Who counters Katarina Middle?

On patch 26.19 the hardest Middle matchups for Katarina are Fizz (41.89%), Vladimir (44.12%), Annie (42.06%). The percentage is Katarina's win rate in that matchup.

Who does Katarina Middle counter?

On patch 26.19 Katarina does best against Irelia (58.54%), Yone (54.50%), Zed (53.42%).

Katarina Middle build and counters

Katarina Middle has a 49.83% win rate with 3.44% pick rate in ranked solo and is currently placed in tier B. Based on our analysis of 7 473 matches in patch 26.19, SeeMeta summarizes aggregate stats, role, difficulty, and lane matchup win rates for Katarina on Middle.

Last Updated September 30, 2026

Games 7 473

Win rate 49.83%

Tier B

Katarina

Middle · Patch 26.19 · Ranked Solo

Games: 7 473
Wins: 3 724
Win rate: 49.83%
Pick rate: 3.44%
Ban rate: 11.88%
Difficulty: Hard

Katarina Middle stats

5 501

Physical Damage

20 985

Magic Damage

2 104

True Damage

28 592

Total Damage

28 698

Damage Taken

6 038

Healing

10.7

Kills

7.4

Deaths

5.8

Assists

4.5

Max Kill Spree

12 918

Gold

175

Minions Killed

Jungle CS

Katarina Middle Builds

Runes

Domination

Precision

Stat Shards

Summoner Spells

Starting Items

Core Items

Item 4

Item 5

Item 6

Item 7

Skill Priority

Popularity1.75%Win rate51.15%

Popularity1.66%Win rate54.03%

Popularity1.63%Win rate54.1%

Popularity1.36%Win rate53.92%

Popularity1.12%Win rate40.48%

Popularity0.96%Win rate51.39%

Popularity0.90%Win rate58.21%

Popularity0.80%Win rate58.33%

Popularity0.80%Win rate55%

Katarina Middle skill order

On patch 26.19 Katarina Middle most often maxes Q > E > W, used in 90.86% of games with a 50.44% win rate. At levels 1 to 3 the usual order is Q, E, W.

Skill max order

Which of Q, W and E is maxed first, second and third, from games with at least 11 skill points. R is not included.

Bouncing Blade
Shunpo
Preparation

Win rate: 50.44%
Pick rate: 90.86%
Games: 6 493

Other options

Win rate 53.35%Pick rate 7.95%
Win rate 44.16%Pick rate 1.08%

First three levels

Abilities taken at levels 1, 2 and 3.

Bouncing Blade
Shunpo
Preparation

Win rate: 49.92%
Pick rate: 96.84%
Games: 7 120

Other options

Win rate 51.39%Pick rate 1.96%
Win rate 38.71%Pick rate 0.42%

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Katarina Middle counters

Katarina Middle struggles most against Fizz (41.89%), Vladimir (44.12%), Annie (42.06%) and has the easiest time against Irelia (58.54%), Yone (54.50%), Zed (53.42%). Percentages are Katarina's win rate in each matchup, based on 7 473 ranked solo games of Katarina in this role on patch 26.19.

Champions that counter Katarina

Lowest Katarina win rate in the lane matchup. The number under each champion is Katarina's win rate.

Champions Katarina counters

Highest Katarina win rate in the lane matchup.

All Katarina Middle matchups

Sorted from the hardest to the easiest matchup. Pairs with fewer than 10 games are left out. Gold diff @15 is Katarina's average gold lead over the opponent at 15 minutes. It is shown for pairs with at least 30 games that have this data.

