Sivir vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Sivir
based on 1,853 Sivir vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Katarina
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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.
Sivir vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Sivir in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some critical Sivir against Katarina counter statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Katarina..
Sivir often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Katarina. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sivir and Katarina
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Who is Better, Sivir or Katarina?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sivir usually loses when facing off against Katarina, with a 47.2% win rate. Therefore, Sivir makes a bad counter for Katarina.
While Sivir does have a lower win rate compared to Katarina, when on opposite teams, Sivir also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Sivir into Katarina.
Moreover, Sivir has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Sivir is a bad counter for Katarina. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sivir against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sivir to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Katarina. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Sivir versus Katarina build include Phantom Dancer, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Katarina than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sivir had an average win rate of 47.2% battling Katarina with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Katarina as Sivir, Sivir players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Sivir vs Katarina face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.2% win rate overall.
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