Katarina vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Katarina
based on 1,797 Katarina vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Katarina vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Katarina in LoL
The stats shown here feature several valuable Katarina vs. Viktor counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viktor’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Viktor. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Katarina normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes more damage than Viktor. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Viktor
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Who is Better, Katarina or Viktor?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when facing off against Viktor, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Katarina makes an ok counter for Viktor.
While Katarina does have a lower winrate than Viktor, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Katarina into Viktoras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Katarina has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Katarina is a somewhat poor counter for Viktor. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Katarina against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Katarina to counter Viktor during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Viktor. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Katarina versus Viktor build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Katarina used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Viktor than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when countering Viktor with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Viktor as Katarina, you should use 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 used for Katarina vs Viktor fights, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Viktor as Katarina are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.