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How to Win Katarina vs Draven Counter MatchupKatarina is in the a tier of champions

Katarina vs Draven

How to Beat Draven as Katarina in LoLKatarina is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Draven as Katarina

based on 4,337 Katarina vs Draven matchups
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Draven as Katarina resulted from an examination of 4337 ranked rounds where both champs faced off against each other. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Katarina has to counter Draven in only 3.2% of her matches.

Katarina vs Draven Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Katarina does a dismal job of countering Draven. On average, she wins a lowly 47.1% of games the champs fight one another in. In Katarina against Draven rounds, Katarina’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood, implying that she most likely won't get first blood against Draven.

Best Katarina vs Draven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandFiendish Codex

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothShadowflame

Optional Items

RiftmakerZhonya's HourglassLiandry's TormentLich Bane

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
>
Last skill for Katarina to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Draven as Katarina

Tips for Playing as Katarina against Draven

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 Win Against Draven

Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.

Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.

Katarina vs Draven Counter Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
Draven Image
9.4
< Kills >
8.6
6.8
< Deaths >
7
5.7
< Assists >
5.7
2.13
< Killing Sprees >
2
155
< Minions Killed >
172
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.24
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.53
2,062
< Physical Damage >
22,098
20,801
< Magic Damage >
123
956
< True Damage >
459
23,819
< Damage Dealt >
22,680
24,501
< Damage Taken >
22,485
12,075
< Gold Earned >
13,758
1.41
< Towers >
2.37
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
3,264
< Total Healing >
6,495
13,888
< Experience >
12,292
16
< Vision Score >
15
7
< Wards Placed >
7
35
< Time Dealing CC >
83

How to Counter Draven with Katarina in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some influential Katarina vs. Draven counter stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Draven’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Draven..

Katarina usually has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Draven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Katarina and Draven

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Draven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Katarina
Draven

Who is Better, Katarina or Draven?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Katarina usually loses when taking on Draven, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, Katarina makes a poor counter for Draven.

While Katarina does have a lower win rate compared to Draven, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Katarina into Dravenas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Katarina has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Draven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Draven matchups, Draven is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Katarina is a terribly counter for Draven. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Draven.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina vs Draven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Draven as Katarina, we analyzed 4,337 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 Draven as Katarina 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Katarina to counter Draven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Katarina often racks up a similar amount of CS as Draven. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Katarina versus Draven build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Katarina combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Draven than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 47.1% when countering Draven with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Draven as Katarina, Katarina players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Relentless Hunter, and Sudden Impact runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Katarina vs Draven LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.1% win rate overall.

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