01 / Katarina
At a glance
Learn Katarina abilities and prepare your first games. Find builds for each supported role.
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Strengths & weaknesses
Tools to play around
- Bouncing BladeAdds a utility effect to the champion’s kit.
- ShunpoOffers a movement tool for positioning.
- Death LotusContributes damage to the champion’s rotation.
What can go wrong
- Bouncing BladeRead the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
- ShunpoDecide where you want to finish the movement before casting. Using mobility to enter a fight can leave fewer options to retreat.
- A completed combo is only useful when your position, resources and follow-up are safe.
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Abilities & tips
Open an ability to read its effect and a practical use tip.
PVoracity
Whenever an enemy champion dies that Katarina has damaged recently, her remaining ability cooldowns are dramatically reduced. If Katarina picks up a Dagger, she uses it to slash through all nearby enemies, dealing magic damage.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
QBouncing Blade
Katarina throws a Dagger at the target that then bounces to nearby enemies before ricocheting onto the ground.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
WPreparation
Katarina gains a burst of Move Speed, tossing a Dagger into the air directly above herself.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
EShunpo
Katarina blinks to the target, striking it if its an enemy, or striking the nearest enemy otherwise.
Decide where you want to finish the movement before casting. Using mobility to enter a fight can leave fewer options to retreat.
RDeath Lotus
Katarina becomes a flurry of blades, dealing massive magic damage while she channels to the 3 nearest enemy champions.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
Katarina combos: execution and timing
AA = basic attack · EAA = empowered attack · 1/2/3 = cast stage. Follow the order, not instant key presses.
Recast practice: Shunpo
- Q
- E
- AA
- E
With Katarina, start with Bouncing Blade, then continue through Shunpo → Basic attack → Shunpo. Watch where Bouncing Blade leaves the dagger. Reach the dagger before expecting another Shunpo; keep a valid escape target available.
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Game plan by role
Katarina · Mid
Use the wave to control when trades happen. Keep a defensive option if the opposing jungler is missing, and avoid forcing a combo into a large enemy wave.
Move after checking the wave, vision and who can follow. A useful roam should not cost several uncontested waves for no clear opportunity.
Fight from a position where you can repeat your useful spells. Look for an opening after enemy control is spent instead of entering first by habit.
Before your next fight, check: Bouncing Blade · Death Lotus · Combos
Katarina · Bot
Coordinate trades with your support and keep last hits consistent. Stand where you can attack without stepping into both enemy players’ threat range.
Collect safe farm while staying close enough to join your team. Check the map before crossing an exposed side lane for one more wave.
Keep dealing damage to an accessible target while tracking enemy engage tools. A safer sustained position is often better than chasing a distant carry.
Before your next fight, check: Bouncing Blade · Death Lotus · Combos
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Matchup preparation
Compare opponents in the build for the role you are actually playing. Then check their key control, escape and defensive spells before choosing your trade.
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Practice checklist
- Cast each ability alone and identify its range, target conditions and stopping point.
- Practise the first sequence slowly. Repeat it while moving, without skipping the conditions shown on its card.
- After each attempt, identify the spell you would still have available to defend or retreat.
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Katarina · Builds & runes
Choose a role, then select your rank on the build page for runes, items, skill order and matchup statistics.