Xerath vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Xerath
based on 2,316 Xerath vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Katarina
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
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.
Xerath vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some critical Xerath versus Katarina counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Katarina. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Xerath normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Katarina. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Katarina
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Who is Better, Xerath or Katarina?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when taking on Katarina, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes an ok counter to Katarina.
While Xerath does have a lower win rate than Katarina, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Katarinaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Xerath vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a somewhat poor counter to Katarina. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath in order to counter Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically picks up less CS compared to Katarina. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Xerath versus Katarina build consist of Luden's Tempest, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Horizon Focus. When Xerath combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Katarina than with many other common builds. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 49.0% when countering Katarina with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Katarina as Xerath, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Xerath vs Katarina LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Katarina as Xerath are given for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.