Mordekaiser vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Mordekaiser
based on 9,196 Mordekaiser vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Mordekaiser vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Mordekaiser vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Mordekaiser
Tips for Playing as Mordekaiser against Katarina
Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.
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.
Mordekaiser vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Mordekaiser in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several valuable Mordekaiser against Katarina matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Mordekaiser may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Katarina..
Mordekaiser often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Katarina. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Mordekaiser and Katarina
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Who is Better, Mordekaiser or Katarina?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Mordekaiser usually wins when trying to fight Katarina, with a 54.6% win rate. Thus, Mordekaiser makes a great counter for Katarina.
While Mordekaiser does have a much higher win rate compared to Katarina, when facing one another, Mordekaiser also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Mordekaiser into Katarina.
Additionally, Mordekaiser also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Mordekaiser vs Katarina matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Mordekaiser is a great counter for Katarina. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Mordekaiser against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Mordekaiser to counter Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Mordekaiser on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Katarina. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Mordekaiser versus Katarina build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Riftmaker. When Mordekaiser incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Katarina than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Mordekaiser had an average win rate of 54.6% when playing against Katarina with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Katarina as Mordekaiser, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Mordekaiser vs Katarina face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.6% winrate overall.
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