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Katarina with Mordekaiser

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How to Synergize Katarina and Mordekaiser

based on 7,943 Katarina with Mordekaiser pairs
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
5.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the results of from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Katarina has gone into battle with Mordekaiser in 7943 recently played, ranked games. By accumulating so much accurate data from the makers of League, we have complete confidence that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Katarina play with Mordekaiser. It is somewhat uncommon for Katarina to play with Mordekaiser on the same side. This has only happened in approx. 5.9% of games with Katarina.

Katarina Mordekaiser Synergy Summary

Katarina has done a ok job of synergizing with Mordekaiser. Normally, she wins an acceptable 50.2% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Katarina when playing alongside Mordekaiser by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Katarina vs Mordekaiser Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeSorcerer's Shoes

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

RiftmakerLich BaneShadowflameVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Katarina to level upq
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Second ability for Katarina to level upe
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Last skill for Katarina to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
DominationSudden ImpactRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Katarina's passive ability p
Katarina's q ability q
Katarina's w ability w
Katarina's e ability e
Katarina's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Mordekaiser

Tips for Playing as Katarina with Mordekaiser

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.

Advice to Understand How Mordekaiser Will Play

Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.

Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.

Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.

Katarina Mordekaiser Synergy Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Mordekaiser Image
9.3
< Kills >
9.7
6.9
< Deaths >
6.9
5.6
< Assists >
5.7
2.1
< Killing Sprees >
2.17
155
< Minions Killed >
156
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.35
2,346
< Physical Damage >
2,139
20,062
< Magic Damage >
21,329
978
< True Damage >
975
23,387
< Damage Dealt >
24,444
24,992
< Damage Taken >
24,981
12,147
< Gold Earned >
12,273
1.55
< Towers >
1.48
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,415
< Total Healing >
3,393
14,217
< Experience >
14,170
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
36
< Time Dealing CC >
36

How to Play with Mordekaiser as Katarina in LoL

The Katarina Mordekaiser synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Mordekaiser, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Katarina sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Mordekaiser. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Mordekaiser helps Katarina perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Katarina is paired with Mordekaiser, she sees a little drop in her full damage output. This difference could indicate that Mordekaiser does not support by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played alongside Mordekaiser on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Mordekaiser. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Mordekaiser.

Moreover, when Katarina plays with Mordekaiser on the same side, she typically takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Mordekaiser does a poor job of protecting Katarina in teamfights.

Synergies between Katarina and Mordekaiser

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Mordekaiser
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Katarina
Mordekaiser

Is Katarina better when played alongside Mordekaiser?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Katarina that will always be her best synergy. However, Mordekaiser is a decent companion for Katarina. By locking into the same side as Katarina, he raises their win rate by 1.4% to 50.2%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Katarina and Mordekaiser that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.

Mordekaiser has a much lower diffuclty than Katarina. That means Katarina players don't need to be cautious when arranging Mordekaiser allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Working alongside, Katarina players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by aligning Katarina and Mordekaiser together, you may not be granting your other allies much support. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in their capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Mordekaiser teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina Mordekaiser Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Katarina and Mordekaiser, we analyzed 7,943 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Katarina with Mordekaiser comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Katarina to pair well with Mordekaiser during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to get in your Katarina and Mordekaiser synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Katarina incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Mordekaiser than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Katarina had an average win rate of 50.2% helping carry Mordekaiser with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, Katarina players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Katarina and Mordekaiser pairings, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.

If you would like to see Katarina with Mordekaiser cooperations tips and builds for a a distinct division, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the stats and build suggestions given are computed using every match played with both champs.