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Katarina - Fun with Knives

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Katarina Passive Ability

Katarina - Fun with Knifes

Katarina de Cousteau - The Sinister Blade

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''The Sinister Blade of Noxus is like a black widow - beautiful, but deadly.'' - Garen, the Might of Demacia, following a skirmish in the field

As a militaristic state, it would perhaps come as no surprise that the primary responsibilities of Noxian women are raising strong children and providing succor for husbands who walk the path of soldiery. There are some, however, for whom nurture is not nature, and Katarina is just such a creature. Born the daughter of the feared Noxian General Du Couteau, the girl was always more interested in her father's knives than in the dresses, jewelry, and other trifles that her sisters spent so much time fussing over. A childhood dispute soon unveiled her uncanny knack for bloodshed, and her father, ever the opportunist, happily fostered her killer instincts. After training under the tutelage of the finest assassins the mighty city-state had to offer, Katarina first cut her teeth performing assassinations in the Ionian War. There, her ruthless mastery of the knife and dagger combined with her sadistic temperament to earn her the title Sinister Blade, a moniker that would follow her for the remainder of her career. She is most famous, however, for her exploits in the campaigns against Demacia, especially those surrounding her engagements with the nation's champion, Garen; a rivalry that began when she recovered the remains of Sion from a vanguard under his protection.

With the demand for warfare somewhat arrested by the tenuous peace settling over Valoran, Katarina sought the allure of violence in its last remaining haven: The League of Legends. Some might say it was an inevitability that Katarina's chosen path would draw her to become a champion of the League, continuing to enforce the will of Noxus and bring prestige of war to her noble family. There, she continues to perform her bloody work - esteemed and reviled, feared and adored.

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Introduction

Hi, my name Soleannis. I've been playin with Katarina basicly since level 9 so I would like to tell you guys some of my tricks and tips to own with her.

Katarina is a AP Assassin, wich means a AP based build will grant you massive tons of damage and at the same time be able to whitstand medium ammounts of damage. I hope you enjoy this guide, so pls, rate & comment if you liked it.

Runes

To start owning since early levels, I higly recomend you to start with max ap possible but at the same time some magic pen. Don't worry about being to squichy because the masteries will take care of that. For a massive headstart in AP i recomend , , and Greater Quintenssence of Potency. Cooldown reduction is not really necessary in because her passive, , gives you the ability to be constantly using all of your abilities, if you play your cards right.

Masteries

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for the extra AP;

for the bonus 6 AP after using ;

for the 4% cdr;

for the 10% bonus MP;

for the plus 1.5% damage dealt;

for the bonus AP per level;

for the bonus 5% AP;

for the bonus damage to low hp targets;

for the bonus 4 Armor;

for the bonus 4 Magic Resistence;

for the extra hp per level;

for that GODLIKE bonus hp;

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Summoner Spells

IDEAL PICKS

This is indeed one of the ideal picks to use on Katarina because sometimes you will not be able to use , either because it's in cooldown or simply because you have nothing to to. Also, this is perfect for quick escapes through the jungle walls.

Another exelent pick for Katarina. After you've done enought harassment to the targeted champ. with your simply finish him with killer instict and and you'll get the kill.

Even tought I personaly don't like it, you can use to remove all imparing effects on you simply your shumpo to jump away from tight situacions and disasterous team fight situacions.
tp ghost surge

OTHER POSSIBILITYS

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Starting Off

Generaly, being a AP Carry Assassin, people will ask you to mid with . You should either start of with and 3 if you prefer to last longer mid or, if you're confidant enought, you can also start with and a . I wouldn't sugest buying any of the Doran's items because none suits play style : might give the bonus health and AP but you don't benefit from the mana regen; gives you AD, wich you'll only need late game; and , even tough seems suiteble, is not really that usefull.

Items

Item Sequence

The item build showed before is indeed the best for Katarina. Even tough some might go for Mejai's Soulstealer in the begining, you would be putting aside other major important items. The first thing you should go for ( besides the boots ) is the because in order to hold off agains other ranged champions and to survive longer in a team fight, you will need the adicional spell vamp and life steal. Another reason why you should build the first is because both and give both magic and physical damage, therefore, you'll be healing ALOT with both this abilitys. Now that you can keep healing, you need to become more tanky, because is VERY SQUICHY, so, in order to counter that, you should buy , and a , wich you'll upgrade later in-game to , and . Don't worry about the lack off Ability Power ... if you play it right, you can and you will be able to still get kills 'till you buy the rest. And, to finish in style, ( OH YEAH ), wich, let's say, gives you the ability to kill everything that moves. So, this is the item build for in game for .

