Katarinavs Azir
Katarina vs Azir is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.3. Azir wins with a 62.2% win rate (+24.3%) over Katarina based on 37 games. Katarina wins the early laning phase while Azir scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Katarina build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Katarina vs Azir matchup.
Katarina Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Katarina 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.
Azir(37.8%)Who Wins the Katarina vs Azir Matchup?
Katarina vs Azir Matchup Summary
The Katarina vs Azir matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 37 recent matches analyzed, Azir wins with a 62.2% win rate compared to Katarina's 37.8%, giving Azir a 24.3 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Katarina controls the early laning stage, but Azir outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Katarina needs to press advantages before Azir reaches their power spikes, while Azir should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Azir leads by 0.3s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Azir has a strong advantage in this matchup. Katarina players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Azir overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Katarina vs Azir Laning Phase Breakdown
Katarina is favored during the laning phase against Azir, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Katarina holds advantages in damage, gold income and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Katarina Build Against Azir
Spellslinger's Shoes is the optimal boots choice against Azir, providing the mobility and stats Katarina needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Katarina against Azir are Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass and Hextech Gunblade. This combination gives Katarina an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build has a 37.5% win rate across 8 games. While the overall matchup may be difficult, this item path gives Katarina the best chance to compete against Azir. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Katarina vs Azir matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Katarina60.0%Azir40.0%Katarina22.7%Azir77.3%Katarina dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 60.0% win rate — a 20.0 percentage point lead over Azir. This lopsided early game means Katarina can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Azir is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 77.3% win rate — 54.5 points above Katarina. Extended games heavily favor Azir, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Katarina must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Azir reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Azir survives the laning phase without falling too far behind, the matchup flips in their favor. Dragon and Rift Herald control are pivotal — the team that secures early objectives can snowball or buy time to scale.
Best Katarina Runes Against Azir
Domination
Precision
The Domination and Precision rune setup gives Katarina the best tools to compete against Azir in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Katarina matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.3. The table below shows Katarina'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 Katarina build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.54% | 244 | 5.8 | 866 | 11,964 | 50.0% | 45.2% | |
| 54.46% | 224 | 6.0 | 880 | 12,397 | 50.9% | 58.3% | |
| 41.82% | 165 | 6.1 | 830 | 12,216 | 43.4% | 40.2% | |
| 55.83% | 163 | 6.2 | 942 | 12,570 | 63.8% | 48.2% | |
| 50.97% | 155 | 5.7 | 864 | 11,521 | 45.8% | 56.9% | |
| 50.00% | 124 | 6.0 | 785 | 12,080 | 50.9% | 49.3% | |
| 49.14% | 116 | 6.2 | 938 | 12,086 | 56.9% | 41.4% | |
| 46.60% | 103 | 5.8 | 825 | 12,681 | 44.7% | 48.2% | |
| 55.45% | 101 | 6.3 | 854 | 12,552 | 56.9% | 54.0% | |
| 44.79% | 96 | 5.9 | 825 | 12,373 | 48.8% | 41.5% | |
| 46.32% | 95 | 5.9 | 818 | 12,264 | 44.9% | 47.8% | |
| 45.74% | 94 | 5.8 | 815 | 12,231 | 42.2% | 49.0% | |
| 43.96% | 91 | 6.2 | 821 | 12,080 | 52.3% | 36.2% | |
| 35.63% | 87 | 5.8 | 732 | 11,444 | 41.0% | 31.3% | |
| 40.00% | 85 | 5.6 | 861 | 12,457 | 36.4% | 42.3% | |
| 52.56% | 78 | 5.9 | 920 | 11,458 | 41.9% | 65.7% | |
| 53.52% | 71 | 6.0 | 899 | 12,460 | 55.3% | 51.5% | |
| 42.03% | 69 | 6.0 | 950 | 12,773 | 52.9% | 31.4% | |
| 48.48% | 66 | 6.4 | 931 | 12,035 | 51.4% | 44.8% | |
| 49.23% | 65 | 6.1 | 900 | 12,335 | 50.0% | 48.3% | |
| 56.25% | 64 | 6.2 | 901 | 12,306 | 65.6% | 46.9% | |
| 42.19% | 64 | 5.5 | 864 | 11,982 | 41.2% | 43.3% | |
| 55.56% | 63 | 5.8 | 888 | 12,353 | 62.5% | 48.4% | |
| 50.00% | 62 | 6.0 | 955 | 11,800 | 55.9% | 42.9% | |
| 45.16% | 62 | 5.8 | 895 | 11,836 | 46.1% | 44.4% | |
| 42.62% | 61 | 6.4 | 1,011 | 13,044 | 63.0% | 26.5% | |
| 50.00% | 60 | 5.8 | 899 | 13,513 | 35.0% | 57.5% | |
| 45.28% | 53 | 6.0 | 985 | 12,919 | 48.1% | 42.3% | |
| 54.90% | 51 | 5.7 | 802 | 12,512 | 52.4% | 56.7% | |
| 58.82% | 51 | 5.9 | 882 | 12,615 | 66.7% | 53.3% | |
| 55.10% | 49 | 5.6 | 970 | 13,706 | 50.0% | 58.1% | |
| 50.00% | 42 | 6.2 | 862 | 12,821 | 37.5% | 57.7% | |
| 29.27% | 41 | 5.8 | 899 | 11,398 | 30.0% | 28.6% | |
| 41.46% | 41 | 5.9 | 974 | 12,959 | 31.3% | 48.0% | |
| 37.84% | 37 | 6.1 | 933 | 12,483 | 60.0% | 22.7% | |
| 42.86% | 35 | 5.4 | 880 | 11,578 | 33.3% | 52.9% | |
| 37.14% | 35 | 6.1 | 925 | 11,460 | 38.9% | 35.3% | |
| 58.82% | 34 | 6.1 | 939 | 13,223 | 61.1% | 56.3% | |
| 55.88% | 34 | 6.1 | 861 | 11,808 | 52.9% | 58.8% | |
| 48.15% | 27 | 6.0 | 910 | 13,402 | 44.4% | 50.0% | |
| 37.04% | 27 | 6.0 | 805 | 10,809 | 31.3% | 45.5% | |
| 40.74% | 27 | 6.3 | 958 | 11,676 | 46.7% | 33.3% | |
| 54.17% | 24 | 6.2 | 899 | 11,803 | 61.5% | 45.5% | |
| 62.50% | 24 | 5.8 | 995 | 12,819 | 55.6% | 66.7% | |
