Katarina’s active and passive abilities<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
(Picture: Riot Games)<\/span><\/p>\nHer passive ability, Voracity, allows Katarina if she deals damage to an enemy and dies shortly after, to have significantly reduced cooldowns in her remaining abilities. Also, if Katarina picks up a Dagger, she will use it to slash all nearby enemies, dealing magic damage.<\/p>\n
Let’s move on to her active skills:<\/p>\n
\n- Bouncing Blade: Katarina throws a Dagger at the target which will bounce off to nearby enemies before landing on the ground.<\/li>\n
- Preparation: Katarina gains a movement speed boost and throws a Dagger into the air above her.<\/li>\n
- Shunpo: Katarina will transport herself towards a target and damage it if it is an enemy champion. If not, she will damage the closest enemy.<\/li>\n
- Ultimate – Death Lotus: Katarina will become a flurry of blades that deals massive damage while channelling towards the three closest enemies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Recommend runes and spells for Katarina<\/strong><\/h3>\nKatarina is known for being one of the champions with the greatest siege power in the game, thanks to her Daggers that can frustrate any enemy if they are placed in the wrong place, as well as for her ease of cleaning her lane in the early game. These are her recommended runes:<\/p>\n
\n- Electrocute: Triggers on successful skill combos and trades, dealing bonus damage to affected enemies and increasing her burst damage.<\/li>\n
- Brutal: Grants bonus attack damage and armour penetration.<\/li>\n
- Backbone: Adds a bonus 10 AR or 10 MR, based on whichever stat you have less of.<\/li>\n
- Hunter – Genius: Grants additional ability haste for each unique takedown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
(Picture: Riot Games)<\/span><\/p>\nAs in the PC version, Katarina is mostly played on the mid lane, so her summoner spells are also a standard in her comp:<\/p>\n
\n- Flash: Allows you to have more offensive options to enter combat, in addition to serving as an escape tool.<\/li>\n
- Ignite: Use it as a tool to finish off enemies in case they want to escape with low health, as well as open a window of opportunity against enemies with lifesteal or healing abilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Best items for Katarina<\/strong><\/h3>\n
(Picture: Riot Games)<\/span><\/p>\nDue to her massive burst magic damage, Katarina’s item build will be focused on dramatically increasing her ability power, as well as increasing the impact of her abilities with magic penetration and ability haste, making her a difficult enemy to contain in any stage of the game.<\/p>\n
\n- Hextech Gunblade: Hitting an enemy champion with a basic attack or ability shocks them for 100 – 200 plus 30% AP magic damage and slows them by 40% for 2 seconds. It also grants omnivampirism, AD and AP.<\/li>\n
- Ionian Boots of Lucidity: Increases the ability haste of abilities and summoner spells. It’s recommended to wear them with Stasis Enchant to counter enemy burst damage or Quicksilver for crowd control.<\/li>\n
- Morellonomicon: Grants magic penetration and Grievous Wounds, essential for countering tanks and omnivampirism.<\/li>\n
- Void Staff: Grants a tremendous amount of magic penetration.<\/li>\n
- Rylai’s Crystal Scepter: Grants a slow effect on attacks hit on any target, plus additional health and ability power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To finish, you can complement her itemization with Rabadon’s Deathcap, to increase even more your AP stats together with the Void Staff, or Liandry’s Torment in case you have to face a tanky enemy team.<\/p>\n