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How to Win Illaoi vs Katarina Counter MatchupIllaoi is in the a tier of champions

Illaoi vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Illaoi in LoLIllaoi is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Katarina as Illaoi

based on 2,438 Illaoi vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
1.41
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL games each week. In our database, Illaoi engaged Katarina in 2438 rounds. Using so many matchups for Illaoi vs Katarina provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce enlightening stats and a pro build to destroy your opposition. This counter pairing is somewhat rare. Illaoi is forced to battle against Katarina in only 3.4% of her matches.

Illaoi vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Illaoi has done a ok job of countering Katarina. Normally, she wins a acceptable 49.8% of matches the champs battle each other in. In Illaoi vs Katarina games, Illaoi’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Katarina.

Best Illaoi vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverSundered Sky

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanSpear of ShojinDeath's DanceSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Katarina

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

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.

Illaoi vs Katarina Counter Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Katarina Image
5.4
< Kills >
10.1
6.8
< Deaths >
6.7
4.2
< Assists >
5.9
1.23
< Killing Sprees >
2.24
188
< Minions Killed >
155
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.35
24,845
< Physical Damage >
2,242
851
< Magic Damage >
22,630
380
< True Damage >
1,013
26,076
< Damage Dealt >
25,886
34,945
< Damage Taken >
25,469
11,970
< Gold Earned >
12,384
2.81
< Towers >
1.47
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,264
< Total Healing >
3,685
15,159
< Experience >
14,439
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
432
< Time Dealing CC >
36

How to Counter Katarina with Illaoi in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some valuable Illaoi against Katarina matchup stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Katarina..

Illaoi normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Katarina. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Illaoi and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Illaoi
Katarina

Who is Better, Illaoi or Katarina?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Illaoi usually fairs equally well when playing against Katarina, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Illaoi makes an ok counter to Katarina.

While Illaoi does have a lower winrate than Katarina, when facing one another, Illaoi also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Illaoi into Katarina.

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

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Illaoi is a somewhat poor counter to Katarina. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Illaoi against Katarina.

Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi

Illaoi Loses Against

MordekaiserMordekaiser42.8% winrateZyraZyra43.9% winrateYorickYorick44.1% winrateKayleKayle44.3% winrate

Illaoi Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante57.1% winrateRenektonRenekton56.1% winrateSkarnerSkarner56.1% winrate

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Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Illaoi, we analyzed 2,438 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 Illaoi 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi in order to counter Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Illaoi typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Katarina. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Illaoi versus Katarina build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Katarina than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Illaoi had an average win rate of 49.8% when countering Katarina with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Katarina as Illaoi, Illaoi players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Illaoi vs Katarina counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.

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