillia

Who is Better, Katarina or Lillia?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Katarina usually loses when trying to fight Lillia, with a 46.2% win rate. Thus, Katarina makes a poor counter to Lillia.

While Katarina does have a lower win rate compared to Lillia, when they face off with one another, Katarina also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Katarina into Lilliaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Katarina has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lillia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Lillia matchups, Lillia is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Katarina is a garbage counter to Lillia. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Katarina against Lillia.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina vs Lillia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lillia as Katarina, we analyzed 7,972 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 Lillia 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Katarina in order to counter Lillia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Katarina on average gets much more CS relative to Lillia. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need 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 require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to have in your Katarina versus Lillia build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Katarina incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better countering Lillia than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 46.2% when countering Lillia with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Lillia as Katarina, Katarina players should take 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 sets players used for Katarina vs Lillia matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.2% winrate overall.

If you want to see Katarina x Lillia tips and counter builds for a an individual rank, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and strategies shown are computed using every match finished with both champions.