Katarina vs Elise
How to Beat Elise as Katarina
based on 1,018 Katarina vs Elise matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Elise Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Elise Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Elise as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Elise
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.
Advice to Win Against Elise
Rappel has a long cooldown. Elise is vulnerable after she has used it.
Elise's Spider Form is more dangerous when you are at low health, and her Human Form more potent when you are at high health.
Rappel will only move Elise straight up and down unless she can descend upon an enemy unit.
Katarina vs Elise Counter Stats
How to Counter Elise with Katarina in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several valuable Katarina versus Elise counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Elise’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Elise..
Katarina normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Elise. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Elise
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Who is Better, Katarina or Elise?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when taking on Elise, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Katarina makes an ok counter to Elise.
While Katarina does have a lower winrate than Elise, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Katarina into Eliseas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Katarina also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Elise. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Elise matchups, Elise is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Katarina is a somewhat poor counter for Elise. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Elise.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Katarina to counter Elise during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina often picks up much more CS compared to Elise. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Katarina versus Elise build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Katarina bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Elise than with many other typical builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 49.2% battling Elise with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Elise as Katarina, Katarina players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Katarina vs Elise counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.2% win rate overall.
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