# Katarina Counters Who counters Katarina? Best and worst picks against Katarina by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Katarina in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) ## Page Content [Katarina guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) [Play against Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/how-to-play-against/) [Katarina counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/counters/) Best and worst picks against Katarina in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Sion, Vex and Ekko beat Katarina most often. Irelia, Diana and Fizz win the laning phase against Katarina by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Katarina Highest win rate versus Katarina in Mid. - 1 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 122 games 61.5% - 2 [Vex](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/) 921 games 55.0% - 3 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 929 games 54.8% - 4 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 1,142 games 54.7% - 5 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 262 games 54.6% - 6 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 1,044 games 54.5% - 7 [Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) 1,049 games 54.2% - 8 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 1,670 games 54.0% - 9 [Kassadin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/) 659 games 53.9% - 10 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 1,378 games 53.2% - 11 [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) 1,486 games 53.2% - 12 [Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) 1,000 games 52.9% - 13 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 137 games 52.5% - 14 [LeBlanc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leblanc/) 1,060 games 52.2% - 15 [Lissandra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lissandra/) 1,273 games 52.1% ## Worst picks against Katarina Lowest win rate versus Katarina in Mid. - 1 [Orianna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/orianna/) 467 games 44.3% - 2 [Taliyah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taliyah/) 175 games 44.6% - 3 [Aurora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurora/) 400 games 45.2% - 4 [Locke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/) 1,323 games 45.6% - 5 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 186 games 45.7% - 6 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 366 games 46.5% - 7 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 347 games 46.7% - 8 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 334 games 46.7% - 9 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 482 games 46.9% - 10 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 629 games 46.9% - 11 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 603 games 46.9% - 12 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 560 games 47.1% - 13 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 1,289 games 47.2% - 14 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 1,352 games 47.5% - 15 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 410 games 47.8% ## Best lane counters vs Katarina Largest gold lead over Katarina at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 174 games +767 - 2 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 286 games +766 - 3 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 336 games +710 - 4 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 143 games +456 - 5 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 131 games +356 - 6 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 128 games +317 - 7 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 507 games +293 - 8 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 618 games +276 - 9 [Locke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/) 100 games +239 - 10 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 151 games +178 - 11 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 281 games +170 - 12 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 101 games +168 - 13 [Vex](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/) 348 games +157 - 14 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 462 games +141 - 15 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 163 games +136 ## How to play against Katarina Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Hold crowd control instead of throwing it early; the threat often denies her dagger access by itself. - Force short trades and leave before extended fights let her stack damage. - Keep one interrupt for her R during skirmishes instead of spending every spell on the first target. - Ping missing timers early and give up doomed side fights when she roams first. - Focus her immediately when she jumps into the fight, even if a tank is closer. ## Where Katarina is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Katarina depends on takedown resets to snowball fights, so coordinated focus can stop her before the chain starts. - Katarina has no reliable crowd control or ranged wave control, making early pressure and interrupted roams especially punishing. ## Katarina counters: questions ### Who counters Katarina in Mid? At Gold+, Sion (61.5%), Vex (55.0%) and Ekko (54.8%) have the highest win rates against Katarina. ### Who does Katarina counter? Katarina wins most often against Orianna (44.3%), Taliyah (44.6%) and Aurora (45.2%). ### Who wins lane against Katarina? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Irelia (+767), Diana (+766) and Fizz (+710) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Katarina. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Irelia counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters/) - [Diana counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)