Lee Sin vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Lee Sin
based on 4,181 Lee Sin vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Katarina
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several important Lee Sin versus Katarina counter statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Katarina..
Lee Sin often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Katarina. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lee Sin and Katarina
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Katarina?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when trying to fight Katarina, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes a poor counter for Katarina.
While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate compared to Katarina, when they face off with one another, Lee Sin also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Lee Sin into Katarina.
Furthermore, Lee Sin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Lee Sin is a somewhat poor counter for Katarina. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin in order to counter Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin often picks up a lot less CS as Katarina. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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 several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Lee Sin versus Katarina build consist of Sterak's Gage, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Katarina than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when playing against Katarina with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Katarina as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Lee Sin vs Katarina matchups, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
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