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Aatrox with Katarina

How to Win With Aatrox and Katarina Paired TogetherAatrox is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Aatrox and Katarina

based on 7,067 Aatrox with Katarina pairs
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
1.93
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the stats from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Aatrox has gone into battle with Katarina in 7067 recently played, ranked games. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the hosts of LoL, we are totally sure that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Aatrox play with Katarina. It is relatively rare for Aatrox to play alongside Katarina as allies. This pairing has only happened in about 3.7% of rounds with Aatrox.

Aatrox Katarina Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Aatrox has done a poor job of teaming up with Katarina. Normally, he wins an acceptable 49.2% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to do better as Aatrox when playing alongside Katarina by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Aatrox vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
TunnelerCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Aatrox Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSpirit VisageSpear of Shojin

Optional Items

Serylda's GrudgeYoumuu's GhostbladeJak'Sho, The ProteanProfane Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Aatrox's passive ability p
Aatrox's q ability q
Aatrox's w ability w
Aatrox's e ability e
Aatrox's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Aatrox and Katarina

Tips for Playing as Aatrox with Katarina

Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.

Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.

Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.

Advice to Understand How Katarina Will Play

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

Aatrox Katarina Synergy Stats

Aatrox Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
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5.5
< Kills >
5.9
5.7
< Deaths >
5.8
5.5
< Assists >
5.5
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.33
168
< Minions Killed >
167
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.42
18,039
< Physical Damage >
18,505
3,773
< Magic Damage >
3,887
398
< True Damage >
423
22,211
< Damage Dealt >
22,816
35,863
< Damage Taken >
36,516
11,220
< Gold Earned >
11,390
2.07
< Towers >
2.09
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
14,126
< Total Healing >
14,434
14,666
< Experience >
14,704
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
240
< Time Dealing CC >
243

How to Play with Katarina as Aatrox in LoL

The Aatrox Katarina synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Katarina, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Aatrox sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Katarina. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Katarina helps Aatrox perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Aatrox tries to synergize with Katarina, he gets a little decrease in his full damage output. This change may indicate that Katarina does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Aatrox is played with Katarina on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Katarina.

Moreover, when Aatrox plays with Katarina on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Katarina does a decent job of protecting Aatrox in team fights.

Synergies between Aatrox and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Aatrox
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Aatrox
Katarina

Is Aatrox better when played alongside Katarina?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Aatrox that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, Katarina is a relatively poor ally for Aatrox. By playing on the same team as Aatrox, she drops their win rate by -1.2% to 49.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Aatrox and Katarina that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Katarina has a much greater difficulty compared to Aatrox. That means you need to be very careful when lining up Katarina teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to work well with you.

Working alongside, Aatrox players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by pairing Aatrox and Katarina together, you probably will not be providing your team much support. Plan to have other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Katarina ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Aatrox Players

How We Calculated Our Aatrox Katarina Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Aatrox and Katarina, we analyzed 7,067 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Aatrox with Katarina comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Aatrox to synergize with Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to have in your Aatrox and Katarina synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage, and Spear of Shojin. When Aatrox used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Katarina than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Aatrox had an average winrate of 49.2% helping carry Katarina with this build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Aatrox players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Aatrox and Katarina pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.2% win rate overall.

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