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

Katarina vs Seraphine

How to Beat Seraphine as Katarina in LoLKatarina is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Seraphine as Katarina

based on 5,989 Katarina vs Seraphine matchups
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Seraphine as Katarina resulted from an examination of 5989 ranked matches where both champs engaged each other. This counter matchup is fairly uncommon. Katarina fights Seraphine in only 4.5% of her matches.

Katarina vs Seraphine Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Katarina does a poor job of countering Seraphine. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.0% of games the champions face off with each other in. In Katarina versus Seraphine games, Katarina’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood versus Seraphine.

Best Katarina vs Seraphine Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Void StaffZhonya's HourglassShadowflameRiftmaker

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 Seraphine as Katarina

Tips for Playing as Katarina against Seraphine

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 Seraphine Counter Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Seraphine Image
9.8
< Kills >
3.2
6.8
< Deaths >
6.1
5.5
< Assists >
12.2
2.16
< Killing Sprees >
0.67
158
< Minions Killed >
99
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.56
2,061
< Physical Damage >
1,393
21,179
< Magic Damage >
11,567
941
< True Damage >
436
24,182
< Damage Dealt >
13,397
24,693
< Damage Taken >
16,958
12,293
< Gold Earned >
9,779
1.54
< Towers >
2.17
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,359
< Total Healing >
3,614
14,171
< Experience >
11,597
16
< Vision Score >
40
8
< Wards Placed >
18
37
< Time Dealing CC >
240

How to Counter Seraphine with Katarina in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several critical Katarina versus Seraphine counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Seraphine’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Seraphine. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Katarina typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Seraphine. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Katarina and Seraphine

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Seraphine
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Katarina
Seraphine

Who is Better, Katarina or Seraphine?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when facing off against Seraphine, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Katarina makes an ok counter to Seraphine.

While Katarina does have a lower win rate than Seraphine, when they face off with one another, Katarina also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Katarina into Seraphineas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Katarina has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Seraphine. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Seraphine matchups, Seraphine is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Katarina is a somewhat poor counter for Seraphine. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Seraphine.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina vs Seraphine Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Seraphine as Katarina, we analyzed 5,989 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 Seraphine 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Katarina in order to counter Seraphine during both the lane 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 should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Katarina usually racks up more CS relative to Seraphine. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Katarina versus Seraphine build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Katarina bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Seraphine than with most other common item sets. In fact, Katarina had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Seraphine with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of beating Seraphine as Katarina, Katarina players should use 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 builds players used for Katarina vs Seraphine counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.

If you need to get Katarina x Seraphine tips and builds for a a specific division, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and guides displayed are computed using all games run with these champs.