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Katarina Build Guides, Runes and Items

Katarina The Sinister Blade

Find the best Katarina build guides for League of Legends S14 Patch 14.6. 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!

Season 6 Builds
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Yung Support ****terina

Build by DrMcKittens updated November 20, 2015
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

[S6] Katarina Guide

Build by Gefailix updated November 18, 2015
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

The Best Dagger

Build by swartag updated November 11, 2015
Season 5 Guides
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina, the Diamond Story

Guide by almavia updated October 29, 2015
  • In-depth
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

This Is Why Dumpsters Exist | Kat Guide

Guide by koyomilikesbloods updated October 28, 2015
  • In-depth
8.2
18
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina Assassin Mid Guide

Guide by Teeyee updated September 9, 2015
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Mid lane Katarina (Updated for patch 5.14)

Guide by Agent Maine updated August 3, 2015
  • In-depth
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina: The way of the Death Lotus [S5]

Guide by Alexwolf updated June 22, 2015
  • In-depth
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Hexakill Kata

Guide by Aedrias updated June 4, 2015
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina comprehensive guide.

Guide by markd315 updated May 22, 2015
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

DB77's Guide to Katarina- You won't see me stab you!

Guide by Thegrayphoenix updated April 8, 2015
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

*~Glass Kannon Katarina~*

Guide by BlackestFlames updated March 16, 2015
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Blood for Noxus! - Katarina, the Sinister Blade

Guide by xAncestor updated February 27, 2015
  • In-depth
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Challenger Katarina Build post-dfg-removal

Guide by FatalOwenage updated February 21, 2015
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Season 5 Guide to Katarina Mid for Low to Mid ELO

Guide by Kickazz8 updated February 1, 2015
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

[DFG Removed][S5] Katarina Guide: Ninja Style

Guide by LoliconOtaku1212 updated January 30, 2015
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Patch [4.21] Munchkinds Guide for Katarina/Raise your elo

Guide by Munchkind updated December 18, 2014
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina: High Mobility Assasin/ Guide by Gold 5 player

Guide by Jpxxxx updated December 22, 2014
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina Not So Easy

Guide by Da3monix updated November 26, 2014
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina

Guide by wowsuchleeg updated November 21, 2014
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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 14.6. 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!

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Patch 14.6: 72,964 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Katarina's Runes

Katarina's Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 51% Pickrate

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Domination
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Precision
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Second Best

Katarina's 2nd Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 29% Pickrate

Precision
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Domination
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Third Best

Katarina's 3rd Best Runes 49%

Win Rate 14% Pickrate

Precision
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Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
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Katarina's Summoner Spells

Katarina's Best Summoner Spells 49%

Win Rate 65% Pickrate

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Second Best

Katarina's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 51%

Win Rate 25% Pickrate

Flash Teleport

Third Best

Katarina's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 50%

Win Rate 9% Pickrate

Teleport Ignite

Katarina's Starters

Katarina's Best Starter Items 49%

Win Rate 43% Pickrate

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Katarina's Core Items

Katarina's Best Core Items 53%

Win Rate 12% Pickrate

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Katarina's Ability Order

Katarina's Best Ability Order 49%

Win Rate 75% Pickrate

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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.

Katarina Skins

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Katarina's Abilities

Katarina's Voracity
Voracity Katarina's Passive Katarina's Passive
340
Katarina's Passive
Katarina's Passive
Whenever an enemy champion dies that Katarina has damaged in the last 3 seconds, her ability cooldowns are reduced by 15 seconds.

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.
Q
Katarina's Bouncing Blades
Bouncing Blades Katarina's Q Ability
625
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11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7
Katarina throws a dagger, dealing 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 / 195 (+30% of ability power) magic damage to the target and 2 nearby enemies. The dagger then ricochets onto the ground behind the primary target.
W
Katarina's Preparation
Preparation Katarina's W Ability
Self
0
15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11
Katarina tosses a Dagger into the air and gains 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90% movement speed decaying over 1.25 seconds.
E
Katarina's Shunpo
Shunpo Katarina's E Ability
725
0
14 / 12.5 / 11 / 9.5 / 8
Katarina dashes in the blink of an eye to the target ally, enemy, or Dagger. If it is an enemy, Katarina strikes for 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 (+25% of ability power) (+0.4 per attack damage) magic damage - otherwise she strikes the nearest enemy in range.

Picking up a Dagger will reduce this ability's cooldown by 78 / 84 / 90 / 96%. Katarina can blink to any location near the target.
R
Katarina's Death Lotus
Death Lotus Katarina's Ultimate (R) Ability
550
0
90 / 60 / 45 / 45 / 45
Katarina becomes a flurry of blades, rapidly attacking the three nearest enemy champions with a flurry of knives. Each knife deals 25 / 37.5 / 50 (+19% of ability power) magic damage and 16% (+50% per 100% bonus attack speed) attack damage as physical damage, and applies 40% grievous wounds for 3 seconds.

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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?

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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?

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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...

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katarina or fiora

i have fiora and katarina . and i want to choose one of them . help me

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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.

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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...

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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?

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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...

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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,...

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How do you beat Katarina

HOW DO YOU BEAT KAT. THIS FRUSTRATES ME SO MUCH!

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katerina top?

i really want to know how viable katerina top.

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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?

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