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Katarina Build Guide by

Katarina Du Couteau

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Spells:

Flash

Ignite

Items

start 1

start 2

first back

early core

mid core

end

replacements

trinkets

Quit buying this peice of sheet O_O

Ability Order

Katarina Passive Ability

More Katarina Counters

Here we go, My name is Vuma, (been meaning to change my name for a while now) currently Plat 3, and today I'll be teaching you a little bit about Katarina
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PROS & CONS

PROS

+ No Mana
+ CD Resets
+ High Multi-Target Burst
+ Can Ward Hop

CONS

- Very Fragile
- Good Positioning is Key
- Useless if CC'd
- Terrible Laning Phase

¹When playing , you need to always keep this in mind... "I have no mana, spam abilities." ²Always carry around a ward, it may save your life. To make it easy to ward hop, you may have to change your keybindings if you haven't already, its very easy and there are tons of videos on youtube of how to do it. I like to put my wards on the 3 slot because it's right next to (the E key) so I can easily slide my finger down and to the ward immediately as I put it down. ³Take advantage of 's high burst. Gank bot lane whenever you can! Carrying the team by yourself, while satisfying, is not the safest way to win a game, you need your teammates and yourself to win the game. ⁴When you are about to engage a fight, try to bait the enemy's CC abilities. If gets CC'd while ulting you better pray your teammates can kill your enemy to give you that reset, because if you get caught and you've already used you're as good as dead. ⁵To make any good of 's bad laning phase, try to use to last hit minions, rather than to poke - Minions > Harass.

RUNES AND MASTERIES
First things first, Before you get into the game make sure you have your runes and masteries set

6
Great choice for early poke in lane and minion last hitting with , a standard choice for any ap champion

3
I take 3 extra scaling MR Glyphs just to round out my defensive stats, sometimes I take 9 scaling MR glyphs, or 6 for 3 AP

9
Take 9 Magic Pen Marks for obvious reasons, lets you shred through some of the enemy's MR and should be on all ap mids

9
I always take 9 of these on everyone, helps deal with auto attacks and good scaling lategame as well as early game

3
Pretty standard, take 3 AP Quints, helps you get by the early game, can also replace these with MVS Quints

Take the 1 point in to

maximize your damage output, 4 points in

because the CDR is amazing on , 1 point in

to make it easier to last hit, 3 points in

for extra ability power, take

for the extra early game ability power,

3 points in to increase your damage even more,

take 3 points in which will help

a lot as can take advantage of both magic and

armor penetration, then take for easier last

hitting and extra damage on your mark.

and take the last point into

for the increased overall damage

I take my 9 points into the defensive masteries like this,

Start with 2 points in as 70% of your matchups are

going to be ranged champions and you want to take as little

damage from auto attacks as possible, combined with

you will be very tanky and sustained during

laning phase, take 2 points into for some

early game sustain, stacked on with , take

for extra defense from enemy champions by 2

(could save your life), take 3 points in for

extra earlygame health and the last point willgo into

for extra overall health

DONT PICK KAT WHEN THEY HAVE MASSIVE HARD CC OR SILENCES LIKE

More or less, If you do get counter picked by one of these champions, watch when they use their cc abilities before you go in and use your ultimate

But remember this. A good Katarina has no counter...Seriously

SUMMONER SPELLS

I take and about 99% of all my games, it gives you good mobility and a few extra ticks of damage when you need them. In certain circumstances I will take others.

If you're going against a you can opt to take instead of to block his damage or if you are just getting the grip of , you can chose to play a little safer by taking .
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ITEM SEQUENCE

I really really really really really love this start on , It really gives you everything you need, Health, Sustain, Blocks 8 damage from auto attacks, what more could you want!

Always try to buy these on your first back, the
1 or 2 s and some s are all you need

Next buy the . It gives you 10% CDR which is very good on as you can continually spam abilities, and it gives you a little extra ability power

will be your first major purchase and when you buy it your damage will spike incredibly but don't forget to use the active

After your DFG, you can either rush if you are doing well, but if you aren't doing so hot you should get instead and buy elixir's, they really help a lot mid game

at this point in the game I will usually get as it shreds through a lot of MR and it gives you a good amount of MR and AP as well, if they start to stack MR, get

For my last item I always take it makes you pretty tanky and restores some life to finish off those bastards when they kill you, and rember to buy those elixirs

SKILLS

sinister steel

is definitely one of -the- strongest passives in the game, it gives you an ability reset whenever you get a kill or assist, and this should be your main goal during teamfights. If you are constantly getting resets the enemy team will blow up. gg

is your pride and joy, this ultimate has incredible damage and can be hit upon the 3 nearest enemy champions. Use when all inn'ing (obviously) or for simple harass to force your opponent out of lane *it has a very short cooldown* take a point in it whenever possible

is the ability you always take first and should always max first. Some people max sinister steel first but the damage from the mark of combined with the blade itself deals more damage than sinister steel. Use for farming from a distance and for harass *use it whenever it's up*

sinister steel

sinister steel is a very short cooldown ability but very little damage on it's own. Use it for picking up close range minions when farming and for simple harass against melee enemy champions if you can get close to them

is an instant transmition ability, meaning it instantly warps you to your targeted location. Good for getting around the map, use it on a minion to get back to lane faster and *Use the ward hop technique* if you are being ganked or chasing someone

GAMEPLAY

Ok, gameplay, lets start with this. 's laning phase is absolute ****, so if you get past it, you will destroy the game. During the laning phase, try to farm as much as you can. Use your and sinister steel to last hit if you need to. If you dont need to, use them to harass when the enemy tries to kill minions. In a normal laning phase - Minions > Harass.

Gank bot lane alot! It's super easy and super effective, just walk through the tri-bush and walk up to them, say "hi", press R, take the tower, take dragon, take the red buff, Hell! take the golems too! And if top lane says he needs help because he's feeding the go up there too. To make a long story short - HELP YOUR TEAMMATES

In teamfights, always let someone else initiate for your team. If you go in first, the entire enemy team will CC you to hell and stick your blades up your ***...and you'll have just lost the game for your team (#howtolosegames2013) The only time you will be engage yourself is when you find a helpless wandering in the jungle waiting to be eaten. Once again, walk up to her, say "hi", pop that , press R, drop that disrespect (ctrl+4), and walk away - rinse and repeat.

And most of all...Have fun!

Well I hope you found this guide useful, I enjoy teaching people, don't forget to leave a comment about anything related to the guide in the Discussion tab and give it a +1 rating if it helped :D