Katarina

Katarina Build

the Sinister Blade

Role: Mid Pick Rate: 7.4% Win Rate: 53.28%

Recommended Build

Summoner Spells

Flash Flash
Ignite Ignite

Skill Priority

Q E W

Items

Start
Dark Seal
Refillable Potion
Core
Lich Bane Lich Bane
Sorcerer's Shoes Sorcerer's Shoes
Shadowflame Shadowflame
Late
Zhonya's Hourglass
Rabadon's Deathcap

Runes

Most Played
Domination
Electrocute
Electrocute 51.3% · 53.3% WR
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact 56.2% · 53.4% WR
Grisly Mementos
Grisly Mementos 51.2% · 53.2% WR
Relentless Hunter
Relentless Hunter 54.5% · 53.5% WR
Precision
Triumph
Triumph 42.9% · 51.5% WR
Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace 26.3% · 50.5% WR
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
Best WR
Domination
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest 5.1% · 54.4% WR
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact 56.2% · 53.4% WR
Sixth Sense
Sixth Sense 4.6% · 55.6% WR
Relentless Hunter
Relentless Hunter 54.5% · 53.5% WR
Precision
Triumph
Triumph 42.9% · 51.5% WR
Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace 26.3% · 50.5% WR
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health
Health

Skill Order

Q
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
W
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
R
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Win Rate by Elo

Iron Iron 40.64%
Bronze Bronze 45.85%
Silver Silver 47.57%
Gold Gold 49.09%
Platinum Platinum 49.87%
Emerald Emerald 51.65%
Diamond Diamond 52.91%
Master Master 55.59%
Grandmaster Grandmaster 57.40%
Challenger Challenger 57.80%
All Elos All Elos 52.52%

Best Counters and Matchups for Katarina

See all counters for Katarina

Top 5 Counters Against Katarina

Singed
43.2% WR -2.1%
Tryndamere
Tryndamere Matchup detail
44.4% WR -0.5%
Briar
44.7% WR -2.6%
Gragas
45.5% WR -0.6%
Garen
47.9% WR +1.9%

Top 5 Best Matchups for Katarina

Nunu & Willump
Nunu & Willump Matchup detail
60.5% WR +12.6%
Smolder
59.8% WR +5.8%
Quinn
59.3% WR +12.2%
Kennen
59.2% WR +11.7%
Orianna
58.9% WR +8.2%

