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

Katarina vs Trundle

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

based on 8,058 Katarina vs Trundle matchups
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
2.34
Pick Rate
6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends matches that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Trundle as Katarina came out of an examination of 8058 ranked rounds where both champs clashed against one another. This particular counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Katarina encounters Trundle in only 6.0% of her matches.

Katarina vs Trundle Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Katarina does a terrible job of countering Trundle. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.8% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Katarina versus Trundle matches, Katarina’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood against Trundle.

Best Katarina vs Trundle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandFiendish Codex

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassLich BaneShadowflameRiftmaker

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 ForceHealth Scaling
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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E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Trundle as Katarina

Tips for Playing as Katarina against Trundle

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 Trundle

Trundle is very powerful at location-based combat. Try to draw him off of his Frozen Domain.

Make sure to get out of his Pillar of Ice as quickly as possible, as it significantly slows you down.

Katarina vs Trundle Counter Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Trundle Image
9.6
< Kills >
5.5
6.5
< Deaths >
6.4
5.6
< Assists >
5.5
2.15
< Killing Sprees >
1.26
154
< Minions Killed >
143
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.49
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.84
2,147
< Physical Damage >
15,878
21,276
< Magic Damage >
2,322
951
< True Damage >
529
24,374
< Damage Dealt >
18,730
24,058
< Damage Taken >
34,962
12,084
< Gold Earned >
12,346
1.45
< Towers >
3.45
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.11
3,359
< Total Healing >
15,751
14,070
< Experience >
14,431
16
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
35
< Time Dealing CC >
326

How to Counter Trundle with Katarina in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several vital Katarina against Trundle matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between the two. For instance, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Trundle’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Trundle. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Katarina typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Trundle. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Katarina and Trundle

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Trundle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Katarina
Trundle

Who is Better, Katarina or Trundle?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Katarina usually loses when taking on Trundle, with a 46.8% win rate. Thus, Katarina makes a poor counter for Trundle.

While Katarina does have a lower winrate than Trundle, when facing one another, Katarina also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Katarina into Trundleas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Katarina has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Trundle. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Katarina is a garbage counter for Trundle. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Trundle.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina vs Trundle Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Trundle as Katarina, we analyzed 8,058 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 Trundle 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Katarina in order to counter Trundle during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Katarina on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Trundle. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Katarina versus Trundle build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Stormsurge. When Katarina combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Trundle than with most other common item sets. In fact, Katarina had an average winrate of 46.8% when playing against Trundle with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Trundle as Katarina, Katarina players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Katarina vs Trundle LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Trundle as Katarina are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.