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Katarina Build Guide by dilsadkat

[26.1] S16 GUIDE FROM CHALLENGER KATARINA

Updated on January 11, 2026

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Recommended Items

Lich Bane

Shadowflame

Rabadon's Deathcap

Zhonya's Hourglass

Void Staff

Runes: ELECTROCUTE

1 2 3 4 5

Domination

Electrocute

Sudden Impact

Grisly Mementos

Relentless Hunter

Precision

Triumph

Cut Down

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Domination

Electrocute

Sudden Impact

Grisly Mementos

Relentless Hunter

Resolve

Second Wind

Overgrowth

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Precision

Conqueror

Triumph

Legend: Haste

Coup de Grace

Domination

Sudden Impact

Relentless Hunter

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Sorcery

Summon Aery

Axiom Arcanist

Absolute Focus

Scorch

Domination

Sudden Impact

Relentless Hunter

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Inspiration

First Strike

Cash Back

Triple Tonic

Jack of all Trades

Domination

Sudden Impact

Relentless Hunter

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Spells:

1 2 3 4 5

FLASH-IGNITE

Flash

Ignite

FLASH-TP

Flash

Teleport

IGNITE-EXHAUST

Exhaust

Ignite

IGNITE-TP

Ignite

Teleport

FLASH - CLEANSE

Cleanse

Flash

Items

GUNBLADE (WORTH TO BUY?)

GUNBLADE

Hextech Gunblade

STARTING ITEMS

DARK SEAL

Dark Seal

Refillable Potion

DORANS RING

Doran's Ring

Health Potion 2

DORANS SHIELD

Doran's Shield

Health Potion

DORANS BLADE

Doran's Blade

Health Potion

LONG SWORD

Long Sword

Health Potion 3

SHOES

STANDARD

Sorcerer's Shoes

MERCURY ( VS HEAVY ENEMY CC)

Mercury's Treads

STEELCAPS (VS HEAVY AD ENEMY)

Plated Steelcaps

CORE ITEMS

LICH + SHADOWFLAME

Lich Bane

Shadowflame

AD KATARINA

Blade of the Ruined King

Kraken Slayer

POKE KATARINA

Liandry's Torment

Shadowflame

AP ELECTROCUTE

LICH BANE

Lich Bane

Shadowflame

Rabadon's Deathcap

Zhonya's Hourglass

Void Staff

SITUATIONAL

Banshee's Veil

CONQUEROR AP BUILD

LICH + SHADOWFLAME

Lich Bane

Shadowflame

Rabadon's Deathcap

Zhonya's Hourglass

Void Staff

LICH + NASHORS

Lich Bane

Nashor's Tooth

Rabadon's Deathcap

Zhonya's Hourglass

Void Staff

LICH + LIANDRY ( VS TANK / MUCH HP )

Lich Bane

Liandry's Torment

Shadowflame

Zhonya's Hourglass

Rabadon's Deathcap

NASHORS + LIANDRY ( VS TANK / MUCH HP )

Nashor's Tooth

Liandry's Torment

Shadowflame

Zhonya's Hourglass

Rabadon's Deathcap

NASHORS + LIANDRY + RIFTMAKER (BE TANK AND A TANK KILLER )

Nashor's Tooth

Liandry's Torment

Riftmaker

Zhonya's Hourglass

Void Staff

SITUATIONAL

Bloodletter's Curse

Banshee's Veil

CONQUEROR AD

USUAL AD BUILD

Blade of the Ruined King

Kraken Slayer

Terminus

Jak'Sho, The Protean

Titanic Hydra

AD KATARINA ( VS HEAVY AD DAMAGE )

Blade of the Ruined King

Plated Steelcaps

Kraken Slayer

Death's Dance

Randuin's Omen

Titanic Hydra

AD KATARINA ( VS HEAVY CC AND AP )

Blade of the Ruined King

Mercury's Treads

Wit's End

Kraken Slayer

Jak'Sho, The Protean

Titanic Hydra

AD KAT WITH EARLY HP

Blade of the Ruined King

Stridebreaker

Kraken Slayer

Jak'Sho, The Protean

Death's Dance

Ability Order USUAL ORDER

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

Show All

None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

LeBlanc

Extreme

Really hard matchup. Be careful level 1 she might come for auto w auto trade to proc electro on you and get you low. Play safe until level 3. Dodge her E.

Vex

Extreme

Can't trade when she has her fear up. Wait her to waste it or dodge it.

Yasuo

Extreme

Very annoying matchup. He has so much mobility. Engage when he has no W up.

Yone

Even

Not as hard as yasuo. Just dodge Q3 and engage. Try dodging his q or w with e with dashing behind him. always do short trades.

Akali

Major

Killable before level 6. Dodge her E and Q skills with your E and trade then back off.

Lissandra

Extreme

Hard matchup. Hard to kill in lane. Especially after 6. Can trade before 6 if Q is dodged. Or if you have bone plating up.

Vladimir

Extreme

Really hard to kill in lane. He has so much sustain in lane. Avoid his red bar Q. You can all in after he uses W.

Azir

Extreme

Play safe till level 3. He will punish you if you get close to the minions. Dont play near his tower after 6.