Patch History

V14.17
  • Bouncing Blade Base damage reduced to 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 45% AP.
V14.16
  • Bouncing Blade Base damage increased to 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 from 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200. AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 35% AP.
  • Shunpo Base damage reduced to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 from 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80.
  • Death Lotus On-hit modifier reduced to 25 / 30 / 35% from 30 / 35 / 40%.
V14.10
  • Death Lotus Bug Fix: No longer goes on cooldown without effect after being used, performing the intended channel and animation and throwing missiles but dealing no damage, if used after becoming affected by an immobilizing debuff without inputting a movement command first or within the first frame of the debuff expiring.
V13.15
  • Shunpo Bug Fix: Casting the ability now properly breaks stealth.
V13.7
  • Voracity AP ratio increased to 70 / 80 / 90 / 100% (based on level) AP from 65 / 75 / 85 / 95% (based on level) AP.
  • Death Lotus Physical damage changed to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)16% Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)(+ 50% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)18% Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)(+ 30% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD. Note: The reduction of the base ratio evens out at 10% bonus attack speed, and Katarina has 10.82% bonus attack speed at level 6 from level growth alone, hence this is always an increase. The formula which the game data is using internally is changed to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(16% × (1 Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)+ 312.5% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD) from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(18% × (1 Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)+ 166.67% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD).
V12.14
  • General Bug Fix: Knocked up/stunned animation is now correctly played.
V12.12 - June 30th Hotfix
  • Voracity AP ratio increased to 65 / 75 / 85 / 95% (based on level) AP from 55 / 66 / 77 / 88% (based on level) AP.
  • Bouncing Blade Base damage increased to 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 from 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 / 195. AP ratio increased to 35% AP from 30% AP.
  • Death Lotus On-hit modifier increased to 30 / 35 / 40% from 28 / 33 / 38%. Physical damage per dagger increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(18% × (1 Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)+ 166.67% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD) from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(16% × (1 Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)+ 142.85% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD). Physical damage per dagger formula rewritten in dependency on Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)bonus attack speed: New: Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)18% Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)(+ 30% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD Old: Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)16% Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)(+ 22.856% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD. Maximum total damage over 2.5 seconds, for comparison: New: 375 / 562.5 / 750 (+ 285% AP) Damage mitigated with Shifting Sands (E)magic damage plus Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)270% Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)(+ 450.009% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD Champions killed from outside standard Attack rangephysical damage plus 450 / 525 / 600% On-hit damage Old: 375 / 562.5 / 750 (+ 285% AP) Damage mitigated with Shifting Sands (E)magic damage plus Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)240% Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)(+ 342.84% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD Champions killed from outside standard Attack rangephysical damage plus 420 / 495 / 570% On-hit damage
V12.12
  • Voracity Bonus AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)60% bonus AD from 75%.
  • Shunpo Base damage increased to 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 from 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75. AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)40% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)50% AD.
  • Death Lotus On-hit modifier increased to 28 / 33 / 38% from 25 / 30 / 35%. Physical damage per dagger changed to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(16% × (1 Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)+ 142.85% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD) from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(16% × (1 Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)+ 80% total attack speed)). Because of this, it is also no longer affected by attack speed reductions. Physical damage per dagger formula rewritten in dependency on Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)bonus attack speed: New: Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)16% Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)(+ 22.856% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD Old: Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)24.4224% Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)(+ 8.4224% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD. This becomes even at Damage mitigated by Master-At-Arms (R)58.3527% bonus AS, including bonus AS from stat growth per level. Maximum total damage over 2.5 seconds, for comparison: New: 375 / 562.5 / 750 (+ 285% AP) Damage mitigated with Shifting Sands (E)magic damage plus Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)240% Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)(+ 342.84% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD Champions killed from outside standard Attack rangephysical damage plus 420 / 495 / 570% On-hit damage Old: 375 / 562.5 / 750 (+ 285% AP) Damage mitigated with Shifting Sands (E)magic damage plus Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)366.336% Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)(+ 126.336% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD Champions killed from outside standard Attack rangephysical damage plus 375 / 450 / 525% On-hit damage