Opponent	Katarina win rate	Games	Gold diff @15
Fizz	41.89%	222	−460
Games 222 Gold diff @15 −460
Annie	42.06%	107	+253
Games 107 Gold diff @15 +253
Qiyana	43.40%	106	−891
Games 106 Gold diff @15 −891
Vladimir	44.12%	204	+62
Games 204 Gold diff @15 +62
Twisted Fate	45.19%	104	−458
Games 104 Gold diff @15 −458
Malzahar	46.59%	264	+190
Games 264 Gold diff @15 +190
Akali	46.85%	222	−179
Games 222 Gold diff @15 −179
Hwei	47.11%	121	+446
Games 121 Gold diff @15 +446
Yasuo	47.29%	425	−374
Games 425 Gold diff @15 −374
Lissandra	47.83%	230	−123
Games 230 Gold diff @15 −123
Galio	48.19%	166	−109
Games 166 Gold diff @15 −109
Zoe	48.21%	112	−157
Games 112 Gold diff @15 −157
Ahri	48.79%	330	+196
Games 330 Gold diff @15 +196
Kassadin	49.48%	97	+148
Games 97 Gold diff @15 +148
Diana	49.73%	185	−678
Games 185 Gold diff @15 −678
Sylas	49.79%	235	−34
Games 235 Gold diff @15 −34
Viktor	49.80%	249	+123
Games 249 Gold diff @15 +123
Syndra	51.60%	219	+311
Games 219 Gold diff @15 +311
LeBlanc	51.72%	174	−218
Games 174 Gold diff @15 −218
Ekko	51.75%	143	−138
Games 143 Gold diff @15 −138
Veigar	52.02%	248	+570
Games 248 Gold diff @15 +570
Locke	52.23%	224	−94
Games 224 Gold diff @15 −94
Mel	52.35%	149	−400
Games 149 Gold diff @15 −400
Vex	53.23%	186	−103
Games 186 Gold diff @15 −103
Xerath	53.24%	139	+655
Games 139 Gold diff @15 +655
Zed	53.42%	365	−244
Games 365 Gold diff @15 −244
Yone	54.50%	367	+278
Games 367 Gold diff @15 +278
Lux	54.61%	141	+30
Games 141 Gold diff @15 +30
Aurelion Sol	56.00%	75	+886
Games 75 Gold diff @15 +886
Orianna	56.12%	98	+220
Games 98 Gold diff @15 +220
Irelia	58.54%	123	−707
Games 123 Gold diff @15 −707

Katarina in other roles

Tier, win rate and pick rate of Katarina outside the main role, plus builds and matchups where there are enough games. These roles have fewer games, so the numbers move more between patches.

Katarina Top

Win rate: 46.45%
Pick rate: 0.1%
Games: 211

Skill max order

Win rate 43.95%

Katarina Jungle

Win rate: 43.33%
Pick rate: 0.01%
Games: 30

Katarina Bottom

Win rate: 52.22%
Pick rate: 0.43%
Games: 946

Core Items

Runes

Conqueror

Skill max order

Win rate 53.78%

Champions that counter Katarina

Katarina Support

Win rate: 42.42%
Pick rate: 0.03%
Games: 66

Skill max order

Win rate 36.17%

Game duration popularity

Game length	Share of games
0–15 min	5.2%
16–20 min	5.1%
21–25 min	17.6%
26–30 min	31%
31–35 min	24.1%
36–40 min	11.6%
41+ min	5.5%

Win rate by game duration

Game length	Win rate
0–15 min	51.2%
16–20 min	54.5%
21–25 min	51.9%
26–30 min	48.9%
31–35 min	49.5%
36–40 min	48.1%
41+ min	48.2%

Win rate by objective secured

First Blood secured55.7%
First Dragon secured60.4%
First Herald secured64.2%
First Tower secured67.9%
First Baron secured78.3%

Frequently asked questions

Who counters Katarina Middle?: On patch 26.19 the hardest Middle matchups for Katarina are Fizz (41.89%), Vladimir (44.12%), Annie (42.06%). The percentage is Katarina's win rate in that matchup.
Who does Katarina Middle counter?: On patch 26.19 Katarina does best against Irelia (58.54%), Yone (54.50%), Zed (53.42%).
What is the best Katarina Middle skill order?: On patch 26.19 Katarina Middle most often maxes Q > E > W, used in 90.86% of games with a 50.44% win rate. At levels 1 to 3 the usual order is Q, E, W.

How the Katarina Middle page is built

Where the data comes from

This Katarina Middle page is built from real ranked solo queue matches. Players are sampled across regions and ranks, their recent games are read and filtered to the current patch, and every game of Katarina in Middle is aggregated for the stats and builds shown here.

What this page shows

The summary shows how Katarina performs in Middle, with its win rate, pick rate, and ban rate. Below it you see the most used build, runes, and summoner spells, plus the matchups that are easiest and hardest for Katarina in Middle.

This Katarina Middle data is a snapshot of the current patch and shifts with balance changes. Use the page as a starting point and adapt items and runes to your game.

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