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Choose Champion Build:
Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Ability Order
Voracity (PASSIVE)
Katarina Passive Ability
Runes
Marks:
For marks pick armor or magic resistance, simply because you are squishy and ad carry-s and asassins will focus you.Seals:
Seals are for magic resistance or Armor, just in case that you have to face a fed mage or ad carry.Glyphs:
Ability power per level glyphs. Simply because Katarina is stronger late game and the more ability power, the better.
Quintessences Flat AP quintessences, they give you all you need early game (enough to farm).
SPACE | Flash provides extra mobility in case that there isnt a ward, champ or minion to shunpo to. If your Shunpo cannot reach the target use Flash to get closer for an easy kill. | SPACE |
SPACE | Ignite is a great finishing off tool. Ignite can be used to boost your Death Lotus damage, or last hit in team fights. | SPACE |
Optional Summoner Spells
SPACE | Exhaust works great with your Death Lotus, so if you know how to use it, you will have no problems with your enemy. | SPACE |
SPACE | Ghost is not one of my favorite spells though, but it is an option if you don`t like Flash. | SPACE |
I suggest maxing your Bouncing Blades first. It is your main damage output. The mark that it leaves on the target it hits can be consumed by any spell or basic attack from Katarina, including her Death Lotus.
sinister steel
sinister steel is your spell for farming and running from enemy champions. It does good damage early and late game. And another + is that its cooldown is only 4 seconds. I suggest maxing it together with Shunpo.
Shunpo provides extra mobility and great damage with AP. Used best for getting closer so you can cast your Death Lotus . And it is also very useful to chase low health targets, it`s other use is for farming early game.
Death Lotus makes you the perfect killing machine. After turning it on your team must forget about getting the kills from the low hp champions affected by your Death Lotus. In team fights you have to hit the right moment - 2 low hp enemy champions while all of your team is still alive - jump off with a Death Lotus and finish them off.
- Use Bouncing Blades in combo with sinister steel for easily farming.
- Bouncing Blades and Shunpo do some very nice early game damage, if you fight mages like Lux better wait her to cast Lucent Singularity and Shunpo to her, you wont recieve damage, but you will deal some.
- Lane choice is an important thing, Katarina is at her best mid, top with a tank is another option.
- Death Lotus is a channeled spell , stuns disable it, not snares.
- Before you enter a team fight with your Death Lotus simply throw a few Bouncing Blades to help your team.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter gives you two very important things:
- Health, without it you will simply be focused more regularly and die faster then you think you can.
- Slow, the most useful passive for Katarina! When you Shunpo into the team fight and start your Death Lotus only Flash can save them, cause your passive slows them and they are forced to flee, or die like most ad carry-s.
Zhonya's Hourglass is another useful item on Katarina. If you have to slay high priority targets (fed champions), and they start their ultimate - parry it with your active, then there is no place to run from the slow of Rylai's Crystal Scepter and you are done!
Rabadon's Deathcap is the pure ability power you need. 140 pure AP + 30% from your already existing ability power.
Sorcerer's Shoes, probably the best shoes for Katarina. Of course if you want to get Ionian Boots of Lucidity, if you want to get lower cooldowns on your spells.
The Hextech Gunblade is my preferred item for Katarina. An optional replacement is the Will of the Ancients, but the Hextech Gunblade gives you a lot of damage for your Death Lotus.
I hope my guide helped you with playing Katarina. And be sure you modify the build specially for your needs and gameplay. Oh, and a special thanks to jhoijhoi for the the A guide to Making a Guide by jhoijhoi! And dont forget to comment I'm open for suggestions and I'm ready to hear your opinion.
09/09/2012 - Added the Tips and Tricks chapter.
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