Katarina Build Guide by RokMonsta
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Early Game
Consumables
Ability Sequence
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Masteries
Table of Contents
Introduction
Hello, and welcome to my guide on 
Katarina The sinister blade. This in-depth guide will tell you how to improve your play, as well as improving your knowledge with Katarina. In this guide you will learn team comps, runes and masteries, items, how to farm well with Katarina and also learning what to do in a teamfight.
Katarina The sinister blade. This in-depth guide will tell you how to improve your play, as well as improving your knowledge with Katarina. In this guide you will learn team comps, runes and masteries, items, how to farm well with Katarina and also learning what to do in a teamfight.
Summoner Spells
When playing Katarina I like to take flash to ensure that if I get caught in a sticky place without my Shunpo and a
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I like to take Ignite on Katarina because if I dont get the kill and someone escapes with a few health, this spell will change the situation. Lets look at an example:
The enemy 
Gragas is in lane. I Bouncing Blades and use Shunpo to close the gap. Following up with Death Lotus he is about to escape with a few health. I tag him with Ignite and it picks up the kill as he tries to 
Body Slam away.
Gragas is in lane. I Bouncing Blades and use Shunpo to close the gap. Following up with Death Lotus he is about to escape with a few health. I tag him with Ignite and it picks up the kill as he tries to Body Slam away.
Runes & Masteries
Runes
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Greater Mark of Magic Penetration 9 |
Greater Seal of Magic Resist 5 |
Greater Seal of Armor 4 |
Greater Glyph of Ability Power 9 |
Greater Quintessence of Ability Power 3 |
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For runes I like to go for Ability Power Quints and Ability Power Blues, to give the extra power in the
early lane. Reds of Magic Pen. to allow me to cut through the defenses early. Finally I split my yellows between Armor and MR. Any variation of armor and MR will work but I prefer to take 4 Armor Yellows and 5 MR Yellows since usually in an AP lane.Masteries
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For my masteries I go 21,9,0 focusing on ability power in offence, and health in defense.
Sorcery
gives that early CDR, so when I am in lane I can just spam my poke.
Mental Force
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Archmage
give added AP to my early levels, making me more deadly.
Executioner
allows for all my damage to be amplified. It gives me 5% increased damage to targets below 50% HP.
Devastating Strikes
gives me more Magic Pen. to allow my damage to take a toll on the enemy laner.
Havoc
increases my damage even more. Now on to the defensive side of things.
Enchanted Armor
and
Block
reduce the damage hitting me in both the form of auto attacks, and spells.
Veteran Scars
gives a good boost in early health, and
Juggernaut
gives that % increase in my health.
Skill Sequence
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For my abilities I max Bouncing Blades first, taking points of Sinister Steel in between. Lastly I max Shunpo, and take points in Death Lotus at levels 6,11,and 16
Bouncing Blades first, taking points of Sinister Steel in between. Lastly I max Shunpo, and take points in Death Lotus at levels 6,11,and 16
Pros / Cons
Pros
+Good Escape
+Great Burst +Good Multiple Target Damage +Great Mobility/Roaming |
Cons -Hard To Farm With -Can Be Poked Very Hard -Her Ult Can Stops When CC'd -No Resets Renders Her Useless |
Farming
When farming with Katarina there are a few things you need to know. You cant just run up and start auto attacking minions, if the enemy laner has a brain they will start to harass you. Instead try to let the minions push. Then hit use your Bouncing Blades and Sinister Steel combo to get them. This needs to happen throughout the game. If you cant get close enough to use your Sinister Steel then just farm using your Bouncing Blades.
Katarina there are a few things you need to know. You cant just run up and start auto attacking minions, if the enemy laner has a brain they will start to harass you. Instead try to let the minions push. Then hit use your Bouncing Blades and Sinister Steel combo to get them. This needs to happen throughout the game. If you cant get close enough to use your Sinister Steel then just farm using your Bouncing Blades.
Team Comps
Lets take a look at a team comp that can be used to give Katarina her most deadly potential. We need a team with high CC to allow Katarina to use her full Death Lotus.
Lets try this comp:
A
Malphite top will give us the 
Unstoppable Force engage with a really hard knockup in that engage.
jarvan4
A jarvan4 will give us the strong knockup as well as the lock down from
Cataclysm.
An
Ashe will give the a strong stun from 
Enchanted Crystal Arrow to the target it hits, and slow the targets around it.
Zyra brings a root in her Grasping Root and also a strong team-wide knockup in her 
Stranglethorns.
With this comp Katarina will be able to get a full combo on any target she wants because of the constant CC that the enemy will be facing. All the knockups will allow her to get that full Death Lotus that every Katarina wants to be able to get.
Katarina her most deadly potential. We need a team with high CC to allow Katarina to use her full Death Lotus.Lets try this comp:
A
Malphite top will give us the Unstoppable Force engage with a really hard knockup in that engage.jarvan4
A jarvan4 will give us the strong knockup as well as the lock down from
Cataclysm.
An
Ashe will give the a strong stun from Enchanted Crystal Arrow to the target it hits, and slow the targets around it.
Zyra brings a root in her Grasping Root and also a strong team-wide knockup in her Stranglethorns.With this comp
Katarina will be able to get a full combo on any target she wants because of the constant CC that the enemy will be facing. All the knockups will allow her to get that full Death Lotus that every Katarina wants to be able to get.
Ranked Play
In ranked play make sure that the Katarina pick fits the following criteria.
Katarina pick fits the following criteria.
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My team has good engage, and strong CC
The enemy team doesn't have Vi/Malphite that can just ult straight to you.
If that is true you should be able to play Katarina effectively. When fighting do not go in immediately. Instead wait a couple of seconds until you see key CC blown by the enemy team. A Zyra Stranglethorns is an example of when you would go in. Right after that is gone, throw out one Bouncing Blades, then Shunpo into Death Lotus. If done correctly the squishy that you went for should be dead. Then continue to use Bouncing Blades, sinister steel and Shunpo whenever you get the reset to do so.
Katarina effectively. When fighting do not go in immediately. Instead wait a couple of seconds until you see key CC blown by the enemy team. A Zyra Stranglethorns is an example of when you would go in. Right after that is gone, throw out one Bouncing Blades, then Shunpo into Death Lotus. If done correctly the squishy that you went for should be dead. Then continue to use Bouncing Blades, sinister steel and Shunpo whenever you get the reset to do so.
Summary
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