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Katarina with Trundle

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How to Synergize Katarina and Trundle

based on 8,320 Katarina with Trundle pairs
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
6.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the results of from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Katarina has gone into battle with Trundle in 8320 recently played, competitive matches. By gathering so much relevant data directly from the publishers of League of Legends, we are sure that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Katarina synergize with Trundle. It is somewhat uncommon for Katarina to play alongside Trundle on the same team. This has only taken place in approx. 6.2% of matches with Katarina.

Katarina Trundle Synergy Summary

Katarina has done a good job of playing alongside Trundle. Normally, she wins a terrific 52.0% of matches the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Katarina when playing with Trundle by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Katarina vs Trundle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandFiendish Codex

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothShadowflame

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentLich BaneRiftmakerZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Katarina's passive ability p
Katarina's q ability q
Katarina's w ability w
Katarina's e ability e
Katarina's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Trundle

Tips for Playing as Katarina with Trundle

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.

Advice to Understand How Trundle Will Play

Use Subjugate to soften a powerful enemy tank or to create a target for your team to focus fire.

Trundle excels at fighting within his Frozen Domain. Try to draw enemies onto it.

Chomp is good for lowering the physical damage of enemies; try to focus it on enemy physical damage dealers.

Katarina Trundle Synergy Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
Trundle Image
9.3
< Kills >
9.7
6.8
< Deaths >
6.9
5.3
< Assists >
5.7
2.1
< Killing Sprees >
2.17
151
< Minions Killed >
156
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.32
< Inhibitors >
0.35
1,930
< Physical Damage >
2,139
20,735
< Magic Damage >
21,329
944
< True Damage >
975
23,610
< Damage Dealt >
24,444
24,251
< Damage Taken >
24,981
11,948
< Gold Earned >
12,273
1.32
< Towers >
1.48
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,194
< Total Healing >
3,393
13,797
< Experience >
14,170
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
33
< Time Dealing CC >
36

How to Play with Trundle as Katarina in LoL

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

Overall, Katarina sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Trundle. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Trundle helps Katarina perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Katarina is paired with Trundle, she sees a barely noticable drop in her total damage dealt. This could signal that Trundle does not help cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played with Trundle on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Trundle.

Additionally, when Katarina plays with Trundle on the same team, she often takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Trundle does a decent job of covering Katarina during teamfights.

Synergies between Katarina and Trundle

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Trundle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Katarina
Trundle

Is Katarina better when played alongside Trundle?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Katarina that will always be her #1 ally. However, Trundle is a great companion for Katarina. By playing on the same side as Katarina, he improves their win rate by 3.2% to 52.0%. This proves that there is a very real strategic relationship between Katarina and Trundle that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Trundle has a much lower diffuclty than Katarina. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Trundle allies to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Fighting on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by aligning Katarina and Trundle together, you will not be granting your team very much utility. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Trundle teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina Trundle Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Katarina and Trundle, we analyzed 8,320 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 Katarina with Trundle 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

If you would like to truly master Katarina to work well with Trundle during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The best items to focus on in your Katarina and Trundle synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Katarina combined at least these three finished items in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Trundle than with most other common builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 52.0% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Trundle with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Katarina and Trundle pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.0% win rate overall.

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