Broken? Yes ban it most of the times, if not cry bec he will oneshot you with only q for some reason, if you dont ban him, then poke with q, use e to dodge his e or r, and then cry while he oneshots you with q <3
Kassadin
He is the ap assasin counter, pre 6 he is really hard to punish, let him push to you and ask for a gank, go for bork build or start d blade is recomended, but after 6 its really hard because he can just r away, If you want ban3
Lucian
Adc in solo lane.... Play passive early game, bait his e then go in
Galio
Hard match up, little possibility to kill him in lane, farm and roam
Rumble
Hard match up, he will poke and push all game, try to stay even in farm and punish his mistakes
Zed
Try to get level 2 first then go in on him, he is weak levels 1 ,2 from level 3 when he uses w to damage you use e on him try to use e to get away from his shadows when he r
Akali
This is a skill match up, you should fight her when her energy levels are low try to dodge e then go all in
Annie
She is really annoying from time to time, wait for her to use her stun then go in
Azir
Play passive for levels 1 to 3 then punish when he makes a mistake, use e on him when he uses q on you
Cassiopeia
Fight for level 2 , or let her push to you and level 3 you go in, if you use r while you dont look at her then if he r you while you r you wont get stunned
Corki
He deals magic damage, just if you didnt know, play like he is an adc mid, because thats what he is
Diana
Play passive until level 3, or fight for level 2, if she tries to q you then jump on her, after 6 try to get out of her r with e
Ekko
Annoying champion, play passive until 3 or fight for level 2, use your r before he r, so his healing will be reduced
Heimerdinger
Really annoying actually, play passive until 3 and dodge his e q with your e
Irelia
You can kil her if you get level 2 first, you can also dodge her r and e really, NEVER fight if she has her passive already stacked, carefull level 1 and 2
Jayce
Annoying, play passive until 3
LeBlanc
Play passive level 1, level 2 you can kill her, ignite her when she is about 50% heath and you are going all in, so when she gets her passive, you will know which one she is
Malzahar
Try to use your q on him to break his passive before going in, use your e to dodge his q, play passive until 3
Neeko
Play passive until 3, use your e on her when she uses her e or q, use your e to dodge her r
Orianna
Play passive to level 3, when she uses her q on you jump on her she has nothing, if her ball is on the right side of the lane for example go to the left side, so the ball has to travel a bigger distance
Qiyana
She will most likely play passive like you levels 1 to 3, you can kill her level 2
Ryze
Play passive until level 3, and punish his mistakes
Syndra
Let her push in, play passive until level 3, if she uses her e to damage you, go all in
Seraphine
Why is sona on mid??? Xd nevermind, use your e to dodge her e
Talon
Play passive levels 1 to 3, always ss, always push the wave if he goes missing, dont follow with no vision
Twisted Fate
Play passive until 3, if he uses his w to waveclear go all in, ss when he is missing
Zoe
She is a hard match up, play passive to level 3, try to walk to her then if she uses her bubble jump on her with e to dodge her
Yasuo
He is a hard match up, unless he is a mastery 7 yasuo then he will feed you dont worry
Yone
He will try to poke you everytime he has e, dodge his r with your e, go to where his e is then go all in
Vladimir
Hard match up, play passive until 3, always bait his w before going all in
Xerath
dodge his e with your e then kill him
Anivia
Play passive until 3 let her push
Viktor
Hard match up with all the buffs he got, try to punish his mistakes
Vel'Koz
He will try to use his e on your daggers, if he used it go all in
Ahri
Dodge e, then go all in
Aurelion Sol
Sad that no one plays him, he is a good match up for Kata, when he uses w go on him
Kayle
She isnt really played mid but when she does let her push in and kill her level 3
Lux
Dodge q and then go all in
Veigar
If he uses his e on you use your e to go out of it
Swain
He isnt really a midlaner anymore, but play passive to 3 then go all in
Sylas
He is annoying use your poke with q use your e to dodge his e
Yuumi
Typical yuumi fits with anyone, <3 yuumi players
Morgana
If he uses her shield on you, its like a heaven gift
I am a 300k mastery Katarina player, i have been playing her for a while now, and i really love her!
I believe you can learn a lot from me, either if you are a new begginer Katarina player, or even a more experienced one! But keep in mind, Katarina is an extremely difficult champion, and it will take you a lot and i mean a lot of time to master her. She is not one of this free lp champions, you have to work for it!
Pros
♥ Fun! ♥ 1v9 carry potential. ♥ Lots of room for skill. ♥ Build Diversity. ♥ No mana. ♥ Excellent champ to onetrick or main.
Cons
- High skill ceiling. - High skill floor. - Easily counterpicked. - Provides nothing to the team if she is behind - CC destroys her. - No sustain in lane.
WHEN TO PICK Katarina can fit on every team composition, and with the season 11 changes you dont even have to care if your team has a lot of ap, because you can build ad! ( and ad builds are even better than ap LOL). The best team compositions are the ones that have good teamfighting, and they have at least on engager, something like Malphite for example, this can set Katarina up for insane damage output.
WHEN TO NOT PICK
The number 1 rule is to not pick Katarina when you are against a heavy cc comp, just dont it will same you a lot of brain cells, it is almost impossible to play against such compositions. Now one more scenario picking Katarina is bad, besides counter picks of course, is when your team has pretty much no engager, or good teamfighting, this isnt as bad but its still something to keep in mind.
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