Syndra vs Katarina — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Syndra against Katarina · 47.4% win rate over 6,312 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Syndra owns 7 of the 7 game windows, but the win rate still favours Katarina: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Syndra wins 47.4% of games vs Katarina in mid lane (6,312 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1SyndraLevel 1 favours you as Katarina has no safe trade before her daggers and eats your poke.
Level 2SyndraLevel 2 favours you because you shove and deny her the resets she needs to snowball.
Level 3SyndraLevel 3 favours you since E stuns her out of Shunpo and cancels her combo.
Levels 4-5SyndraLevels 4-5 favour you as short QQE trades beat her before she gets a reset.
Level 6SyndraLevel 6 favours you because your E interrupts Death Lotus on reaction.
First itemSyndraFirst item favours you as Zhonya's plus E neutralize her all-in entirely.
Two+ itemsSyndraAt two-plus items you favour lane by poking her off daggers and stunning every engage.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 favour you: Katarina is a weak, mana-less lane bully only once she snowballs, and your Q Dark Sphere out-pokes her before daggers come online.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Syndra vs Katarina report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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