Pros / Cons

PROS

Massive Damage

Low Cooldowns

Exelent Carry

Strategic Tower Diving

Good Ambusher

Awesome Pentakiller

CONS

Really Squichy if Focused

Expensive Build

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Counter Champions

is a very good champion but generely other champions with stuns, knockbacks, knockups, charms, snares, etc ... will be a pain in the arse specialy for when you're going for the multi-kills.

Take for eg. ... He has at least two ability's, and , than can severely reduce you're damage in a team fight, not to mention champions like with and , or with his Puncturing Taunt, that's can taunt/fear/silence you for a few seconds, wich makes all the diference betwen a Pentakill and a SHUT DOWN !.

Besides, watch out for some other mid champs, because, let's admite, some ar better mid champ. then . Take it for me, once I made a 1vs1 against a friend of mine. I went and he went with . Let's just say that the result didn't went exactly my way. I scored 2 kills, he scored 6. I learned a very important lesson : DON'T GET COCKY. THAT GET'S YOU KILLED ! ( like the image shows ).

Team Work

Has mentioned before, is a mid champion, wich means you'll be the back bone of your, so you'll need to take precousions in case of ganks : sight wards will provide you vision over the two mid bushes and can also provide, if timed corricly, a quick and easy escape.

Keep in mind that when mid, you shoul always level your Boucing Blade first to be able to sustain other ranged champions. Being the last champion to enter a team fight will result in a uninterrupted ( most times ) ulti, wich will result in massive damage over the entire enemy team. If possible, try to keep the blue buff for the cooldown reduction.

Unique Skills

Ok, my favority part about . Basicly, is one of the best abilitys in the game for me. The potencial is just amazing. Let's break down this way:

This is the ability that will enhance all other abilty's. Combine it with and you'll receive 35% less damage at Rank 5 and combine it with to decrease healing effects on the targeted champions by 50%, wich i'll show the convinieance of both combos. Besides that, also give you bonus magic damage per hit with auto attacks, wich combined with the bonus 70 AD from the to make a decent enough auto attack.

will be your primary farm skill at latter levels. As I use it, is my main arrasment skill when miding. Imagine that you go agains or . Whiele most of their attacks and abilitys are ranged, you can and you should always use boucing blade, because above Rank 3, will almost always hit your target. Besides, combining with will provide an exelent tactical avantage. During a team fight, excapes with low hp and uses his ulti, , you can chase him and still get the kill if you combine Killer Instincs and to reduce is healing effect by 50% and making possible the kill.

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will be the main source of 's damage. Why, you say ? With this build, get's a cooldown something between 3.5 to 4 sec. That is just amazing. Besides, with full build, shumpo can take up to 800-1000 magic damage to champ. with low magic resist. Also, combining your with will provide you with an incriesed survivability during team fights and, using it with will give you a very powerfull and yet susteinable ulti. Also, and I will post a video with this tactic later on, you can combine wards and to make pro like escapes. For eg., if your using Q/W/E/R to play, i sugest that you make a keybind for your last item slot and buy wards so that when your being chased by faster champions, simply ward the jungle next to you and to it.

... Yeh ... I don't even have words to describe how AWESOME this ability is. I mean, you can get PENTAKILLS EASELY with this **** ! But, back to the guide : deals insane amounts of damage to enemy players if is not interrupted. I higly sugest that you are the last champion to enter a team fight because the other champions will probably use up all their silences and interrupts, so it will be easier to get the kills.

Scores

Some of my best games while playing with Katarina

My best game ever, not just because I didn't die a single time, but also because it was a Ranked game ... It was my, how do we say ... Magnum Opus in League of Legends. Here you will find a link to League of Legends Replays where you'll be able to find the entire recorded match. I will try to record the entire match with FRAPS but that will take a wile. in the mean time, enjoy the match