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How to Synergize Warwick and Katarina

based on 5,735 Warwick with Katarina pairs
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Warwick has gone into battle with Katarina in 5735 recently played, ranked matches. By amassing so much accurate data from the creators of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can produce robust, usable builds to help Warwick synergize with Katarina. It is relatively rare for Warwick to play with Katarina on the same side. This has only happened in approximately 3.4% of matches with Warwick.

Warwick Katarina Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Warwick has done a below average job of fighting on the same side as Katarina. On average, he wins a poor 48.3% of the time the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Warwick when playing alongside Katarina by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Warwick vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowVampiric Scepter

Core Warwick Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageExperimental HexplateSundered Sky

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanSpirit VisageDeath's DanceBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Warwick to level upw
>
Second ability for Warwick to level upq
>
Last skill for Warwick to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Warwick's passive ability p
Warwick's q ability q
Warwick's w ability w
Warwick's e ability e
Warwick's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
11
R
12
Q
13
Q
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Warwick and Katarina

Tips for Playing as Warwick with Katarina

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

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.

Warwick Katarina Synergy Stats

Warwick Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Katarina Image
6.7
< Kills >
7.3
6.8
< Deaths >
6.9
7.3
< Assists >
6.9
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.7
53
< Minions Killed >
53
1.34
< Dragons Killed >
1.34
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.39
7,243
< Physical Damage >
7,595
8,495
< Magic Damage >
8,971
777
< True Damage >
824
16,515
< Damage Dealt >
17,391
39,412
< Damage Taken >
39,970
11,398
< Gold Earned >
11,570
1.36
< Towers >
1.37
0.29
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
21,362
< Total Healing >
21,569
13,225
< Experience >
13,215
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
282
< Time Dealing CC >
288

How to Play with Katarina as Warwick in LoL

The Warwick 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, Warwick sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Katarina. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Katarina helps Warwick perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Warwick tries to synergize with Katarina, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This may signal that Katarina does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Warwick is played alongside Katarina on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Katarina. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Katarina.

Additionally, when Warwick plays with Katarina on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Katarina does a decent job of covering Warwick during team fights.

Synergies between Warwick and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Warwick
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Warwick
Katarina

Is Warwick better when played alongside Katarina?

There is no ideal companion for Warwick that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Katarina is a very typical companion for Warwick. By being on the same team as Warwick, she drops their win rate by -1.0% to 48.3%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small synergy between Warwick and Katarina that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Katarina has a much greater difficulty compared to Warwick. That means you must be very careful when arranging Katarina comrades to play with, as they will require a much greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Fighting together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by grouping Warwick and Katarina together, you may not be giving your other teammates a great deal of utility. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their abilities.

Regardless of your Katarina ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Warwick Players

How We Calculated Our Warwick Katarina Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Warwick and Katarina, we analyzed 5,735 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 Warwick with Katarina 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 learn all of the intricacies of Warwick to pair well with Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to get in your Warwick and Katarina synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Sundered Sky. When Warwick used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Katarina than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Warwick had an average winrate of 48.3% helping carry Katarina with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Warwick players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.3% win rate overall.

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