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How to Win Zeri vs Katarina Counter MatchupZeri is in the b tier of champions

Zeri vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Zeri in LoLZeri is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Katarina as Zeri

based on 1,382 Zeri vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Katarina as Zeri came out of an evaluation of 1382 ranked rounds where both champions faced one another. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Zeri fights Katarina in only 3.5% of their games.

Zeri vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zeri does a poor job of countering Katarina. Typically, they wins a lowly 47.8% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Zeri vs Katarina matches, Zeri’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, indicating that they most likely will get first blood versus Katarina.

Best Zeri vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Zeri Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateRunaan's HurricaneTerminus

Optional Items

Phantom DancerNavori QuickbladesInfinity EdgeStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zeri to level upq
>
Second ability for Zeri to level upe
>
Last skill for Zeri to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Zeri's passive ability p
Zeri's q ability q
Zeri's w ability w
Zeri's e ability e
Zeri's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
R
6
Q
7
E
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Q
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E
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W
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Zeri

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.

Zeri vs Katarina Counter Stats

Zeri Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Katarina Image
7.1
< Kills >
9.7
6.3
< Deaths >
6.7
6.8
< Assists >
6.1
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
2.2
186
< Minions Killed >
158
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.39
13,499
< Physical Damage >
2,229
6,565
< Magic Damage >
22,177
568
< True Damage >
1,028
20,632
< Damage Dealt >
25,435
23,270
< Damage Taken >
24,789
12,553
< Gold Earned >
12,365
2.22
< Towers >
1.52
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,071
< Total Healing >
3,458
12,646
< Experience >
14,266
18
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
116
< Time Dealing CC >
38

How to Counter Katarina with Zeri in LoL

The stats shown here show several influential Zeri against Katarina counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Katarina..

Zeri typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than their counter does. Commonly, they takes a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zeri and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Zeri
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zeri
Katarina

Who is Better, Zeri or Katarina?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zeri usually loses when playing against Katarina, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Zeri makes a poor counter for Katarina.

While Zeri does have a lower win rate than Katarina, when they face off with one another, Zeri also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Zeri into Katarina.

Furthermore, Zeri 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 one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Zeri is a garbage counter for Katarina. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zeri against Katarina.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zeri

Zeri Loses Against

LilliaLillia39.3% winrateSingedSinged39.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai40.6% winrateRyzeRyze41.3% winrate

Zeri Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.8% winrateZoeZoe54.3% winrateEliseElise54.2% winrateKassadinKassadin53% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 50% 388 GamesBraumBraum+ 50.1% 419 GamesLilliaLillia+ 50.4% 2311 GamesZyraZyra+ 50.5% 1459 Games

Additional Information for Zeri Players

How We Calculated Our Zeri vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Zeri, we analyzed 1,382 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 Zeri 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

Zeri Build Katarina Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zeri to counter Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zeri often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Katarina. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Zeri versus Katarina build include Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Terminus. When Zeri included at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better vs Katarina than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zeri had an average win rate of 47.8% battling Katarina with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Katarina as Zeri, Zeri players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Zeri vs Katarina counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.8% winrate overall.

If you want to view Zeri vs Katarina tips and builds for a an individual skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the stats and strategies given are computed using all matches completed with these champs.