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Draven vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Draven in LoLDraven is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Katarina as Draven

based on 4,337 Draven vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
52.9 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of ranked League rounds that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Katarina as Draven resulted from an examination of 4337 ranked rounds where both champions faced one another. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Draven is forced to battle against Katarina in only 3.5% of his games.

Draven vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Draven does a good job of beating Katarina. Typically, he wins a terrific 52.9% of matches the champs face each other in. In Draven vs Katarina rounds, Draven’s side is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Katarina.

Best Draven vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRectrix

Core Draven Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeEssence ReaverThe Collector

Optional Items

OpportunityVoltaic CycloswordBloodthirsterRapid Firecannon

Summoner Spells

summonerboost summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Draven's passive ability p
Draven's q ability q
Draven's w ability w
Draven's e ability e
Draven's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Draven

Tips for Playing as Draven against Katarina

If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.

If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.

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.

Draven vs Katarina Counter Stats

Draven Image
Win Rate
52.9 %
VS
Win Rate
47.1 %
Katarina Image
8.6
< Kills >
9.4
7
< Deaths >
6.8
5.7
< Assists >
5.7
2
< Killing Sprees >
2.13
172
< Minions Killed >
155
0.24
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.33
22,098
< Physical Damage >
2,062
123
< Magic Damage >
20,801
459
< True Damage >
956
22,680
< Damage Dealt >
23,819
22,485
< Damage Taken >
24,501
13,758
< Gold Earned >
12,075
2.37
< Towers >
1.41
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,495
< Total Healing >
3,264
12,292
< Experience >
13,888
15
< Vision Score >
16
7
< Wards Placed >
7
83
< Time Dealing CC >
35

How to Counter Katarina with Draven in LoL

The stats provided here show some significant Draven vs. Katarina matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Katarina..

Draven normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Draven and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Draven
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Draven
Katarina

Who is Better, Draven or Katarina?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Draven usually wins when trying to fight Katarina, with a 52.9% win rate. Thus, Draven makes a good counter to Katarina.

While Draven does have a higher win rate compared to Katarina, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Draven into Katarinaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Draven 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 one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Draven vs Katarina matchups, Draven is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Draven is an above average counter to Katarina. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Draven against Katarina.

Other Champion Matchups Against Draven

Draven Loses Against

MaokaiMaokai44.9% winrateZyraZyra45.9% winrateBraumBraum46.3% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser46.6% winrate

Draven Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.4% winrateZeriZeri56.1% winrateKarthusKarthus56% winrateGnarGnar54% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Draven Players

How We Calculated Our Draven vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Draven, we analyzed 4,337 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 Draven 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.

Other Useful Resources

Draven Build Katarina Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Draven to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Draven often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Katarina. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Draven versus Katarina build include Infinity Edge, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Draven included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Katarina than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Draven had an average winrate of 52.9% when countering Katarina with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Katarina as Draven, you should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Bloodline runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Draven vs Katarina face-offs, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Katarina as Draven are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.