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How to Win Katarina vs Rengar Counter MatchupKatarina is in the a tier of champions

Katarina vs Rengar

How to Beat Rengar as Katarina in LoLKatarina is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Rengar as Katarina

based on 4,876 Katarina vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked LoL matches that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Rengar as Katarina came out of an evaluation of 4876 ranked games where both champions battled one another. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Katarina has to counter Rengar in only 3.6% of her games.

Katarina vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Katarina has done a average job of countering Rengar. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.9% of matches the champs fight each other in. In Katarina vs Rengar games, Katarina’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Rengar.

Best Katarina vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeSorcerer's Shoes

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothStormsurge

Optional Items

ShadowflameLich BaneBlade of The Ruined KingRiftmaker

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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Rengar as Katarina

Tips for Playing as Katarina against Rengar

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 Rengar

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Katarina vs Rengar Counter Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Rengar Image
10
< Kills >
8.5
7
< Deaths >
7.2
5.5
< Assists >
6.2
2.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.93
158
< Minions Killed >
42
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
1.25
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.38
2,234
< Physical Damage >
18,048
21,241
< Magic Damage >
1,341
926
< True Damage >
1,141
24,402
< Damage Dealt >
20,531
25,207
< Damage Taken >
33,636
12,411
< Gold Earned >
13,055
1.52
< Towers >
1.35
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
3,334
< Total Healing >
15,901
14,284
< Experience >
14,114
16
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
5
35
< Time Dealing CC >
234

How to Counter Rengar with Katarina in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some influential Katarina vs. Rengar matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between these two champions. Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rengar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Rengar..

Katarina often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Rengar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Katarina and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Katarina
Rengar

Who is Better, Katarina or Rengar?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Rengar, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Katarina makes an ok counter to Rengar.

While Katarina does have a lower win rate than Rengar, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Katarina into Rengaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Katarina has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rengar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Rengar matchups, Rengar 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 somewhat poor counter to Rengar. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Katarina against Rengar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Katarina

Katarina Loses Against

SingedSinged44.4% winrateFizzFizz44.6% winrateMaokaiMaokai44.8% winrateLeonaLeona45.4% winrate

Katarina Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee57.7% winrateYuumiYuumi54.3% winrateSyndraSyndra54% winrateHweiHwei53.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina vs Rengar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rengar as Katarina, we analyzed 4,876 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 Rengar 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 Rengar Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Katarina to counter Rengar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Katarina often picks up much more CS compared to Rengar. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Katarina versus Rengar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Katarina incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Rengar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 49.9% when playing against Rengar with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Rengar as Katarina, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Katarina vs Rengar fights, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.

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