Naafiri vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Naafiri
based on 1,620 Naafiri vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Katarina
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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.
Naafiri vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several critical Naafiri versus Katarina matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Katarina..
Naafiri normally has a similar longest kill spree as their counter does. Commonly, they takes a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Katarina?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Katarina, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes an ok counter to Katarina.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate than Katarina, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Katarina.
Moreover, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Katarina matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Naafiri is a decent counter for Katarina. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Katarina. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Naafiri versus Katarina build include Guardian Angel, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri used at least these three items in their build, they did much better when facing Katarina than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 50.9% when countering Katarina with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Katarina as Naafiri, Naafiri players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Naafiri vs Katarina counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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