Katarina vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Katarina
based on 1,620 Katarina vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Naafiri
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 Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Katarina in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some vital Katarina versus Naafiri matchup stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Naafiri’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Naafiri..
Katarina often has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Naafiri. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Katarina or Naafiri?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when taking on Naafiri, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Katarina makes an ok counter for Naafiri.
While Katarina does have a lower win rate than Naafiri, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Katarina into Naafirias her relative depth means 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 Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Katarina is a somewhat poor counter for Naafiri. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Katarina against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Katarina to counter Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina usually gets a similar amount of CS as Naafiri. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Katarina versus Naafiri build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Katarina incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Naafiri than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Naafiri with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Naafiri as Katarina, you should take 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 sets players picked for Katarina vs Naafiri clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Naafiri as Katarina are shown for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.