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Where players rank Katarina on the community tier list. One vote per account.
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Classic loadouts
Builds for Katarina
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Abilities
P
Voracity
Champion takedowns reduce Katarina's cooldowns by 15 seconds.
Q
Bouncing Blade
Throws a dagger dealing 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 magic damage. The dagger bounces to the 4 closest enemies dealing 10% less damage with each bounce. Enemies hit are marked for 4.25 seconds. Katarina's basic attacks or spells will consume the mark dealing 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 additional magic damage. (+45% AP, +15% AP)
60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160+45% AP+15% AP
W
Sinister Steel
Whirls daggers in a circle dealing 40 / 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 magic damage. If she hits an enemy Champion, Katarina gains 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% Movement Speed for 1 second. (+25% AP, +60% bonus AD)
40 / 75 / 110 / 145 / 180+25% AP+60% bonus AD
E
Shunpo
Moves to a target's location. Deals 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 magic damage if the target is an enemy. After using Shunpo, Katarina takes 15% reduced damage for 1.5 seconds. (+40% AP)
60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160+40% AP
R
Death Lotus
Ultimate
Becomes a flurry of blades, throwing daggers at the closest 3 enemy Champions dealing 400 / 575 / 750 magic damage over 2.5 seconds. Enemies struck are Wounded by 50% for 3 seconds. (+37.5% bonus AD, +25% bonus AP)
400 / 575 / 750+37.5% bonus AD+25% bonus AP
How Katarina plays
Editorial Reading of the kit above, not a sourced claim - the numbers inside it were checked against the client before publishing.
Katarina lives and dies by chaining kills together, since Voracity slashes fifteen seconds off all her cooldowns on every takedown or assist. That means one good ultimate in a grouped fight can reset her entire kit almost instantly, letting her immediately go again. Bouncing Blade marks whoever it bounces to, and those marks get consumed by her follow-up spells or autos for extra damage, so her combo order actually matters. Shunpo doubles as an engage and a defensive tool, blinking to any unit and briefly reducing damage taken right after, which lets her dive in and shrug off the retaliation. Death Lotus is a high risk, high reward channel that hits the three closest enemies repeatedly, incredible if it goes uninterrupted and nearly worthless if she gets locked down mid-cast. She has no mana bar, so the only thing limiting her aggression is cooldowns and how good she is at reading a fight.
Counters & matchups
Strong against
Weak against · in lane
Weak against · across the map
Plays well with
Resets shred immobile casters; a single point-and-click stun cancels Death Lotus and the whole pick with it.
"In lane" means both champions are played in the same role in Classic; "across the map" represents cross-lane dynamics (e.g. jungler ganks, roaming supports). All matchups evaluated strictly within the 63 Classic launch champions.
What Katarina's kit scales with
Read from Katarina's ability text.
Resource
NoneMana runes and items do nothing for this champion
Range
Melee125 units
Ability ratios
Q
Bouncing Blade
W
Sinister Steel
E
Shunpo
R
Death Lotus
Skins · 7
Catalog and art read directly from the client files (build 18848366a9cb) - exactly the skins the client lists for Katarina, including the Classic throwback skins with their era models. © Riot Games.
Modern vs Classic · 9 tracked changes
Katarina
Base Health
672
505
Health per level
108
80
Base Attack Damage
58
56.2
Base Armor
32
24.5
Armor per level
4.7
3.5
Base Magic Resist
32
31.25
Magic Resist per level
2.05
1.25
Move Speed
335
345
W name
Preparation
Sinister Steel
Classic: the Classic client's files · Today: patch 16.14.1.