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League of Legends Champion KatarinaKatarina is in the b tier of champions

Katarina

AssassinMage
Katarina is a assassinRoleassassin
DifficultyHard
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Voracity abilityp
Bouncing Blade abilityq
Preparation abilityw
Shunpo abilitye
Death Lotus abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
middle

Katarina Build

based on 88,923 matches
Win Rate
48.5 %
Pick Rate
5.3 %
Ban Rate
4.9 %

How We Come Up with Our Katarina Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Katarina build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Katarina builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Katarina core items and runes for any situation.

Katarina Build Summary

Katarina is a a not very good middle lane champ in League of Legends. Her best rune sets are Domination Resolve. Adding the selected runes shown below in your Katarina build will help provide you with the bonus stats to help her play well through the laning phase of the game and into the late game. You should focus on leveling up her q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Katarina

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandSorcerer's Shoes

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltRabadon's DeathcapLich BaneSorcerer's Shoes

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterRavenous HydraTitanic HydraDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Katarina to level upq
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Second ability for Katarina to level upe
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Last skill for Katarina to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Katarina's passive ability p
Katarina's q ability q
Katarina's w ability w
Katarina's e ability e
Katarina's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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R
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W
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Katarina Matchups Overview

Katarina is Weak Against

HeimerdingerHeimerdinger43.1% winrateKennenKennen43.5% winrateDianaDiana43.8% winrateVladimirVladimir44.7% winrate

Katarina is Strong Against

TaliyahTaliyah55.4% winrateVel'KozVel'Koz54.8% winrateSyndraSyndra53.8% winrateQiyanaQiyana53.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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More Gameplay Tips for Katarina Players

Tips and Tricks

Katarina can farm effectively early game with Bouncing Blade but is melee so needs to be careful during the laning phase.

Don't initiate team fights with Death Lotus. Instead let your team initiate and then come in to the middle of the enemy team with Death Lotus.

Additional Katarina Build Insights

LoL Katarina players could find her to be a dynamic champion to build out properly. You will see that her build changes when she is up against either diversified or homogenous team compositions, meaning you shouldn't select the same Katarina build every round of League of Legends

The most essential items to incorporate into your champion's build are: Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Lich Bane. Those who included these items in their gear had a much higher win rate than players who utilized other Katarina builds. Moreover, if you are facing a mixed enemy team arrangement, you should really consider grabbing her the Domination, and Resolve runes. In recent matches, she won the greatest fraction of her matches when equipped with these runes.

We set our Katarina build guidance by analyzing 88,923 recently ranked League rounds with her selected. We only recommend the highest winrate Katarina builds that were used by ranked League players enough times for us to suggest them. With so many rounds in our data, we are confident in our suggested builds.