Katarina vs Sett
How to Beat Sett as Katarina
based on 3,656 Katarina vs Sett matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Sett Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Sett Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sett as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Sett
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 Sett Counter Stats
How to Counter Sett with Katarina in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several vital Katarina vs. Sett matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sett’s ratio of NaN, showing that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Sett. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Katarina normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Sett. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Sett
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Who is Better, Katarina or Sett?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually loses when facing off against Sett, with a 46.6% win rate. Thus, Katarina makes a bad counter for Sett.
While Katarina does have a lower win rate compared to Sett, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Katarina into Settas her relative depth means that 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 Sett. This 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 Sett matchups, Sett is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Katarina is a garbage counter for Sett. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Sett.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Katarina to counter Sett during both the early game 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 tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Sett. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Katarina versus Sett build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Katarina combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Sett than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Katarina had an average win rate of 46.6% when countering Sett with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Sett as Katarina, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Katarina vs Sett matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Sett as Katarina are displayed for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.