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How to Win Braum vs Katarina Counter MatchupBraum is in the a tier of champions

Braum vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Braum in LoLBraum is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Katarina as Braum

based on 1,575 Braum vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
53.4 %
K/D/A
2.84
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. In our database, Braum fought Katarina in 1575 games. With so many matchups for Braum versus Katarina provides us faith in our capacity to provide informative stats and a recommended build to defeat Katarina. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Braum fights Katarina in only 3.4% of his matches.

Braum vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Braum does a good job of countering Katarina. Typically, he wins a fantastic 53.4% of matches the champions fight one another in. In Braum against Katarina games, Braum’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Katarina.

Best Braum vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorKindlegem

Core Braum Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

ThornmailSolstice SleighFrozen HeartCelestial Opposition

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Braum's passive ability p
Braum's q ability q
Braum's w ability w
Braum's e ability e
Braum's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Katarina as Braum

Tips for Playing as Braum against Katarina

Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.

Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.

Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.

Advice to Win Against Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Braum vs Katarina Counter Stats

Braum Image
Win Rate
53.4 %
VS
Win Rate
46.6 %
Katarina Image
1.7
< Kills >
9.6
5.8
< Deaths >
6.7
14.8
< Assists >
5.9
0.28
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
28
< Minions Killed >
156
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.35
1,509
< Physical Damage >
2,216
6,363
< Magic Damage >
21,257
691
< True Damage >
1,046
8,563
< Damage Dealt >
24,520
22,552
< Damage Taken >
24,656
8,396
< Gold Earned >
12,211
1.85
< Towers >
1.54
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,994
< Total Healing >
3,379
10,419
< Experience >
13,960
55
< Vision Score >
16
24
< Wards Placed >
8
276
< Time Dealing CC >
38

How to Counter Katarina with Braum in LoL

The stats provided here show several vital Braum versus Katarina matchup statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Katarina. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Braum normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Braum and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Braum
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Braum
Katarina

Who is Better, Braum or Katarina?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Braum usually wins when facing off against Katarina, with a 53.4% win rate. Therefore, Braum makes a great counter for Katarina.

While Braum does have a higher winrate compared to Katarina, when facing one another, Braum also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Braum into Katarina.

Furthermore, Braum also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Braum vs Katarina matchups, Braum is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Braum is a great counter to Katarina. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Braum against Katarina.

Additional Information for Braum Players

How We Calculated Our Braum vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Braum, we analyzed 1,575 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Katarina as Braum comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Braum in order to counter Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Braum usually gets a lot less CS compared to Katarina. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Braum versus Katarina build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Braum combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Katarina than with most other common builds. In fact, Braum had an average winrate of 53.4% when playing against Katarina with this build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Katarina as Braum, Braum players should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Braum vs Katarina matchups, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.4% win rate overall.

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