V12.11
  • Death Lotus Grievous Wounds strength reduced to 40% from 50%.
V12.10
  • Stats Base health increased to 672 from 602. Health growth increased to 108 from 94. Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5. Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
  • Death Lotus Grievous Wounds strength reduced to 50% from 60%.
V12.8 - Estimated
  • Shunpo Undocumented Bug Fix: If the ability is cast on an ally, movement commands queued during the cast time now immediatelly apply after the cast time ends, instead of after a 0.85 second delay post cast time.
V11.10
  • Stats Movement speed reduced to 335 from 340.
V11.6
  • Death Lotus New Effect: Each instance of damage dealt now counts as a separate hit for effects such as Conqueror, Electrocute, and Eclipse.
V11.4
  • Death Lotus On-hit modifier increased to 25 / 30 / 35% from 25% at all ranks. Bonus AD ratio per dagger increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)16% bonus AD from 15%. Attack speed ratio per dagger increased to Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)12.8% total attack speed from 9.9%. Bug Fix: Tooltip now properly states that the ability also triggers on-attack effects.
V11.2
  • Death Lotus Bug Fix: Now properly modifies damage dealt by Kraken Slayer's Bring It Down.
V11.1
  • Stats Base armor increased to 28 from 27.88. Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
V10.24
  • Death Lotus Bug Fix: No longer stacks Grievous Wounds effects.
V10.23
  • Voracity New Effect: Daggers now apply on-hit effects against all champions struck.
  • Shunpo New Effect: Now applies on-hit effects.
  • Death Lotus New Effect: Each dagger now applies on-hit effects at 25% effectiveness. Removed: No longer deals Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)22% bonus AD magic damage per dagger. New Effect: Now deals Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)15% bonus AD Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)(+ 9.9% attack speed) physical damage per dagger.
V10.20
  • Voracity Bonus AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)75% bonus AD from 100%.
V10.10
  • Voracity AP ratio reduced to 55 / 66 / 77 / 88% (based on level) AP from 55 / 70 / 85 / 100% (based on level) AP.
V10.3
  • Sinister Steel Bug Fix: Daggers no longer gain 2 stacks of Conqueror per target hit; now properly gains 2 stacks per cast.
  • Shunpo Bug Fix: No longer attempts to basic attack her last target after Shunpo, unless they're already in attack range.
V10.2
  • Shunpo Bug Fix: Using it to kill a target no longer makes her unresponsive for a few moments.
V9.16
  • Shunpo Bug Fix: If she drops a dagger near a wall and then casts Shunpo so that she can blink to the other side of the wall, she now properly gets a reset on the ability.
V9.15
  • Shunpo Bug Fix: Now properly counts towards triggering Electrocute and Phase Rush and is usable in Mordekaiser's Realm of Death.
V9.14
  • Death Lotus Healing reduction increased to 60% from 40%.
V9.6
  • Death Lotus New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
V9.4
  • General Base run animation updated. Fast run animation updated. Movement stop animation updated.
V9.2
  • Warring Kingdoms Katarina Shunpo Undocumented: Now has more flower visual effects on Shunpo.
  • Sandstorm Katarina Sinister Steel Undocumented: Now has more sand visual effects on dagger pick up.
V9.1
  • Shunpo Cast time changed to (0.15 seconds after teleporting (Katarina now teleports immediately upon pressing E)) from (0.075 seconds before teleporting and 0.075 seconds after teleporting). New Effect: Can now buffer Hextech Gunblade's active to fire after Shunpo's cast time completes.
V8.10
  • Shunpo Bug Fix: Killing an unit with Shunpo will no longer lock out your buffered abilities or basic attack.
V8.9
  • Death Lotus Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it could not be cast if enemies in range could not be seen. Bug Fix: Can now correctly ping her Death Lotus if no valid targets are nearby.
V8.3
  • Voracity Base dagger damage reduced to 68 − 240 (based on level) from 75 − 287 (based on level).
V8.2
  • Bouncing Blade New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
  • Shunpo New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
V7.24b
  • Shunpo Base damage reduced to 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 from 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90.
V7.22
  • Stats Base health increased to 602 from 590. Health growth increased to 94 from 82.
  • General Bug Fix: Base skin and all of her other skins' SFX have been restored and are no longer quiet.
  • Death Sworn Katarina Bug Fix: Smoke VFX on her daggers during her Recall no longer appear below the ground.
V7.17
  • Slay Belle Katarina Voracity Bug Fix: No longer gets stuck in her recall animation if she uses Voracity right before beginning her recall.
V7.7
  • Shunpo Cooldown increased to 14 / 12.5 / 11 / 9.5 / 8 seconds from 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8.
