Yasuo vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Yasuo
based on 9,290 Yasuo vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Katarina
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several valuable Yasuo vs. Katarina counter stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Katarina..
Yasuo normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Katarina
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Katarina?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when playing against Katarina, with a 53.2% win rate. As a result, Yasuo makes a great counter to Katarina.
While Yasuo does have a higher win rate compared to Katarina, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yasuo into Katarinaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Katarina matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Yasuo is a great counter for Katarina. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Yasuo against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo 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 tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Katarina. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Yasuo versus Katarina build include Blade of The Ruined King, Death's Dance, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Katarina than with most other common builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 53.2% battling Katarina with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Katarina as Yasuo, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Yasuo vs Katarina face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.2% winrate overall.
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