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Recommended Items
Runes: DH
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Domination
Precision
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health
Spells:
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Ig/F
Flash
Ignite
Items
Threats & Synergies
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Tiny
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Strong
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Akshan
MISERY Abusive matchup, stay healthy and cs. If you find opportunities you can win fights since he has no way of canceling your R.
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Champion Build Guide
Introduction
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Hello! My name's sullyyy, I'm currently a Grandmaster Katarina main and I've been playing her since this champion was good back when ![]() This guide will cover everything you need before getting into game with Kat. Runes, builds, playstyles, etc. I recommend taking a look while in champ select to see my thoughts on the matchup, runes, or build! Keep in mind this guide is about how I play Katarina, and my thoughts on builds, runes, matchups, etc. This guide is still a work in progress, I'll be adding more information and cleaning it up over the next few weeks. |
Why Katarina?
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AP or AD?
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Firstly, if you're new to ![]() When to go AP:I play full AP when I'm up against a team that is squishy or low CC, and I don't need ![]() Team Example: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When to go AD:Go AD when you need ![]() ![]() Team Example:![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
AP Strategies
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AP PlaystyleLaning Phase: Starting item should be ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Roaming: Roaming is what makes ![]() ![]() Mid/Late Game: In the mid game you want to look for objective skirmishes. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
AD Strategies
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AD PlaystyleLaning Phase: For AD, you want to start either ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Roaming: The general concept of roaming is the same as mention in the previous section. However, the AD build is much stronger in the 1v1. You can look for more picks onto the enemy JG, and more 1v1's with your lane opponent which makes roaming less of a necessity. Mid/Late Game: This build favors being in the sidelane more than grouping with your team. The biggest difference between the AD and AP version is that AP relies on your ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Runes
Summoners
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These are the standard summoner spells that you'll be taking a majority of the time. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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I don't take these spells often, but it's certainly viable. I generally go this more when I'm playing AD and in the sidelane more, but I also take this when I'm full AP and have no chance of killing my lane opponent, think ![]() ![]() |
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I literally only take this combo into two matchups, ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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This is the most rare rune page. I take this against champions like ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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I personally don't play this combo, but I know a lot of ![]() ![]() |
Starting Items and Boots
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Builds
Recall Examples
AP Build:
When building





Example: Let's say you started


500g recall:


1000g recall:


In between or





General Thoughts: Just make sure you prioritze getting to



AD Build:
You should be starting






Note: It's very important that you do everything in your power to recall with 700g on your first base. This means you need about 6 waves worth of gold.
500g:

750g:

1000g:


General Thoughts: Prioritize getting


Skin to Win

This is the 100% factual skin tier list for maximum LP gains. If you are using a skin below A tier, just ff it.
Conclusion
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