Xerath vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Xerath
based on 5,326 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
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.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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 provided here highlight several significant Xerath versus Katarina counter stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Katarina. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Xerath usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Katarina. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Katarina
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Who is Better, Xerath or Katarina?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when playing against Katarina, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes an ok counter for Katarina.
While Xerath does have a lower win rate than Katarina, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Katarinaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Xerath is a somewhat poor counter to Katarina. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath on average accumulates less CS as Katarina. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Xerath versus Katarina build include Horizon Focus, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Katarina than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Katarina with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Katarina as Xerath, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Xerath vs Katarina LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
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