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How to Win Volibear vs Katarina Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Katarina as Volibear

based on 2,803 Volibear vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
1.73
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League games each and every week. In our database, Volibear did battle with Katarina in 2803 rounds. Including so many games with Volibear vs Katarina provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce actionable stats and a solid build to wreck your enemy. This matchup is fairly rare. Volibear is forced to battle against Katarina in only 3.5% of his games.

Volibear vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Volibear does a average job of beating Katarina. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.5% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Volibear versus Katarina rounds, Volibear’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood against Katarina.

Best Volibear vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBlasting Wand

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageNashor's ToothHullbreaker

Optional Items

Sterak's GageKaenic RookernTitanic HydraDead Man's Plate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
>
Second ability for Volibear to level upq
>
Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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W
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Volibear

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.

Volibear vs Katarina Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Katarina Image
5.8
< Kills >
9.7
6.7
< Deaths >
6.7
5.8
< Assists >
5.9
1.29
< Killing Sprees >
2.18
133
< Minions Killed >
155
0.51
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.37
11,155
< Physical Damage >
2,196
8,709
< Magic Damage >
21,579
678
< True Damage >
968
20,543
< Damage Dealt >
24,743
32,983
< Damage Taken >
24,823
11,797
< Gold Earned >
12,241
2.67
< Towers >
1.52
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,375
< Total Healing >
3,455
14,370
< Experience >
14,224
18
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
537
< Time Dealing CC >
38

How to Counter Katarina with Volibear in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several significant Volibear against Katarina counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Katarina..

Volibear typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Katarina. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Volibear and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Katarina

Who is Better, Volibear or Katarina?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Volibear usually fairs equally well when playing against Katarina, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Volibear makes an ok counter to Katarina.

While Volibear does have a higher winrate than Katarina, when facing one another, Volibear also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Volibear into Katarina.

Additionally, Volibear also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Katarina matchups, Volibear 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.

Volibear is a decent counter for Katarina. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Volibear against Katarina.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

Volibear Loses Against

LilliaLillia42% winrateTeemoTeemo43.9% winrateTaricTaric44% winrateGangplankGangplank44.6% winrate

Volibear Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateEliseElise53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrateSejuaniSejuani52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Volibear, we analyzed 2,803 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 Katarina as Volibear 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.

Other Useful Resources

Volibear Build Katarina Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Volibear in order to counter Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Katarina. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Volibear versus Katarina build consist of Spirit Visage, Nashor's Tooth, and Hullbreaker. When Volibear included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Katarina than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average winrate of 50.5% battling Katarina with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Katarina as Volibear, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Volibear vs Katarina counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.

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