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Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Recommended Items
Items
Ability Order
Voracity (PASSIVE)
Katarina Passive Ability
Introduction
Hello there and welcome to my first guide. ![]() ![]() // I should say that I'm from germany and my english isn't perfect yet. So if you find some mistakes, It'd be really nice, if you'd post a quick comment about it. Thanks in advance :) // SPECIAL THANKS: Credits to jhoijhoi for the template, which I used to put this together :) here. |

//ADD PROS AND CONS LATER!
Pros
![]() + Skills don't cost anything + 3 Multi Target Skills + Can assassinate very fast + Easy Farming + Awesome Passive ( ![]() Her cooldowns are pretty short thanks to the passive ![]() ![]() |
Cons
![]() - CCs are a big weakness - Ultimate can be broken, while channeling - Needs a lot of farm before going on rampage - No healing skills, relies on ![]() Has problems with more than 3 enemies, because ![]() ![]() |
My favorite Rune Set
greater mark of hybrid penetration greater mark of hybrid penetration
This rune gives both kinds of penetration. In the early game, the ArmorPen helps, when you need to auto-attack enemies. If the enemie is using



We are going to be farming a lot with



These runes are vital for this build, because we really need the MagicResist. I wouldn't really suggest exchanging these at all.


Self explaining. This is an AP build and these runes give us some great AP to start off.
Alternatives









Side Notes:
- You can also go for mixed runes!
- I personally use runes only for the early game, which is why I don't use any kind of scaling runes. What you do, still is up to you!
Offense Tree
Summoner's Wrath
Because we are going to use 
Sorcery


Blast
,
Mental Force
,
Arcane Knowledge
and
Archmage
These masteries give us some additional AP and Magic Resist.
Havoc
Some additional damage. Only give it 2 points, it is only used because the we need more points on the Offense Tree to enable the other used masteries.
Spellsword
Some additional damage, which helps against creeps in the late game.
Executioner
When you are making huge damage on your enemie, got 'em down to under 50% health, you now make even more damage.Defense
Perseverance
//Wrong icon, we are not 
Some health regeneration is always nice.
Durability
,
Resistance
and
Veteran's Scars
These three masteries gives us some additional HP and a little MagicResist.
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Alternatives











Starting items
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On some maps you get more money to start with. The ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
As ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Explaining my endgame build V2
Item Sequence

Rylai's Crystal Scepter
2600

Sorcerer's Shoes
1100

Void Staff
2800

Rabadon's Deathcap
3600

Zhonya's Hourglass
2600

Deathfire Grasp
3100


This is a very nice item for



Boosting our skills with 15 more Magic Penetration, it also makes


As a boots enchantment I go for



So this the only item I changed in this version. People told me my build yet lacked off MagicPen, so I got rid off




We still need a lot of AP! 120AP and an additional boost of 25% are taking care of that pretty nicely.


More and more AP, yeah! Also the Active Skill of this item might come in handy. If you are in a big fight and






I use this as the last item, because it gives us another big boost of AP and reduces the cooldowns a lot. In the late game and all the team fights happening then, you might need to use your ultimate

Side Notes:
- You can switch up the order of the last three items. I often choose to get
Zhonya's Hourglass after
Deathfire Grasp.
- On some maps, you can't get
Rabadon's Deathcap. You can use
Wooglet's Witchcap instead.
Version 1:

Sinister Steel
Sinister Steel |
Katarina's Skills


This is the passive skill of





You throw a dagger (a kind of knife, I guess) after the enemie you select with this skill. Now this dagger hits 4 other enemies in a short range. The daggers leave marks, which are consumed by the next normal attack or skill you use on the enemie to make even more damage. It can also be used to hit stuff, which is yet out of range, when there are minions comming from there! If you know the pattern the daggers normaly flies, you can try to guess if there is a not yet visible enemie champion!
Sinister Steel Sinister Steel
This is Katarinas attacking skill. It has a really short cooldown and attacks everything it it's range. Unlike the ultimate




This is a real ninja skill. You select an enemie and






This is




Also note that this skills needs around 4-6 seconds to be used and can be aborted by enemies hitting you, so have your




My skill sequence is not that hard to understand. We are going for a point of

The next point goes to sinister steel. With this skill we can now catch a lot of last hits and maybe begin to make some damage on the enemie champions.
The third point is used on



|
From Level 4 up to 18 everything works fine with the pattern seen at the left. Whenever you can, spend a point on your ultimate ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
As you see,
Katarina might be a One Trick Pony, but she is able to make tons of damage in just 10 seconds. I often see myself killing 3 enemie champions with just one
Death Lotus. The thing you got to figure out is when to attack. You don't want to die, so you need to kill all the enemie champions with
Death Lotus, or they kill you.
Katarina gets focused first really often, so stay behind your team until the enemies have under 50% health.

