Katarina Build, Runes, Abilities, & Matchups

In League of Legends Wild Rift Katarina is an Assassin that highly play in Mid Lane. View Katarina Best Builds, Runes, Abilities, Matchups, and more here!

Katarina Build Guide

Full Build

Hextech Gunblade	Infinity O rb	Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Rabadons Deathcap	Morellonomicon	Void Staff

In Wild Rift Katarina build items that increase Ability Power, Magic Penetration, and Ability Haste so she can be the main magic damage of the team.

Enchantment: Stasis is an item that Katarina should build.

Core Items

Hextech Gunblade

Infinity O rb

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Katarina core items are Hextech Gunblade, Infinity Orb, and Ionian Boots of Lucidity.

The core items increase Ability Power, Attack Damage, Health, Ability Haste, and Magic Penetration.

Other Item Options

Luden's Echo	Rod of Ages	Rylais Crystal Scepter
Landry's Torment	Void Staff	Protobelt Enchant

Down Below are different techniques to build on Katarina against different enemy matchups.

Build Vs Assassin & Mage

Hextech Gunblade	Infinity O rb	Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Rabadons Deathcap	Morellonomicon	Void Staff

Stasis is the best enchant that can help you survive from Assassin and Mage's combos.

Build Vs Tank & Fighter

Hextech Gunblade	Infinity O rb	Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Rabadons Deathcap	Morellonomicon	Landry's Torment

Liandry's Torment is a good item to build when you play against high Health champion so that you can deal more damage depending on the enemy's Max Health.

Katarina Runes

The best Wild Rift Katarina Runes are Electrocute keystone, Brutal, Backbone, and Hunter Genius.

Electrocute	Hitting a champion with successive attacks or abilities deals bonus adaptive damage.
Katarina	Takedown restores health. Deal more damage to Low Health enemies.
Backbone	Gain bonus AR or MR, based on whatever stat you have less of.
Hunter Genius	Unique champion takedown grant Ability Haste.

Summoner Spells

Flash	Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aim direction.
Ignite	Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 60 true damage (60-410) over 5 seconds and inflicting them with Grievous Wounds.

Katarina Abilities Guide

Skill Detail

Voracity	Takedowns on enemy champions reduce ability Cooldown by 15 seconds. Katarina slashes at all nearby enemies whenever she picks up a Dagger, dealing 72 magic damage (72 + 100% bonus AD + 58% AP).
Bouncing Blade	Throws a Dagger, dealing 75 magic damage (75 + 30% AP) to the target and 2 nearby enemies. The Dagger then ricochets to the ground behind the initial strike point. The Dagger's time in the air is the same regardless of how many times it bounces. Cooldown: 9.8/8.8/7.8/6.8 seconds
Preparation	Tosses a Dagger in the air and hastes Katarina by 30%. Cooldown: 13.7/12.7/11.7/10.7 seconds
Shunpo	Blink to a location near a Dagger or unit, dealing 44 magic damage (15 + 50 AD + 25% AP) to the nearest enemy. Picking up a Dagger greatly reduces the Cooldown of Shunpo. Cooldown: 13.7/11.7/9.8/7.8 seconds
Death Lotus	Rapidly throws blades at the 3 nearest enemy champions, dealing 350 magic damage (350 + 260% bonus AD + 260% AP) and applying Grievous Wounds. Katarina can move and throw blades for up to 3 seconds. Grievous Wounds reduces Healing applied to the target by 50%. Cooldown: 63.4/53.7/43.9

Skill Order


1	3	2	5
4	12	8	9
6	14	10	13
7	15	11

Skill Combo

1. Bouncing Blade > Shunpo

2. Bouncing Blade > Shunpo > Preparation > Shunpo

3. Bouncing Blade > Shunpo > Preparation > Death Lotus > Shunpo

Katarina Matchups

Enemy Matchups

Good Against
Orianna	Katarina has high mobility and she can dodge Orianna's skill easily with her Shunpo. She also has Bouncing Blade that can poke Orianna from distance.
Twisted Fate	Twisted Fate is a low mobility champion who Katarina Counter. Katarina can jump close to him with his Shunpo and easy to deal damage to him. The Bouncing Blade can help Katarina farm from distance in the early game.
Ziggs	Ziggs is also another low mobility champion that may lose to Katarina. Shunpo is a great advantage for Katarina to takedown low mobility champions like Ziggs.
Akali	Akali is an Assassin champion with high mobility in level 5. Her smoke Twilight Shroud can help her escape from the dangerous situation. However, Katarina has Death Lotus which can deal damage in the large area compare to Akali's smoke.
Yasuo	Katarin is a good pick against Yasuo since both of them are melee champions. Katarina has Bouncing Blade which can poke Yasuo from a distance. The Shunpo of Katarina can use to dodge Yasuo Steel Tempest.

Hard Against
Fizz	Fizz is good champion to pick against Katarina. Fizz can use Playful / Trickster to dodge Katarina Shunpo and Death Lotus. The Playful / Trickster also can use to chase down Katarina as well.
Zed	Zed is a good champion to counter Katarina. His Living Shadow can help him to escape, chase or deal more damage to her with Razor Shuriken and Shadow Slash combo to make her hard to farm.
Ahri	Ahri is a long-range mage champion that is not easy for Katarina to play against her. Ahri has the ability to counter Katarina with her Charm when Katarina tries to get close to her.
Annie	Katarina is a great Assassin champion with high magic damage output but she is squishy. Annie is a bit hard to play against her in the early but in the mid or late game Annie can one-shot Katarina with her Summon: Tibbers, Incinerate, and Disintegrate combo.