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Katarina build & stats

AssassinMage B 82 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
50.0%
Pick rate
4.5%
Ban rate
0.0%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Titanic Hydra
Titanic Hydra
3,300 gold
Heartsteel
Heartsteel
3,000 gold
Blade of The Ruined King
Blade of The Ruined King
3,200 gold
9,500 gold
71.4% WR each item separately

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
86.7% 15 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Domination Domination
65.7% WR
35 games · 43% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Domination Domination
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
50.0% 8 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Katarina

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Katarina wins 50.0% of games as any role on patch 16.18 (82 games).
  • Most common core: Rabadon's Deathcap → Hextech Gunblade → Shadowflame — 57% win rate over 7 games.
  • Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 57% of games with a 60% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Hextech Gunblade
Hextech Gunblade
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
57.1% WR
7 games · 9% pick
Blade of The Ruined King
Blade of The Ruined King
Terminus
Terminus
Titanic Hydra
Titanic Hydra
60.0% WR
5 games · 6% pick
Heartsteel
Heartsteel
Blade of The Ruined King
Blade of The Ruined King
Kraken Slayer
Kraken Slayer
100.0% WR
4 games · 5% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
29.7% WR
37 games · 45% pick
Gluttonous Greaves
Gluttonous Greaves
41.2% WR
17 games · 21% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
86.7% WR
15 games · 18% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
78.6% 17% (14)
72.2% 22% (18)
66.7% 40% (33)
66.7% 11% (9)
62.5% 39% (32)
60.9% 28% (23)
50.0% 15% (12)
40.9% 27% (22)
38.1% 26% (21)
37.1% 43% (35)
37.0% 33% (27)
11.1% 11% (9)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Domination Domination
65.7% WR
35 games · 43% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Domination Domination
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Domination Domination + Precision Precision
50.0% WR
14 games · 17% pick
Dark Harvest Sudden Impact Grisly Mementos Treasure Hunter Coup de Grace Triumph
Domination Domination + Precision Precision
16.7% WR
12 games · 15% pick
Electrocute Sudden Impact Grisly Mementos Relentless Hunter Coup de Grace Triumph

Keystones

  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 59.6%57% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 42.1%23% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 31.3%20% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Mark Flash + Mark 49.2%79% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 50.0%10% pick
  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 50.0%5% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • 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 d...

  • QBouncing Blade

    Katarina throws a Dagger at the target that then bounces to nearby enemies before ricocheting onto the ground.

  • WPreparation

    Katarina gains a burst of Move Speed, tossing a Dagger into the air directly above herself.

  • EShunpo

    Katarina blinks to the target, striking it if its an enemy, or striking the nearest enemy otherwise.

  • RDeath Lotus

    Katarina becomes a flurry of blades, dealing massive magic damage while she channels to the 3 nearest enemy champions.