V7.5
  • General Bug Fix: Intermediate bot now has a keystone mastery.
V7.4
  • Stats Base magic resistance reduced to 32.1 from 34.1.
V7.2
  • Shunpo AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)50% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)65% AD.
V6.24
  • Voracity Base damage changed to 75 − 287 (based on level) from 75 − 285 (based on level).
  • Preparation Bug Fix: If Katarina catches Preparation dagger at the end of Shunpo's cast time, the Preparation dagger's damage no longer follows her to Shunpo's location.
  • Shunpo Bug Fix: If Katarina Shunpo's to an ally or a dagger, Shunpo's damage now properly transfers to the nearest minion or jungle monster if no enemy champions are in range.
  • Death Lotus Bug Fix: Icon no longer lights up while dead when enemies walk near her corpse.
V6.23
  • General Bug Fix: Warring Kingdom Katarina's visual effects have been adjusted to re-add some of the flair lost in her pre-season update.
  • Shunpo Movement commands are canceled if Shunpo targets a plant or enemy champion.
V6.22
  • General New ability icons.
  • Stats Base health increased to 590 from 510. Health growth reduced to 82 from 83. Base health regeneration increased to 7.5 from 4.5. Health regeneration growth increased to 0.7 from 0.55. Base armor increased to 27.88 from 26.88. Base magic resistance increased to 34.1 from 32.1. Base movement speed reduced to 340 from 345.
  • Voracity New Effect - Flourish: Catching or picking up one of her fallen Daggers causes Katarina to flourish it, dealing 75 − 285 (based on level) Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)100% bonus AD) 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 (based on level)% AP) magic damage to nearby enemies, as well as refunding 78 / 84 / 90 / 96 (based on level)% of Shunpo's cooldown. Range: 340
  • Bouncing Blade Cooldown changed to 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 seconds from 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds. Base damage changed to 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 / 195 from 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160. AP ratio reduced to 30% AP from 45% AP. Range reduced to 625 from 675. Targets hit reduced to 3 from 4. New Effect: After bouncing, the Dagger falls to the ground on the opposite side from where it struck the first target for 4 seconds, getting there in the same amount of time regardless of how many times it bounces. Removed: On-hit effect.
  • Preparation (new W) New Effect: Katarina tosses a Dagger up in the air and gains 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90% movement speed that decays over 1.25 seconds. After a 1.25 seconds delay, the Dagger hits the ground. Cooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 seconds
  • Shunpo Cooldown changed to 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds from 12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5 / 6. Base damage reduced to 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 from 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160. New Effect: Now scales with Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)65% AD. Range increased to 725 from 700. New Effect: Can target Daggers. New Effect: If she targets an ally or dagger, she will deal Shunpo's damage to the nearest enemy within a radius of her target. New Effect: Resets basic attack timer. Removed: 15% damage reduction. Removed: Targeting wards.
  • Death Lotus Ticks increased to 15 from 10. Duration unchanged at 2.5 seconds. Base damage per blade reduced to 25 / 37.5 / 50 + Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)22% bonus AD + 19% AP from 35 / 55 / 75 + Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)37.5% bonus AD + 25% AP. Maximum potential damage to single target changed to 375 / 562.5 / 750 + Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)330% bonus AD + 285% AP from 350 / 550 / 750 + Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)375% bonus AD) + 250% AP. New Effect: Cannot be cancelled by movement and basic attack commands in the first and last 0.25 seconds of channeling. New Effect: Maximum range indicator visible to all players.

Recommended build

What players actually run on Katarina on the current patch: summoner spells, skill priority, starting, core and late items, runes and skill order.

Every entry comes with its pick rate (how often it is chosen) and, where available, its win rate. For runes, Most Played is the page the majority takes and Best WR the variant that wins most among those with enough games: when they differ, the second is usually the sharper choice, the first the safer one.

Win rate by elo

Katarina's win rate in each rank tier, from Iron to Challenger, plus all tiers combined.

A champion that climbs with rank is usually one that rewards mechanics or game knowledge; one that peaks in low elo is often easy to pick up and punished by better players. Read the tier you play in, not the average. Tiers with no data for this patch are hidden.

Counters and matchups

A preview of the counters page: the five opponents Katarina struggles against the most, and the five it beats most often, on the current patch.

Percentages are Katarina's own win rate in each duel, with the gap to its overall win rate. The full lists, with every matchup that has enough games, are on the counters page linked below each table.

Patch history

Balance changes that touched Katarina, patch by patch, most recent first, as published in the official patch notes.

The ten latest patches are shown, the older ones fold out. Use it to read the win rate movements above: a jump right after a patch is usually a buff or a nerf, not a change in how people play the champion.