Katarina vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Katarina
based on 5,326 Katarina vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Katarina vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Katarina in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several strategic Katarina vs. Xerath counter stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Xerath. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Katarina often has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Xerath. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Katarina and Xerath
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Who is Better, Katarina or Xerath?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when facing off against Xerath, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Katarina makes an ok counter for Xerath.
While Katarina does have a higher winrate compared to Xerath, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Katarina into Xerathas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Katarina has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Xerath matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Katarina is a decent counter for Xerath. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Katarina against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Katarina in order to counter Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina most often accumulates more CS as Xerath. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Katarina versus Xerath build include Lich Bane, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Katarina incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Xerath than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when playing against Xerath with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Xerath as Katarina, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Relentless Hunter, and Sudden Impact runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Katarina vs Xerath matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Xerath as Katarina are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.