Auroravs Katarina
Aurora vs Katarina is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Katarina wins with a 63.6% win rate (+27.3%) over Aurora based on 33 games. Katarina holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Aurora build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Aurora vs Katarina matchup.
Aurora Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Aurora performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Aurora vs Katarina?
Aurora wins 34.5% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 23.4% and 47.7% (95% range).
- Expected
- 51.1% From both champions' overall Mid win rates
- Matchup effect
- −16.6 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 55 games Lane: Mid
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Mid · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
They also met in another lane (Top): 3 games, Aurora won 33.3%.
Key takeaways
- Katarina is favored in this matchup: Aurora wins 34.5% of 55 games, and the whole 95% range (23.4–47.7%) is on the same side of 50%.
- That is 16.6 points worse for Aurora than both champions' overall Mid win rates predict (51.1%), so the matchup itself works against this pick.
- Neither side reliably wins the lane: the average gold difference at 15 minutes is 364, within the margin of error (52 games).
- Aurora players pick Spellslinger's Shoes much less often against Katarina: 86.7% of their other Mid games, 74.5% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Aurora and Katarina played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Aurora's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Aurora vs Katarina Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Aurora vs Katarina Win Rate by Game Length
Aurora's win rate against Katarina by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Aurora's results against Katarina in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Aurora vs Katarina Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)EvenAurora gold at 15: −364
- First itemKatarinaAurora: 11.7 min · Katarina: 10.4 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Aurora Changes Against Katarina
Choices Aurora players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Mid games.
Spellslinger's ShoesBootsUsually86.7%vs Katarina74.5%−12.1 pts41.5% WR here
Crimson LucidityBootsUsually2.7%vs Katarina7.3%+4.6 pts
Best Aurora Build vs Katarina
Usual Aurora build (Mid)
100.0% win rate · 13 games
Against Katarina
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 8 of 33 Aurora games against Katarina carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Aurora's standard build instead.
- Aurora usually completes Luden's Echo first, at 11.7 min (median of 28 games).
- Katarina usually completes Lich Bane first, at 10.4 min (median of 24 games).
- Skill priority: Q > E > W — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Aurora Runes vs Katarina
Usual Aurora runes (Mid)
Electrocute
73.3% win rate · 15 games
Against Katarina
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Aurora draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
- Full 5v5 draft board
- Lane matchup win rates
- Pick and ban suggestions
Aurora matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Aurora's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Aurora build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Aurora Matchups
Hardest for Aurora
Easiest for Aurora
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Aurora vs Katarina FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Aurora vs Katarina?
Katarina is favored in this matchup: Aurora wins 34.5% of 55 games, and the whole 95% range (23.4–47.7%) is on the same side of 50%.
What is Aurora's win rate against Katarina?
Aurora wins 34.5% of 55 Mid games against Katarina on patch 26.19 (95% range 23.4–47.7%). Based on both champions' overall Mid win rates, 51.1% would be expected.
Does Aurora counter Katarina?
No — it is the other way around: Aurora wins only 34.5% of 55 games against Katarina, and the whole 95% range is below 50%.
Who wins lane, Aurora or Katarina?
Neither side reliably wins the lane: the average gold difference at 15 minutes is 364, within the margin of error (52 games).
Does Aurora outscale Katarina?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Katarina strongest against Aurora?
Katarina is measurably ahead in: First item.
What should Aurora build against Katarina?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Aurora's usual Mid core: Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Mejai's Soulstealer. The biggest change against Katarina: Spellslinger's Shoes (86.7% usually, 74.5% here).
What runes should Aurora use against Katarina?
Use Aurora's usual Electrocute page (Domination + Precision); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page.