Kha'Zix vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Kha'Zix
based on 3,812 Kha'Zix vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kha'Zix vs Katarina Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Kha'Zix
Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Katarina
Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.
Advice to Win Against Katarina
Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.
Kha'Zix vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Kha'Zix in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several important Kha'Zix vs. Katarina counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Katarina..
Kha'Zix usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Katarina. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kha'Zix and Katarina
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Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Katarina?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kha'Zix usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Katarina, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Kha'Zix makes an ok counter to Katarina.
While Kha'Zix does have a higher win rate compared to Katarina, when on opposite teams, Kha'Zix also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kha'Zix into Katarina.
Moreover, Kha'Zix has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Katarina matchups, Kha'Zix is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kha'Zix is a decent counter for Katarina. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kha'Zix against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kha'Zix to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kha'Zix usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Katarina. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kha'Zix versus Katarina build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Profane Hydra. When Kha'Zix bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Katarina than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kha'Zix had an average winrate of 50.2% when playing against Katarina with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Katarina as Kha'Zix, Kha'Zix players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Kha'Zix vs Katarina fights, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.2% win rate overall.
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