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Katarina Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities - Patch 14.24

Katarina The Sinister Blade

Find the best Katarina build guides for League of Legends S14 Patch 14.24. 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 11 Builds
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina easy to gold

Build by MD Lars updated March 31, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Jungle Katarina – Violence may solve some problems

Build by EyeOfTheRuunansHurricane updated March 9, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina Random

Build by miyazaki14 updated March 5, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina guide

Build by killogher updated March 3, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

S11 Bwonsamdilol's Katarina NA Guide

Build by Bwonsamdilol updated March 16, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

KATARINA AD IS BACK & AP BUILD

Build by RamZz updated March 8, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Team Fight Snowball

Build by GothMicrowave updated February 22, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina BROKEN 1VS9 GUIDE UwU

Build by HeziEune updated March 2, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

S11 - KATARINA

Build by Shiney updated March 2, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

The Only AP Mid Katarina build you'll ever need

Build by Mirster updated February 26, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Kata full Ap S11

Build by VampireTko2007 updated February 22, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Season 11 Full Katarina Guide

Build by Riceuu updated February 18, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina guide s11 11.3

Build by VeruM213769 updated February 16, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina s11.3 One shot

Build by rvjekk updated February 18, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina builds/runes

Build by xdTakeshi updated February 15, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

katarina AD pog

Build by Durlea updated February 15, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide
LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

katarina AD pog

Build by Durlea updated February 15, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina S11 Hybrid Build

Build by E W Q R E updated February 14, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Ultimate Queen Katarina

Build by NoizRain updated February 13, 2021
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LoL Champion Katarina Build Guide

Katarina BOT test build

Build by codpowerpat updated February 11, 2021
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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 14.24. 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 14.24: 42,021 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Katarina's Runes

Katarina's Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 59% Pickrate

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Domination
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Precision
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Second Best

Katarina's 2nd Best Runes 47%

Win Rate 24% Pickrate

Precision
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Domination
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Third Best

Katarina's 3rd Best Runes 46%

Win Rate 7% Pickrate

Precision
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Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
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Katarina's Summoner Spells

Katarina's Best Summoner Spells 48%

Win Rate 48% Pickrate

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Second Best

Katarina's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 50%

Win Rate 39% Pickrate

Flash Teleport

Third Best

Katarina's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 50%

Win Rate 11% Pickrate

Teleport Ignite

Katarina's Starters

Katarina's Best Starter Items 50%

Win Rate 44% Pickrate

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Katarina's Core Items

Katarina's Best Core Items 51%

Win Rate 10% Pickrate

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Katarina's Ability Order

Katarina's Best Ability Order 49%

Win Rate 80% 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

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.

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
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Katarina throws a dagger, dealing 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+40% 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
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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.
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Katarina's Shunpo
Shunpo Katarina's E Ability
725
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12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 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 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+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
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75 / 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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