Katarina

The Sinister Blade

Assassin / Mage · None · Melee

About

Katarina, the Sinister Blade, is a assassin and mage champion who uses no resource for abilities and attacks at melee range. Their kit focuses on magic damage.

On the official scale, difficulty is 8 out of 10: a champion hard and needs practice to perform well.

Compared with other champions, Katarina starts with above average HP (672), above average armor (32) and average move speed (335). Attack range is 125 units.

Katarina has 19 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack4

Defense3

Magic9

Difficulty8

Abilities

Passive · Voracity
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.
Q · Bouncing Blade
Katarina throws a Dagger at the target that then bounces to nearby enemies before ricocheting onto the ground.
Cooldown: 11/10/9/8/7s
W · Preparation
Katarina gains a burst of Move Speed, tossing a Dagger into the air directly above herself.
Cooldown: 15/14/13/12/11s
E · Shunpo
Katarina blinks to the target, striking it if its an enemy, or striking the nearest enemy otherwise.
Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8s
R (Ultimate) · Death Lotus
Katarina becomes a flurry of blades, dealing massive magic damage while she channels to the 3 nearest enemy champions.
Cooldown: 75/60/45s

Tips for playing Katarina

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

Tips for playing against Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Base stats

HP: 672 (+108 per level)
Mana: 0
Armor: 32 (+4.7 per level)
Magic resist: 32 (+2.05 per level)
Attack damage: 58
Attack speed: 0.658 (+2.74 per level)
Move speed: 335
Range: 125

Lore

Decisive in judgment and lethal in combat, Katarina is a Noxian assassin of the highest caliber. Eldest daughter to the legendary General Du Couteau, she made her talents known with swift kills against unsuspecting enemies. Her fiery ambition has driven her to pursue heavily-guarded targets, even at the risk of endangering her allies—but no matter the mission, Katarina will not hesitate to execute her duty amid a whirlwind of serrated daggers.