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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 75,856 matches
Win Rate
48.6 %
Pick Rate
6.3 %
Ban Rate
6.2 %

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 poor middle lane champion in League of Legends. Her best rune sets are Precision Domination. Adding the specific 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 e ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Katarina

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandSorcerer's Shoes

Core Katarina Items

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

Optional Items

Death's DanceTitanic HydraAbyssal MaskShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerteleport summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactEyeball Collection
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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E
3
W
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E
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
15
W
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R

Katarina Matchups Overview

Katarina is Weak Against

RumbleRumble40.3% winrateJayceJayce42.7% winrateHeimerdingerHeimerdinger44.1% winrateFizzFizz44.6% winrate

Katarina is Strong Against

CorkiCorki56.2% winrateTaliyahTaliyah54.1% winrateTwisted FateTwisted Fate53.8% winrateSyndraSyndra53.3% 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

League of Legends Katarina players could find her to be a confusing champion to build out properly. You'll notice that her build is modified when she is playing against either diversified or specialized team compositions, indicating you shouldn't follow the same Katarina build every round of League of Legends

The best items to use in your champion's build include: Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Lich Bane. Those who included these pieces in their kits had a better winrate than players who worked towards other Katarina builds. Similarly, if you are facing a varied enemy team arrangement, you should really consider grabbing her the Precision, and Domination runes. In recent matches, she won the largest percentage of her matches when equipped with these runes.

We came up with our Katarina build recommendations by examining 75,856 recently ranked LoL rounds with her selected. We only propose the top winrate Katarina builds that have been built by ranked League players enough times for us to advise them. With so many matches in our data, we are confident in our recommended builds.