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Katarina matchups

Tier 5#37 ADC6Full build

You playKatarina

Tier 551.8% win · #37 adc

Kai'Sa favoured44.5%Katarina wins 44.5% of games into Kai'Sa, well below the 51.8% Katarina wins overall.

AgainstKai'Sa

Tier 149.0% win · #3 adc

44.5%55.0%

1,278 gamesSample A 42.8%Sample B 44.9%Sample C 45.9%Gold at 15 −206Sample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov

Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Katarina: Gold 54.4% · Plat 53.0% · Emerald 50.7% · Diamond 54.0%Kai'Sa: Gold 49.5% · Plat 49.8% · Emerald 49.6% · Diamond 48.7%

Lane plan

No lane tip for this matchup yet; the facts on the right still hold.

You complete Kraken Slayer at ~11 min; Kai'Sa completes Kraken Slayer at ~11 min. You spike together.
Level 3: Kai'Sa's Void Seeker (W) is 20s, your Preparation (W) is 15s, so you're back first. Level 6: Kai'Sa's ultimate 130s, yours 75s.
Kai'Sa takes Flash + Barrier in 69.0% of games. You take Flash + Ignite (52.6%).

Build into Kai'Sa

Sample B · Emerald+ · 483 games · 6 Nov

Items

Most built at each step, in buy order; small icons are the other picks

Start0:00
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
60.9% of games · 47.3% win
- 50.6%
- 39.7%
First back
×2
Long Sword, Recurve Bow, Dagger
Bought in most games
1st item11 min
Kraken Slayer
79.5% of games · 46.1% win
- 50.7%
2nd item18 min
Blade of The Ruined King
38.3% of games · 43.8% win
- 46.7%
- 53.8%
3rd item23 min
Terminus
33.8% of games · 48.5% win
- 52.2%
- 64.1%
Boots14 min
Gluttonous Greaves
41.4% of games · 51.0% win
- 47.9%
- 42.9%
Late28–28 min
Death's Dance, Jak'Sho or The Protean
One of them, for what you're facing

Runes

Most played page, 458 games

Precision

Conquerorpicked in 94.8%
Triumphpicked in 96.1%
Legend: Alacritypicked in 91.5%
Coup de Gracepicked in 49.7%

Domination

Sudden Impactpicked in 38.5%
Relentless Hunterpicked in 36.6%

Shards

Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

KeystoneWin rate

Skill order

Most played order, 135 games

Q14579

W31415

E28101213

R611

Max

QEW78.3% pick · 367 games45.2%
EQW21.5% pick · 101 games48.5%

Kai'Sa: Q start, max QEW10,802 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite52.6% pick

Kai'Sa: Flash + Barrier, 69.0%77,518 games

Play against Kai'Sa

Cooldowns at levels 1, 3, 6 and 11 on each side's most played skill order, before ability haste

Kai'Sa's abilities

Your opponent · uses mana

P Second SkinPassive
Lv 1Lv 3Lv 6Lv 11
Q Icathian Rain10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6s cooldown · 55 mana · 600 range10s10s8s6s
W Void Seeker20 / 18.5 / 17 / 15.5 / 14s cooldown · 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 mana · 3000 range—20s20s20s
E Supercharge16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10s cooldown · 30 mana—16s16s13s
R Killer Instinct130 / 100 / 70s cooldown · 100 mana · 2000 / 2500 / 3000 range——130s130s

Void Seeker (W) is the long one early: 20s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

Katarina's abilities

You · no resource

P VoracityPassive
Lv 1Lv 3Lv 6Lv 11
Q Bouncing Blade11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7s cooldown · No cost · 625 range11s11s9s7s
W Preparation15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11s cooldown · No cost · 25000 range—15s15s15s
E Shunpo12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8s cooldown · No cost · 725 range—12s12s10s
R Death Lotus75 / 60 / 45s cooldown · No cost · 550 range——75s60s

Preparation (W) is the long one early: 15s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

All 7 adc matchups

Katarina's win rate into each one · green beats Katarina's average, rose falls short

44.0%46.0%48.0%50.0%52.0%54.0%56.0%58.0%

Numbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.