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Rumble vs Katarina

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How to Beat Katarina as Rumble

based on 2,279 Rumble vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
2.17
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends matches that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Katarina as Rumble resulted from an analysis of 2279 ranked games where both champions clashed against one another. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Rumble has to counter Katarina in only 3.4% of his games.

Rumble vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Rumble has done a ok job of beating Katarina. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.9% of games the champs fight each other in. In Rumble vs Katarina matches, Rumble’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Katarina.

Best Rumble vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeSorcerer's Shoes

Core Rumble Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Void StaffShadowflameZhonya's HourglassHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryArcane CometNimbus CloakAbsolute FocusScorch
DominationTaste of BloodUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Rumble's passive ability p
Rumble's q ability q
Rumble's w ability w
Rumble's e ability e
Rumble's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Rumble

Tips for Playing as Rumble against Katarina

Try and keep targets in the range of your Flamespitter. It can deal a lot of damage overtime.

If you are winning a fight you can use your ultimate to wall off an escape path.

Try and pace yourself to stay in the Danger Zone to maximize your effectiveness. It is easy to overheat if you rapidly use your abilities.

Advice to Win Against Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Rumble vs Katarina Counter Stats

Rumble Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Katarina Image
7
< Kills >
9.8
6.4
< Deaths >
7
6.9
< Assists >
5.6
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
2.17
148
< Minions Killed >
155
0.24
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.35
1,023
< Physical Damage >
2,051
22,420
< Magic Damage >
21,450
1,025
< True Damage >
938
24,469
< Damage Dealt >
24,440
24,930
< Damage Taken >
24,898
11,671
< Gold Earned >
12,320
1.63
< Towers >
1.47
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,680
< Total Healing >
3,305
14,324
< Experience >
14,146
19
< Vision Score >
16
9
< Wards Placed >
8
274
< Time Dealing CC >
36

How to Counter Katarina with Rumble in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several significant Rumble vs. Katarina matchup stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Rumble’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rumble may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Katarina..

Rumble often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rumble and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Rumble
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rumble
Katarina

Who is Better, Rumble or Katarina?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rumble usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Katarina, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Rumble makes an ok counter for Katarina.

While Rumble does have a lower win rate compared to Katarina, when facing one another, Rumble also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Rumble into Katarinaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Rumble has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rumble vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Rumble is a somewhat poor counter to Katarina. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Rumble against Katarina.

Additional Information for Rumble Players

How We Calculated Our Rumble vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Rumble, we analyzed 2,279 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 Katarina as Rumble 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rumble in order to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rumble on average gets a similar amount of CS as Katarina. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They 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, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Rumble versus Katarina build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Rumble included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Katarina than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Rumble boasted an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Katarina with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of beating Katarina as Rumble, you should use the Arcane Comet, Nimbus Cloak, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Rumble vs Katarina counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.

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