If you want and do play on the EUW Server, you can add me :) My name is 'renzio42' on there.





If you want and do play on the EUW Server, you can add me :) My name is 'renzio42' on there.
Let's Play
I'd really love to embed a youtube video of me in a 3vs3 Botmatch, because that's were I usually make over 14 kills. It could help seeing my tactics more in depth than I can describe in words. But unfortunately LoLReplay doesn't work for Season3 at the moment and I don't want to record live gameplay with fraps, because it might lower my fps too much.Misc Tips for Beginners
- In League Of Legends you really have to learn a lot, so don't give up. If the random people on botmatches are mean to you, for not being as good, try to stay polite or ask friends if they wanna start playing LoL with you.
- You also can do something other than playing: Research on champions that make you trouble as an enemie. Just go to the shop, have a look at their skills, or maybe have a look at a LoL-Wiki or guide here on mobafire. Also research about suppport champions. You need to know, how their support spells look, so you know, which buff you just got.
- Another thing you have to learn is dodgeing. There are a lot of skills which do massive damage, but can actually be dodged easily:
Nidalees
Javelin Toss / Takedown,
Ashes
Enchanted Crystal Arrow or
Miss Fortunes
Bullet Time. And these are just examples!
- There's also a lot of timing stuff to figure out, like when to attack a turret and when to stop attacking again, because your minions going down; you really want to avoid getting any damage on you made by turrets. Also you need to learn, when to iniate a fight and when the enemy returns after respawning (watch the TAB-screen!).
- Also another huge tip I can give to you: Watch LeagueOfLegends Champion Ship. I learned so much from analyzing what the pros do. Also most of the matches are on Youtube! Use it to find out how pros play or to learn about champions, you don't know yet.
I abandoned playing Katarina for now, as I started playing Jungle and ADC. If I ever get back to playing Katarina mid or top, I'll update this guide for sure :)
- Sunday, 17.mar.2013 - 4:01AM: Changed the boots enchantment.
- Saturday, 09.feb.2013 - 3:12PM: I edited the splash art of
Katarina for the guide and added that to the Summary and the Introduction. I got around and wrote down some Pros/Cons, but I might change them later again. Started the 'Beginners Tips' section, which will feature good beginners tips, not only for Kata, but also for general LeagueOfLegends. Might also add some guide links there :)
- Thursday, 07.feb.2013 - 2:58PM: Updates are comming daily at the moment xD
I added the skill explanations and made the ">" thingies in the skill sequence centered vertically. Also changed the title of the guide!- 4:19PM: Miniupdate, I forgot to mention the actual name of the
Greater Mark of Magic Penetration in it's description. I changed the cheatsheet itembuild. I made a second one for the boots enchantment. Also added a ToDo-List
- 4:19PM: Miniupdate, I forgot to mention the actual name of the
- Wednesday, 06.feb.2013 - 05:53PM: Another update. I redesigned most of the sections, added Side Notes and some new alternatives. I choose to make the mastery section a lot more compact then before. I still want to change the name of the guide, but no good ideas yet :/
- Tuesday, 05.feb.2013 - 04:16PM: just updated the item section. New items:
Void Staff and
Enchantment: Distortion
- Sunday, 03.feb.2013 - 03:48AM: *yawn* finally finished it. Took me about 4 hours. Wow.
ToDo-List
- Champion Match-Ups - How well this build performs against each of the champions. Might take a while to finish :/
- Alternative Items - Difficult, as I only use the items I mentioned in the 'Items' section. But I'll zap through the mobafire android app sometimes, so I'll maybe find some usefull items.
- Add more depth - It's better when it's explained better.
- More...
renzio42
Katarina Guide
[S3][AP] Katarina - French Assassin On Rampage
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