Katarina was my very first champion and for anyone who doesnt know, katarina may look like a hybrid AD/AP champion like akali, she is actually a pure AP melee champion. The reason is if you build her pure AP her abilities will have an enormous bonus amount of damage and only your AP grants the bonus. So, each ability has a base damage that DOES NOT CHANGE based on your AD and for this reason katarina should be built pure AP. With a good AP build katarina's shunpo will deal a good 700 damage and her ultimate will deal around 250-300 damage or more per dagger, and she throws 10 daggers so thats around 2500-3000 damage in the span of three seconds (I usually get to that damage mid game because i rush a ryali and rabadons with sorcerer's shoes). Sure, your basic attacks will deal almost no damage but thats ok because katarina has such power in her skills and such a low CD that you wont really need to use your basic attacks. This is what an AP build will do, bouncing blades to harass which will deal around 200 damage or more and because of rylai it also slows the hit enemy which is great for chasing, (her killer insticts are pretty much useless so i only take one point in that at lvl 5 once both bouncing and shunpo are lvl 2 - i max shunpo first and then bouncing but i alternate between them every lvl so they both max by level 13), her shunpo dealing 700 damage and this also slows your enemy which is perfect for setting up your ultimate, and your ultimate taking out 2500 hp to 3 champions at once. With kat, you are almost always the last one into the fight, just poke the enemy team with bouncing blades (you can use minions to reach the enemy team by first bouncing off a minion then into the team), then when your team goes in shunpo to back of the enemy team because that is usually where there DPS and squishy players are like ashe, and because shunpo slows and nobody saw you jump back there, unleash your ultimate decimating the enemy team usually getting a double or triple kill from your ult which just leaves a couple tanks to take care of with no real damage output left to destroy your team. At this point the tanks will try to run which is great for your bouncing blades to slow them and keep them from escaping. Katarina built with pure AP will destroy a team a lot better than an AD/AP hybrid. The only downside to a pure AP katarina is early game you will have no damage output to minions so you will need to rely on your bouncing blades and shunpo to get minion kills which is no real issue, but once you get your ultimate (and a rylai - which i rush for the slow into your ult so they cant escape the range) you can easily win your lane with a few pokes off minions, shunpo to the squishy enemy, exhaust the enemy (with the mastery it will lower there magic res 10 and you should have sorcerer's shoes by then which gives an additional 25% magic pen) and lay down your ult to take out one and possibly the second or bring them within deaths grasp. AP katarina is a far more effective build than an AP/AD hybrid simply because you will rarely use your basic attack due to your skills having a fast CD.

You're trolling right? Funny joke, don't hide it in a wall of text like that. Some people might miss it.

She's the very last champion I used, and for anyone that doesn't know.
Q and R has an AD ratio.

Scaling AD marks work nicely with the scaling AP seals btw :P

Someone can try before troll in comment?

Hybrid AD/AP champion like akali, she is actually a pure AP melee
So, each ability has a base damage that DOES NOT CHANGE based on your AD and for this reason katarina should be built pure AP. With a good AP build katarina's shunpo will deal a goodhampion.


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EPIC JOKE OF THE YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I gonna respond really clearly:YOUR THE BIGGEST TROLLS OF THE MONTH.
you don't even know play Kat and you speak??AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Look:Explanation: Katarina throws a dagger that bounces from enemy to enemy, dealing magic damage.
Katarina throws a dagger that hits up to 2/3/4/5/6 enemies, dealing 60/95/130/165/200 (+0.35) magic damage. Each subsequent hit deals 10% less damage.




Explanation: Katarina goes into a state of extreme focus, throwing daggers with unrivaled speed at up to three nearby champions.
Katarina goes into a state of extreme focus, throwing 10 daggers over 3 seconds at the closest 3 enemy champions. Each dagger deals 50/65/80 (+0.25) magic damage.


Yeah i did a mistake because i paste skills without ratio AD but normally everyone know that Kat have AD ratio on BB and Ulti except this pro Katarina who try to teach how Katarina works
0.8 agaisnt 0.35 for Bouncing Blade and 0.5 for Death Lotus you don't trust me go put your mouse on the picture of the skills in the guide or here or in another site


her killer insticts are pretty much useless so i only take one point in that at lvl 5 once both bouncing and shunpo are lvl 2 - i max shunpo first and then bouncing but i alternate between them every lvl so they both max by level 13


Worse up of skill that i never saw.You must max one ability for the cd or you gonna be useless and deal less damage.

couple tanks to take care of with no real damage output left to destroy your team.

You never see a real tank like amumu who deal damage by pv?
Or darius?
Maybe you know that exist offtank like Olaf or Lee sin ,GP,Singed?

exhaust the enemy

i tryed exhaust.
really fun joke...one game not 2 for me sry.
First action i exhaust the enemy instead of ignite him just flash with 10hp ggggggggg!!!
2nd action 1vs3 same things one flash with 20hp and can't refresh my cd because no kill so i w8 the shunpo and ..................gg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3e No was already too much.



AP/AD hybrid simply because you will rarely use your basic attack due to your skills having a fast CD.
Shunpo autohit its automatic!
And i had an offtank purely AD build who is the main of this guide.
i thought you can learn something but i see that you can't.



****** CAN'T UNDERSTAND MY GUIDE.[/color]

Lots of spelling and grammar mistakes

Where?Say it i can correct.

Strange items combinations What is strange?

Downvote.I'll try your build,but i find ap Kat better.Downvote for lots of grammar/spelling mistakes

People are all stupid today :D
Down for grammar and no for the guide XD

Offtank items on Kat really dont work and u say "she have" and things like that.

Don't even want to respond to someone who not even tried.