How to Win Yuumi vs Katarina Counter Matchup Yuumi is in the b tier of champions

Yuumi vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Yuumi in LoL Katarina is in the s tier of champions
Support Mage
Assassin Mage

How to Beat Katarina as Yuumi

based on 3,151 Yuumi vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
50.6 %
K/D/A
3.95
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked LoL matches that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Katarina as Yuumi came out of an analysis of 3151 ranked games where both champs fought one another. This particular counter matchup is fairly uncommon. Yuumi has to counter Katarina in only 4.1% of her games.

Yuumi vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Yuumi does a average job of countering Katarina. On average, she wins a acceptable 50.6% of the time the champs face one another in. In Yuumi vs Katarina matches, Yuumi’s side is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood against Katarina.

Best Yuumi vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionSpellthief's Edge

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmDark Seal

Core Yuumi Items

~22 Mins
Moonstone RenewerChemtech PutrifierStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Ardent CenserShard of True Ice

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yuumi to level up e
>
Second ability for Yuumi to level up q
>
Last skill for Yuumi to max out q

Runes

Sorcery Summon Aery Manaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
Precision Presence of MindCut Down
Adaptive Adaptive Armor
Yuumi's passive ability p
Yuumi q ability q
Yuumi w ability w
Yuumi e ability e
Yuumi's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
E
4
Q
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
Q
11
R
12
Q
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Q
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Katarina as Yuumi

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.

Yuumi vs Katarina Counter Stats

Yuumi Image
Win Rate
50.6 %
VS
Win Rate
49.4 %
Katarina Image
1.8
< Kills >
8.8
4.4
< Deaths >
6.5
15.6
< Assists >
5.7
0.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.89
6
< Minions Killed >
141
0.01
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.39
830
< Physical Damage >
3,796
6,186
< Magic Damage >
14,355
730
< True Damage >
1,042
7,747
< Damage Dealt >
19,194
8,401
< Damage Taken >
22,417
7,684
< Gold Earned >
11,444
2.2
< Towers >
1.6
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
10,989
< Total Healing >
3,278
10,524
< Experience >
12,904
35
< Vision Score >
16
18
< Wards Placed >
7
38
< Time Dealing CC >
22

How to Counter Katarina with Yuumi in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize some influential Yuumi vs. Katarina counter stats that can help us understand the differences between these two champions. Yuumi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yuumi may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Katarina. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Yuumi often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Katarina. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yuumi and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Yuumi
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yuumi
Katarina

Who is Better, Yuumi or Katarina?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yuumi usually fairs equally well when taking on Katarina, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Yuumi makes an ok counter for Katarina.

While Yuumi does have a higher winrate compared to Katarina, when they face off with one another, Yuumi also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yuumi into Katarina.

Furthermore, Yuumi also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Yuumi vs Katarina matchups, Yuumi is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Yuumi is a decent counter to Katarina. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Yuumi against Katarina.

Other Champion Matchups Against Yuumi

Yuumi Loses Against

Leona Leona 44% winrate Taliyah Taliyah 44% winrate Kayle Kayle 44.3% winrate Volibear Volibear 44.4% winrate

Yuumi Wins Against

Ryze Ryze 59.7% winrate Corki Corki 53.9% winrate Gnar Gnar 53.8% winrate Aphelios Aphelios 53.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Yuumi Players

How We Calculated Our Yuumi vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Yuumi, we analyzed 3,151 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Katarina as Yuumi comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Yuumi Build Katarina Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Yuumi to counter Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yuumi on average picks up a lot less CS as Katarina. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Yuumi versus Katarina build include Moonstone Renewer, Chemtech Putrifier, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Yuumi included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Katarina than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Yuumi had an average winrate of 50.6% battling Katarina with this build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Katarina as Yuumi, Yuumi players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Presence of Mind, and Cut Down runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Yuumi vs Katarina face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.

If you need to see Yuumi x Katarina tips and counter stats for a an individual player tier, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using every match completed with these champs.