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Katarina vs Kha'Zix

How to Beat Kha'Zix as Katarina in LoLKatarina is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Kha'Zix as Katarina

based on 3,812 Katarina vs Kha'Zix matchups
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. In our data, Katarina faced Kha'Zix 3812 times. Including so many games with Katarina versus Kha'Zix gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare enlightening data and a supported build to suppress Kha'Zix. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Katarina fights Kha'Zix in only 2.8% of her matches.

Katarina vs Kha'Zix Matchup Summary

Katarina does a average job of countering Kha'Zix. Normally, she wins a acceptable 49.8% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Katarina versus Kha'Zix games, Katarina’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood versus Kha'Zix.

Best Katarina vs Kha'Zix Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBlasting Wand

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothStormsurge

Optional Items

Blade of The Ruined KingVoid StaffKraken SlayerRiftmaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Katarina's passive ability p
Katarina's q ability q
Katarina's w ability w
Katarina's e ability e
Katarina's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Kha'Zix as Katarina

Tips for Playing as Katarina against Kha'Zix

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 Kha'Zix

Taste Their Fear deals bonus damage to targets that are isolated. Gain an advantage by fighting near allied minions, champions, or turrets.

Leap and Void Assault have long cooldowns. Kha'Zix is very vulnerable when these are not available.

Katarina vs Kha'Zix Counter Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Kha'Zix Image
9.9
< Kills >
8.3
6.9
< Deaths >
6.5
5.3
< Assists >
6.2
2.18
< Killing Sprees >
1.9
160
< Minions Killed >
26
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
1.69
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.34
2,141
< Physical Damage >
17,635
21,517
< Magic Damage >
1,102
976
< True Damage >
994
24,636
< Damage Dealt >
19,731
25,192
< Damage Taken >
33,381
12,487
< Gold Earned >
12,829
1.51
< Towers >
1.03
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
3,354
< Total Healing >
16,277
14,442
< Experience >
13,975
17
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
5
37
< Time Dealing CC >
218

How to Counter Kha'Zix with Katarina in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Katarina against Kha'Zix matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences between this set of champs. Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kha'Zix..

Katarina often has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Kha'Zix. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Katarina and Kha'Zix

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Kha'Zix
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Katarina
Kha'Zix

Who is Better, Katarina or Kha'Zix?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kha'Zix, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Katarina makes an ok counter to Kha'Zix.

While Katarina does have a lower winrate than Kha'Zix, when facing one another, Katarina also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Katarina into Kha'Zixas 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 Kha'Zix. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Kha'Zix matchups, Kha'Zix is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Katarina is a somewhat poor counter to Kha'Zix. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Katarina against Kha'Zix.

Other Champion Matchups Against Katarina

Katarina Loses Against

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Katarina Wins Against

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Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina vs Kha'Zix Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kha'Zix as Katarina, we analyzed 3,812 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 Kha'Zix as Katarina 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

Katarina Build Kha'Zix Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Katarina in order to counter Kha'Zix during both the laning 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 listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Katarina most often picks up much more CS compared to Kha'Zix. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Katarina versus Kha'Zix build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Katarina included at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Kha'Zix than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Kha'Zix with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of crushing Kha'Zix as Katarina, Katarina players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Relentless Hunter, and Sudden Impact runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Katarina vs Kha'Zix counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.

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