| 39.13% | 23 | 6.3 | 1,042 | 12,163 | 30.0% | 46.1% | |
| 34.78% | 23 | 5.8 | 920 | 13,540 | 33.3% | 35.7% | |
| 27.27% | 22 | 5.4 | 759 | 11,108 | 23.1% | 33.3% | |
| 47.37% | 19 | 5.7 | 811 | 12,241 | 50.0% | 45.5% | |
| 36.84% | 19 | 5.7 | 755 | 12,005 | 50.0% | 30.8% | |
| 44.44% | 18 | 6.1 | 937 | 13,279 | 37.5% | 50.0% | |
| 44.44% | 18 | 5.5 | 973 | 11,806 | 38.5% | 60.0% | |
| 41.18% | 17 | 5.8 | 989 | 12,546 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 47.06% | 17 | 5.0 | 847 | 11,396 | 45.5% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 16 | 6.0 | 1,027 | 12,404 | 33.3% | 71.4% | |
| 33.33% | 15 | 6.1 | 776 | 12,084 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| 53.33% | 15 | 5.8 | 973 | 12,109 | 53.9% | 50.0% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 5.8 | 913 | 11,993 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 5.8 | 834 | 11,929 | 0.0% | 55.6% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 5.8 | 729 | 11,486 | 44.4% | 50.0% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 5.7 | 907 | 14,322 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 61.54% | 13 | 5.5 | 1,327 | 14,468 | 50.0% | 80.0% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 5.9 | 727 | 11,688 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 5.7 | 943 | 12,447 | 60.0% | 50.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 5.7 | 1,439 | 13,008 | 57.1% | 50.0% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 5.3 | 797 | 11,133 | 33.3% | 20.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 5.7 | 1,089 | 14,882 | 100.0% | 57.1% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 5.4 | 1,160 | 14,951 | 66.7% | 60.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 5.9 | 1,528 | 16,057 | 100.0% | 20.0% | |
| 0.00% | 7 | 5.4 | 808 | 12,460 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 6.3 | 885 | 12,983 | 0.0% | 40.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 6.6 | 990 | 11,950 | 80.0% | 0.0% | |
| 85.71% | 7 | 6.3 | 1,035 | 13,622 | 80.0% | 100.0% | |
| 0.00% | 7 | 5.3 | 764 | 12,427 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 5.8 | 1,082 | 14,829 | 75.0% | 66.7% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 6.4 | 862 | 10,490 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.3 | 772 | 11,216 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 5.8 | 962 | 13,277 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 5.3 | 705 | 10,969 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 6.5 | 764 | 10,382 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 5.6 | 964 | 14,411 | 0.0% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.4 | 1,001 | 13,358 | 0.0% | 60.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 5.7 | 1,004 | 13,206 | 66.7% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 6.3 | 809 | 11,612 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 6.7 | 670 | 12,063 | 66.7% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.5 | 1,353 | 19,720 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 6.2 | 786 | 13,452 | 100.0% | 66.7% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 5.6 | 974 | 14,325 | 100.0% | 20.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.5 | 868 | 12,207 | 66.7% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.7 | 777 | 11,523 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 5.9 | 843 | 10,548 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.5 | 759 | 9,875 | 25.0% | 100.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 3.8 | 776 | 11,087 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.7 | 1,123 | 16,718 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 0.00% | 5 | 5.5 | 1,020 | 12,643 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 6.0 | 999 | 10,985 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
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Katarina vs Azir - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Katarina do against Azir in League of Legends?
Azir wins the Katarina vs Azir matchup with a 62.2% win rate compared to Katarina's 37.8%, a 24.3 percentage point difference. This data is based on 37 recent ranked games in patch 26.3.
How does Katarina do against Azir in the early game?
In the early game, Katarina has the advantage against Azir with a 60.0% win rate versus 40.0%. Katarina players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Katarina do against Azir in the late game?
In the late game, Azir takes over the Katarina vs Azir matchup with a 77.3% win rate compared to 22.7%. Azir scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Katarina vs Azir matchup?
Azir wins the matchup against Katarina with a 62.2% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.3. The 24.3 percentage point advantage means Azir is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 37 games analyzed.
What is the best Katarina build against Azir?
The best Katarina build against Azir includes Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass, Hextech Gunblade with Spellslinger's Shoes. This build achieves a 37.5% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Katarina runes against Azir?
The best Katarina runes against Azir use the Domination primary tree with Precision secondary. This rune setup achieves a 100.0% win rate in the Katarina vs Azir matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Katarina counter Azir?
No, Katarina struggles against Azir with only a 37.8% win rate. Azir has the advantage in this matchup. Katarina players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Azir's lead.
How do I play Katarina against Azir?
When playing Katarina against Azir, play cautiously and avoid Azir's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Azir has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.