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How to Synergize Zeri with Katarina on the Same TeamZeri is in the b tier of champions

Zeri with Katarina

How to Win With Zeri and Katarina Paired TogetherZeri is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Zeri and Katarina

based on 1,356 Zeri with Katarina pairs
Win Rate
44.2 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Zeri has fought alongside Katarina in 1356 recent, ranked matches. By accumulating so much complete data from the publishers of LoL, we feel confident that we can present to you high-quality, accurate builds to help Zeri play with Katarina. It is relatively rare for Zeri to play with Katarina as allies. This pairing has only happened in about 3.5% of rounds with Zeri.

Zeri Katarina Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Zeri does a terrible job of playing alongside Katarina. Usually, they wins a dismal 44.2% of games the champs play on the same team. If you want to do better as Zeri when playing with Katarina by learning how to better synergize your strategy with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Zeri vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Zeri Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterRunaan's HurricaneNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Titanic HydraLord Dominik's RegardsKraken SlayerExperimental Hexplate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Zeri's passive ability p
Zeri's q ability q
Zeri's w ability w
Zeri's e ability e
Zeri's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Zeri and Katarina

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.

Zeri Katarina Synergy Stats

Zeri Image
Win Rate
44.2 %
VS
Win Rate
55.8 %
Katarina Image
6.5
< Kills >
7
5.9
< Deaths >
6.1
6.9
< Assists >
6.7
1.52
< Killing Sprees >
1.62
187
< Minions Killed >
188
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.46
13,268
< Physical Damage >
13,784
5,962
< Magic Damage >
6,472
506
< True Damage >
572
19,738
< Damage Dealt >
20,828
22,596
< Damage Taken >
23,156
12,318
< Gold Earned >
12,588
2.23
< Towers >
2.23
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,083
< Total Healing >
4,314
12,413
< Experience >
12,766
18
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
115
< Time Dealing CC >
121

How to Play with Katarina as Zeri in LoL

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

Overall, Zeri sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Katarina. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Katarina helps Zeri perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Zeri is paired with Katarina, they sees a little decrease in their full damage output. This difference may indicate that Katarina does not support by providing protection for them to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Zeri is played together with Katarina on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Katarina.

Moreover, when Zeri plays with Katarina on the same team, they typically receives a little less damage than when they plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Katarina does a decent job of protecting Zeri in team fights.

Synergies between Zeri and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Zeri
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Zeri
Katarina

Is Zeri better when played alongside Katarina?

There is no top companion for Zeri that will always be their best ally. However, Katarina is a below average teammate for Zeri. By locking into the same side as Zeri, she lowers their win rate by -2.0% to 44.2%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Zeri and Katarina that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Katarina has a greater difficulty than Zeri. That means Zeri players must be cautious when lining up Katarina allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to work well with you.

Working cooperatively, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by aligning Zeri and Katarina together, you will not be giving your other allies enough support. Plan to include other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Katarina teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Zeri Players

How We Calculated Our Zeri Katarina Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Zeri and Katarina, we analyzed 1,356 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 Zeri 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Zeri to synergize with Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to have in your Zeri and Katarina synergy build include Bloodthirster, Runaan's Hurricane, and Navori Quickblades. When Zeri bought at least these three items in their build, they performed much better when paired up with Katarina than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zeri boasted an average win rate of 44.2% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Katarina with these items in their kit.

To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Zeri and Katarina pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 44.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Katarina with Zeri are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.