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What decides the mid lane matchup: Irelia vs Katarina in League of Legends
What decides the mid lane
A tactical read of the mid lane matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Irelia
mid lane · Lane bully
Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on.
Keep the wave thin. Her all-in scales with every minion she can dash through.
Irelia's Q resets off low-health minions, so a stacked wave is a highway to your face; thin waves cage her.
Katarina
mid lane · Level six all-in
The lane changes shape at the ultimate, so the window to build a lead closes at level six.
Step off her daggers. Every trade she wins starts with one on the ground.
Katarina's damage routes through dagger pickups and resets; denying the dagger denies the combo, and grouped CC ends her ult.
Irelia vs Katarina: Common Questions
- Who wins Irelia vs Katarina?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked mid lane games of Irelia against Katarina to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Irelia: Keep the wave thin. Her all-in scales with every minion she can dash through. Katarina: Step off her daggers. Every trade she wins starts with one on the ground.
- How do you play the Irelia Katarina matchup?
- It is a mid lane matchup between a lane bully and a level six all-in. Irelia's Q resets off low-health minions, so a stacked wave is a highway to your face; thin waves cage her. Katarina's damage routes through dagger pickups and resets; denying the dagger denies the combo, and grouped CC ends her ult.
- What should I know about Katarina vs Irelia?
- Katarina is a level six all-in: The lane changes shape at the ultimate, so the window to build a lead closes at level six. Irelia is a lane bully: Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on. Katarina: Step off her daggers. Every trade she wins starts with one on the ground. Irelia: Keep the wave thin. Her all-in scales with every minion she can dash through.
- How do I beat Katarina as Irelia?
- Katarina's damage routes through dagger pickups and resets; denying the dagger denies the combo, and grouped CC ends her ult. Step off her daggers. Every trade she wins starts with one on the ground. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Katarina you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.