Anivia

Major

Play safe until level 3. If you dodge her Q, you can trade.

Annie

Major

If she wastes stun all in. She is so easy without stun.

Cassiopeia

Major

Back off if she lands q on you. Avoid her W. Try dodging her Q with e and you win the trade. Dont do long trades.

Galio

Extreme

So heavy cc. Hard to win trades. Just farm vs galio. Or dodge his E/Q and trade.

Heimerdinger

Extreme

He will be perma pushing the lane just farm. Killable if E is dodged.

Fizz

Extreme

Hard matchup. Don't let him proc electrocute on you. Go bone plating vs fizz. Avoid his E. Be careful undertower he might look for w q trade and get out with E. Do short trades early. Trade with boneplating.

Irelia

Major

Stay away from low hp minions. Be careful level 1. She might q first 3 minions and dash on you. She will do a great trade if she does that. Dodge her E and do a short trade. Don't auto-attack trade with her.

Kassadin

Major

He will try to outscale you. Trade when he uses ability for CS. Don't use Q on him if he has Q up.

Lucian

Major

Really bully matchup. Play safe till level 3. don't stand close to the minions or he will Q them and hit you. Do short trades.

Pantheon

Major

Go boneplating. when he uses w on you, you will prevent most damage. Then you can trade with him. When he uses E, dash behind him to deal damage.

Rumble

Major

Avoid getting hit by his E and his Q in laning. Engage when he overheats.

Sylas

Extreme

Annoying matchup. He will mostly win most trades with W. You can win if you can dodge his skills.

Viktor

Major

Try to dodge his E. Don't trade early he has so much shield from Q. You can trade if he uses q on CS. Be careful of his R he can cancel your R.

Zed

Major

Skill matchup. Good zed can win. You can look for level 2 q e trade. Dodge his Q's with e or with moving.

Zoe

Major

Really hard matchup. If you can't dodge her E then you are over. If you want to trade with her, after you dash step right or left to dodge her E and you can win.

Tristana

Major

Just farm in this matchup.

Mel

Extreme

Really hard matchup. She doesn't have to land skills on you she is so OP that she can kill you with passive autos AHAHA. She has reflect skill too if she uses it good then you're dead. Dodge her all ability then you can trade. Killable matchup but hard. Good mel player wont let you kill her.

Ahri

Even

Avoid her Q while farming safe with Q. Once you hit level 3 you can start going in for trades. Try to dodge/sidestep her E. After level 6 its hard to win this matchup. So you have to play early.

Aurelion Sol

Minor

I mean a good asol wont give you e range. If they give you range just dash on them and trade you'll win mostly.

Brand

Even

If he throws an e after throwing a w to a CS, he can bounce that e and send the flames to you, so be careful for this poke. Dodge his Q stun and GG.

Corki

Even

You can win after level 3. Do short trades.

Diana

Extreme

You don't win trades. Just farm. If she wastes q and w then you can trade.

Ekko

Even

Annoying matchup. Play around his passive and avoid his W. Be careful level 1. Most ekko players will play hail of blades and proc passive on you with E level 1.

Lux

Even

Easy matchup. Avoid her Q stun and you win.

Malzahar

Even

Don't stand close to low HP minions and dodge his Q.

Qiyana

Even

Try to dodge her full combo. Don't stand too close to terrain.

Syndra

Even

Dodge her Q+E and its gg.

Talon

Even

Dodge his W early with E and watch out for his passive bleed.

Zilean

Even

Free farm matchup. Annoying but if played correctly should be easy. U will scale him.

Neeko

Even

Avoid her E and GG. You can E out of her R.

Orianna

Even

Farm safely until level 3. You win most trades after level 4.

Ryze

Even

Should be easy matchup. Don't stand close to minions or he can bounce E to you and can W or Q becareful. Don't take his full combo and you'll be fine.

Twisted Fate

Minor

Don't engage when he has his gold card. Engage when he uses any other card.

Veigar

Minor

Very easy matchup. But you won't be able to kill good veigar players.

Vel'Koz

Even

Annoying matchup. Dodge his skills.

Xerath

Even

Dodge his E and its win.

Ziggs

Even

Easy matchup. Just dont stand too close to the minions if he Q's the minions, Q ability can hit you too

Cho'Gath

Even

Just dodge his Q and you win. Be careful he can cancel your R with W.

Gangplank

Even

He will play around the barrels. Dash on him and break the 1 hp barrel with auto and trade him.

Garen

Even

Just don't let him proc his passive always poke him. Do short trades. Don't let him Q on you.

Kayle

Even

You win before level 6. Always punish him for every cs kayle goes for. Don't auto-attack trade with kayle.

Hwei

Even

Dodge his Q and E CC and you win.

Viego

Even

Dodge his W. Do short trades.

Taliyah

Minor

Really easy matchup. Dodge his W and its over.

Jayce

Major

Avoid his E-Q. Do short trades.

Master Yi

Major

Really hard. Play near ur tower. If he uses Q on you, E under your tower if there is a minion. You bait him like this and kill. He will hesitate to use Q on you when you are near tower. Trade near your tower. Be careful of his W he can reduce your all in damage its so OP.