Katarina Build Guides, Runes and Items
Katarina The Sinister Blade
Find the best Katarina build guides for League of Legends S14 Patch 14.10. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Katarina build for the S14 meta. Learn more about Katarina's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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Katarina OP build S7
Katarina OP build S7
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Katarina carry guide
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Katarina Guide - Season 7 (Updated for 7.21)
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High Diamond/Masters Detailed Patch 7.18 Katarina Guide
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Katarina Complete Guide
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Pentarina 2k17 [under edit]
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Katarina Guide S7
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Tankarina, The Spin Lady [7.8]
Tankarina, The Spin Lady [7.8]
How to KS Penta
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The Katarina OTP Guide // Season 7
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Katarina - Delete the enemy
Let's talk Meta: Katarina
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Katarina. The dance in the falling daggers.
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[REWORKED] You Ready for Trouble? (IN-DEPTH)
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Katarina
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Katarina[THE DEADLY SINSTER BLADE]NUKER KATA!!!
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Resets are for kats
Katarina Guide 7.21
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Katarina <3
Katarina, the HYPERCARRY Guide
Katarina Build & Runes
If you're looking for the best rune build for Katarina we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Katarina, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Katarina this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 14.10. However, if you are a new Katarina player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Katarina!
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Katarina's Runes
50%
Win Rate 44% Pickrate
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Second Best
50%
Win Rate 37% Pickrate
Third Best
48%
Win Rate 13% Pickrate
Katarina's Summoner Spells
49%
Win Rate 63% Pickrate
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Katarina's Starters
51%
Win Rate 38% Pickrate
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Katarina's Core Items
54%
Win Rate 7% Pickrate
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Boots
Katarina's Luxury Items
Katarina's Ability Order
49%
Win Rate 72% Pickrate
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Voracity (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
53%
Win Rate 5% Pickrate
Voracity (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
52%
Win Rate 5% Pickrate
Voracity (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Katarina Counters
Learn Katarina's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Katarina guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!
This counter data is for Katarina MIDDLE in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Katarina. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.
Best Against Katarina
Worst Against Katarina
Katarina Skins
Find Katarina's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Katarina skins and chromas on Katarina's skins page.
Our Wish List feature will send you notifications when your skins are on sale!Katarina's Abilities
If Katarina picks up a Dagger, she uses it to slash through all nearby enemies, dealing 68-240 (+70 / 80 / 90 / 100% of ability power) (+0.6 per bonus attack damage) magic damage.
Picking up a Dagger will reduce this ability's cooldown by 78 / 84 / 90 / 96%. Katarina can blink to any location near the target.
Total over 2.5 seconds to each enemy: 375 / 562.5 / 750 (+285% of ability power) magic damage and 240% (+750% per 100% bonus attack speed) attack damage as physical damage.
Questions About Katarina
Latest Questions
Which items should I build first??
Hi I main Katarina but I came from a long break and now there's a lot of changes to the items. I'm really confused on what I should build first like is it BORK first? nashor? Rocketbelt? Sunderer? Riftmaker? Idk what I should build depending on...
Champion Pool
Hi, I want to expand my champion pool but i don't know what champions should I add. I mostly play assasins but I'm interested in adding some mages. I play in the midlane and my most played champs are Katarina and Akali. Could you recommend me...
Halloween skins coming back?
Hi guys! I'm a Katarina main and the only skin that I dont have is Kitty Cat, so yeah i want to buy it. The thing is that this skin is a Legacy one so i can't buy it from the shop right now. I've searched in the internet and found that is part of...
How good is katarina
So iv played katarina recently and found her to be farely hard and intersting kit, but i kinda get bored with her but my freinds are telling me she is very fun. idk if im doing something wrong with her but is she worth learning?
Is Katarina fun?
So iv played katarina recently and found her to be farely hard and intersting kit, but i kinda get bored with her but my freinds are telling me she is very fun. idk if im doing something wrong with her but is she worth learning?
Give me some tips.
Hello! I recently started playing this champion and i am not particulary good with it, so i wanted to ask some questions. (I do not feed, i just dont get many kills, i get like 9 kills in the game wih lik 2 or so deaths.) Is there the best way...
katarina or fiora
i have fiora and katarina . and i want to choose one of them . help me
Katarina Guide
I am new to Katarina and I love that champ as it my #1 Go to any time of the day. I need help getting better. Please lend a hand and tips and tricks.
Which assasin?
i am saving up for a new assasin, andhave my heart set on talon but katarina is cheaper and i just saw a kata get three pentas in one games i did some research kata has a higher skill level, and talon is more begginer friendly kata has a...
Which way is Katarina facing when she ults?
If you need the enemy to be facing you for the Cassiopoia ult to be a stun, then which way is Katarina facing while she is ulting?
Mercurial Scimitar on AP Katarina
Is [[mercurial scimitar]] actually a good buy on [[katarina]]?? The active seems really useful against, say, Lissandra or Malzahar, and the AD isn't entirely wasted as she has the AD scalings on W and R. You would get a great active in case of...
Who To Buy?
Hello My Fellow Summoners, I have a dilemma. I've 3150 IP, however I'm unsure who to buy. The most appealing two are Katarina and LeBlanc. I've tried both in Free Weeks, but I'm unsure who to buy. I really prefer to have lots of damage, poke,...
How do you beat Katarina
HOW DO YOU BEAT KAT. THIS FRUSTRATES ME SO MUCH!
katerina top?
i really want to know how viable katerina top.
kata vs mundo top
hi everyone. ok for some reason, i had to play kata top against a mundo, after 20 minutes i couldnt get my kill, and he couldnt kill me as well. what could be kata's build against a mundo in case this happens again?
