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How to Win Yuumi vs Katarina Counter MatchupYuumi is in the b tier of champions

Yuumi vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Yuumi in LoLYuumi is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Katarina as Yuumi

based on 2,844 Yuumi vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
45.7 %
K/D/A
4.29
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of ranked LoL matches that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Katarina as Yuumi resulted from an evaluation of 2844 ranked games where both champions faced each other. This matchup is somewhat rare. Yuumi encounters Katarina in only 3.4% of her rounds.

Yuumi vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Yuumi has done a pathetic job of countering Katarina. On average, she wins a lowly 45.7% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Yuumi versus Katarina rounds, Yuumi’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Katarina.

Best Yuumi vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmBandleglass Mirror

Core Yuumi Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionDream MakerMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

DawncoreStaff of Flowing WaterArdent CenserImperial Mandate

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yuumi to level upq
>
Second ability for Yuumi to level upe
>
Last skill for Yuumi to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveFont of LifeRevitalize
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Yuumi's passive ability p
Yuumi's q ability q
Yuumi's w ability w
Yuumi's e ability e
Yuumi's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
Q
4
E
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Katarina as Yuumi

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.

Yuumi vs Katarina Counter Stats

Yuumi Image
Win Rate
45.7 %
VS
Win Rate
54.3 %
Katarina Image
1.5
< Kills >
8.7
3.8
< Deaths >
6.1
14.8
< Assists >
5.5
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.91
12
< Minions Killed >
150
0.01
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.38
304
< Physical Damage >
1,957
6,930
< Magic Damage >
18,550
637
< True Damage >
873
7,872
< Damage Dealt >
21,381
7,941
< Damage Taken >
22,742
7,749
< Gold Earned >
11,522
2.15
< Towers >
1.54
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,024
< Total Healing >
3,191
10,522
< Experience >
13,343
36
< Vision Score >
15
17
< Wards Placed >
7
160
< Time Dealing CC >
33

How to Counter Katarina with Yuumi in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several critical Yuumi versus Katarina counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Yuumi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Yuumi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Katarina. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Yuumi normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Katarina. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yuumi and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Yuumi
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yuumi
Katarina

Who is Better, Yuumi or Katarina?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yuumi usually loses when trying to fight Katarina, with a 45.7% win rate. Therefore, Yuumi makes a bad counter to Katarina.

While Yuumi does have a much lower winrate than Katarina, when they face off with one another, Yuumi also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Yuumi into Katarina.

Furthermore, Yuumi also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yuumi vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Yuumi is a bad counter to Katarina. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Yuumi against Katarina.

Additional Information for Yuumi Players

How We Calculated Our Yuumi vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Yuumi, we analyzed 2,844 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 Yuumi 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Yuumi to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yuumi most often picks up a lot less CS compared to Katarina. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Yuumi versus Katarina build include Redemption, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Yuumi combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Katarina than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Yuumi boasted an average win rate of 45.7% battling Katarina with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of annihilating Katarina as Yuumi, Yuumi players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Font of Life, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Yuumi vs Katarina clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.7% win rate overall.

If you would like to get Yuumi x Katarina tips and counter stats for a a particular skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and guides shown are computed using every round finished with both champions.