Katarina vs Qiyana
How to Beat Qiyana as Katarina
based on 1,915 Katarina vs Qiyana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Qiyana Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Qiyana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Qiyana
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 Qiyana Counter Stats
How to Counter Qiyana with Katarina in LoL
The stats provided here show several important Katarina against Qiyana matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Qiyana’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Qiyana..
Katarina often has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Qiyana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Qiyana
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Who is Better, Katarina or Qiyana?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when facing off against Qiyana, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Katarina makes an ok counter to Qiyana.
While Katarina does have a higher winrate than Qiyana, when they face off with one another, Katarina also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Katarina into Qiyanaas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Katarina also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Qiyana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing 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 Qiyana matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Katarina is a decent counter to Qiyana. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Qiyana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Katarina in order to counter Qiyana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Qiyana. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Katarina versus Qiyana build include Nashor's Tooth, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Katarina combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Qiyana than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 50.9% when playing against Qiyana with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Qiyana as Katarina, you should use 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 builds players picked for Katarina vs Qiyana counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.9% win rate overall.
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