Katarina vs Fiddlesticks
How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Katarina
based on 2,230 Katarina vs Fiddlesticks matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Fiddlesticks Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Fiddlesticks as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Fiddlesticks
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.
Katarina vs Fiddlesticks Counter Stats
How to Counter Fiddlesticks with Katarina in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some vital Katarina vs. Fiddlesticks counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Fiddlesticks. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Katarina typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Fiddlesticks. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Fiddlesticks
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Who is Better, Katarina or Fiddlesticks?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when playing against Fiddlesticks, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Katarina makes an ok counter to Fiddlesticks.
While Katarina does have a lower win rate than Fiddlesticks, when they face off with one another, Katarina also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Katarina into Fiddlesticksas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Katarina also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Fiddlesticks matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Katarina is a somewhat poor counter to Fiddlesticks. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Katarina against Fiddlesticks.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Katarina to counter Fiddlesticks during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina typically gets much more CS relative to Fiddlesticks. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling 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 case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Katarina versus Fiddlesticks build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Katarina bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Fiddlesticks than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Katarina had an average winrate of 49.6% battling Fiddlesticks with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Fiddlesticks as Katarina, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Katarina vs Fiddlesticks counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.6% win rate overall.
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