Lulu vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Lulu
based on 2,089 Lulu vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lulu vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Lulu vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Lulu
Tips for Playing as Lulu against Katarina
Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.
Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.
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.
Lulu vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Lulu in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several significant Lulu versus Katarina matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Lulu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lulu may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Katarina. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Lulu usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Katarina. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lulu and Katarina
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Who is Better, Lulu or Katarina?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lulu usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Katarina, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Lulu makes an ok counter to Katarina.
While Lulu does have a higher winrate than Katarina, when on opposite teams, Lulu also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lulu into Katarina.
Moreover, Lulu has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Katarina. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Lulu vs Katarina matchups, Lulu is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Lulu is a decent counter to Katarina. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lulu against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lulu in order to counter Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lulu typically racks up a lot less CS compared to Katarina. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Lulu versus Katarina build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Lulu combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Katarina than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Lulu had an average winrate of 50.6% when playing against Katarina with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Katarina as Lulu, Lulu players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Lulu vs Katarina counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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