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AD - Katarina: The Sinister Redhead (Trinity-Force) [U.C.]

Opeth Last updated on December 29, 2012
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by Opeth » September 3, 2012 8:58pm | Report

Thank you very much for your feedback, testing and vote! :)

I'm still recording my gameplay in different positions and my jungle-spec (+ screenshots) - hope it'll make the whole thing much more transparent.
I've noticed that her early-game can be insane with this build. (I mean, like Katarina before the remake)


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by sasfild » September 8, 2012 5:09pm | Report

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i realy enjoy this build, is realy usefull early game.

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by Opeth » September 8, 2012 11:59pm | Report

I'm really pleased that you like my build...and that it works how it should be!


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by nonsense » September 19, 2012 3:25pm | Report

all equips wrong, katarina is not an AD player

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by nonsense » September 19, 2012 3:27pm | Report

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the equips are all wrong. katarina is not AD and never, never jungler

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by Opeth » September 20, 2012 2:39am | Report

Mhm sometimes I don't know why bold-facing specific words in my guide when it's ignored anyway. :)
"Playing Katarina as a jungler is a fun-build. There won't be many situations where you can pick her as a jungler..."

And again (in common with the previous page) :
"I buy MAGIC-penetration to deal magic-damage while maxing AD (boosting Death-Lotus and Sinister Steel, too) - so Katarina is mostly dealing magic-damage with my build while having an additional Sheen-Nuke."
This guide is a try to push Katarina's weak early game - I know that Katarina is played AP (what else?) - but I went with this build to try something alternative.


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by Alexas341 » September 24, 2012 10:51am | Report

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First game 8/2/9

Good but i changed some runes and masteries


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by Opeth » October 22, 2012 2:09pm | Report

Thanks for testing my guide! :)


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by pepsiM4A1 » November 1, 2012 12:47pm | Report

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Good guide but I can't find in-depth information about jungle Katarina. I took a glimpse of the chapters, what do you do with the Cloth Armor(jungle build)?
And why don't you have some match-ups? I know how to play Katarina but I really think her playstyle changes with Trinity Force. That means, the match-ups change too. You can go more in-depth, you just say the basics and this doesn't mean this is comprehensive. I am in a hurry, I will come later on with some arguments!



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by Opeth » November 1, 2012 5:52pm | Report

Thanks for your comment! :)
Yeah, I just have the chapter "How to play Trinity-Force Kata" which contains some information about her playstyle with Trinity-Force.
I sell Cloth Armor in the end - perhaps there's a good item that you can combine with it but I'm really unsure about a better alternative. Cloth Armor is just the best way I've found to start jungling with my build if you want to gank early.

This matchup-thing is a very good point I should add into my guide! There are enemies that you can easily dominate with early maxed Sinister Steel like Veigar - but there are melee-ranged AP-champions like Fizz or Akali who can be disastrous.


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