Katarina with Xerath
How to Synergize Katarina and Xerath
based on 2,968 Katarina with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Katarina Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Katarina vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Katarina with Xerath
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 Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Katarina Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Katarina in LoL
The Katarina Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xerath. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Xerath helps Katarina perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Katarina plays on the same team as Xerath, she sees a little decrease in her total damage output. This change could indicate that Xerath does not provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played with Xerath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Xerath.
Moreover, when Katarina plays with Xerath on the same side, she often receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Katarina in team fights.
Synergies between Katarina and Xerath
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Is Katarina better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no perfect synergy for Katarina that will no matter what be her top teammate. Yet, overall, Xerath is a not very good companion for Katarina. By playing on the same side as Katarina, he drops their win rate by -1.2% to 47.6%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Katarina and Xerath that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Xerath has a lower difficulty than Katarina. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Xerath allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to play well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Katarina and Xerath together, you may not be providing your other teammates a lot of support. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Xerath ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Katarina to pair well with Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to get in your Katarina and Xerath synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Katarina bought at least these three great items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Xerath than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 47.6% helping carry Xerath with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, Katarina players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.6% win rate overall.
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