Jarvan IV with Katarina
How to Synergize Jarvan IV and Katarina
based on 2,064 Jarvan IV with Katarina pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Jarvan IV Katarina Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Jarvan IV and Katarina
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV with Katarina
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Advice to Understand How Katarina Will Play
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
Jarvan IV Katarina Synergy Stats
How to Play with Katarina as Jarvan IV in LoL
The Jarvan IV Katarina synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Katarina, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Jarvan IV sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Katarina. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Katarina helps Jarvan IV perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Jarvan IV is an ally to Katarina, he observes a little decrease in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Katarina does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Jarvan IV is played alongside Katarina on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Katarina. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Katarina.
Additionally, when Jarvan IV plays with Katarina on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Katarina does a decent job of protecting Jarvan IV in teamfights.
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Is Jarvan IV better when played alongside Katarina?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Jarvan IV that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, overall, Katarina is a below average ally for Jarvan IV. By being on the same team as Jarvan IV, she lowers their win rate by -2.5% to 46.1%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Jarvan IV and Katarina that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Katarina has a greater difficulty than Jarvan IV. That means you should be careful when arranging Katarina teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Jarvan IV players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Jarvan IV and Katarina together, you may not be providing your other allies a great deal of utility. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Katarina ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Jarvan IV to pair well with Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to use in your Jarvan IV and Katarina synergy build consist of Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV included at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Katarina than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 46.1% helping carry Katarina with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.1% win rate overall.
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