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Katarina with Rek'Sai

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How to Synergize Katarina and Rek'Sai

based on 773 Katarina with Rek'Sai pairs
Win Rate
46.3 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
0.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Katarina has gone into battle with Rek'Sai in 773 recently played, ranked matches. By accumulating so much accurate data directly from the creators of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Katarina synergize with Rek'Sai. It is very rare for Katarina to play alongside Rek'Sai on the same side. This has only taken place in approximately 0.6% of rounds with Katarina.

Katarina Rek'Sai Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Katarina does a awful job of teaming up with Rek'Sai. Typically, she wins a dismal 46.3% of games the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Katarina when playing with Rek'Sai by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Katarina vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeFiendish Codex

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassNashor's Tooth

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

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
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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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Rek'Sai

Tips for Playing as Katarina with Rek'Sai

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 Rek'Sai Will Play

Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.

Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.

Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.

Katarina Rek'Sai Synergy Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
46.3 %
VS
Win Rate
53.7 %
Rek'Sai Image
9.8
< Kills >
9.7
6.6
< Deaths >
6.9
5.6
< Assists >
5.7
2.11
< Killing Sprees >
2.17
159
< Minions Killed >
156
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.35
2,170
< Physical Damage >
2,139
21,339
< Magic Damage >
21,329
918
< True Damage >
975
24,428
< Damage Dealt >
24,444
24,094
< Damage Taken >
24,981
12,238
< Gold Earned >
12,273
1.5
< Towers >
1.48
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,313
< Total Healing >
3,393
13,853
< Experience >
14,170
16
< Vision Score >
16
7
< Wards Placed >
8
39
< Time Dealing CC >
36

How to Play with Rek'Sai as Katarina in LoL

The Katarina Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, 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 very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rek'Sai. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Rek'Sai helps Katarina perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Katarina is an ally to Rek'Sai, she gets a little decrease in her complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Rek'Sai does not help cover for her to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played alongside Rek'Sai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Rek'Sai.

Additionally, when Katarina plays with Rek'Sai on the same team, she typically takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Rek'Sai does a decent job of covering Katarina during teamfights.

Synergies between Katarina and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Katarina
Rek'Sai

Is Katarina better when played alongside Rek'Sai?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Katarina that will 100% of the time be her ideal teammate. Yet, Rek'Sai is a relatively poor ally for Katarina. By playing on the same team as Katarina, he lowers their win rate by -2.5% to 46.3%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Katarina and Rek'Sai that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Rek'Sai has a much lower diffuclty than Katarina. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Rek'Sai comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by pairing Katarina and Rek'Sai together, you may not be providing your side a great deal of crowd control. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their abilities.

Regardless of your Rek'Sai ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina Rek'Sai Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Katarina and Rek'Sai, we analyzed 773 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 Rek'Sai 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Katarina to work well with Rek'Sai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to have in your Katarina and Rek'Sai synergy build consist of Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Katarina combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Rek'Sai than with most other common item sets. In fact, Katarina had an average win rate of 46.3% helping carry Rek'Sai with this build.

To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, Katarina players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Katarina and Rek'Sai pairings, this set of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.3% winrate overall.

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