Lissandra vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Lissandra
based on 1,930 Lissandra vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Katarina
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
Advice to Win Against Katarina
Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.
Lissandra vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Lissandra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some vital Lissandra vs. Katarina matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Katarina..
Lissandra typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Katarina. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lissandra and Katarina
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Katarina?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually wins when taking on Katarina, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Lissandra makes a good counter for Katarina.
While Lissandra does have a higher winrate compared to Katarina, when facing one another, Lissandra also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Lissandra into Katarina.
Furthermore, Lissandra has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Katarina matchups, Lissandra is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Lissandra is a decent counter to Katarina. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lissandra against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lissandra to counter Katarina 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 mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Katarina. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Lissandra versus Katarina build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Lissandra bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Katarina than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Lissandra had an average win rate of 51.6% when playing against Katarina with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Katarina as Lissandra, Lissandra players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Lissandra vs Katarina counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.6% winrate overall.
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