Lee Sin with Katarina
How to Synergize Lee Sin and Katarina
based on 4,230 Lee Sin with Katarina pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Lee Sin Katarina Synergy Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Lee Sin and Katarina
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin with Katarina
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin Katarina Synergy Stats
How to Play with Katarina as Lee Sin in LoL
The Lee Sin 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, Lee Sin sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Katarina. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Katarina helps Lee Sin perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lee Sin plays on the same team as Katarina, he observes a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Katarina does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Lee Sin is played together with Katarina on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Katarina.
Moreover, when Lee Sin plays with Katarina on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Katarina does a decent job of protecting Lee Sin during team fights.
Synergies between Lee Sin and Katarina
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Is Lee Sin better when played alongside Katarina?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Lee Sin that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, Katarina is a very typical companion for Lee Sin. By locking into the same team as Lee Sin, she drops their win rate by -1.0% to 46.3%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Lee Sin and Katarina that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Katarina has a greater difficulty than Lee Sin. That means Lee Sin players should be cautious when arranging Katarina allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing together, Lee Sin players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by grouping Lee Sin and Katarina together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of support. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Katarina teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Lee Sin to work well with Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to use in your Lee Sin and Katarina synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin bought at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Katarina than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average win rate of 46.3% when playing alongside Katarina with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, Lee Sin players should equip 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 runes players picked for Lee Sin and Katarina pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Katarina with Lee Sin are shown for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.