What are Katarina's abilities?

Katarina's kit: Voracity (Passive), Q Bouncing Blade, W Preparation, E Shunpo, R Death Lotus.

What position does Katarina play?

Katarina is typically played in the Assassin and Mage roles.

Champions / Katarina

the Sinister Blade

Katarina

AssassinMageDifficulty · High

Win rate

50.5%

Tier

BMid

Pick

8.0%

Ban

12.2%

// What they do

// 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.

// Base stats at level 1Bar = against every champion

Health672

Attack dmg58

Armor32

Magic resist32

Move speed335

Range125

// Skins

20 total · in-game view

// Playing them · playing against them

As 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.

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.

// 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.

// Worst matchupsAll →

Brand43.8%

Garen44.4%

Diana45.5%

// More on Katarina

Katarina build · Mid Katarina ARAM build Katarina counters Tier list

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At a glance

Released: 19 September 2009
Price: 1,575 BE · 790 RP
Range: Melee
Adaptive type: Magic
Role: Assassin
Positions: Middle

Basic attacksPlaystyleAbilities

Mode balance

ARAM · Tenacity +20%
ARAM · Ability haste +900%
URF · Damage dealt +10%
URF · Damage taken -5%
One for All · Damage taken -5%

Ability details

Innate: Scoring a champion takedown within 3 seconds of damaging them will reduce the current cooldowns of Katarina's abilities by 15 seconds.
Innate - Sinister Steel: Whenever Katarina retrieves a Dagger, she slashes around herself to deal 68;72;77;82;89;96;103;112;121;131;142;154;166;180;194;208;224;240;257;275 (based on level) (+ 60% bonus AD) (+ 70 – 100 for 4 (based on level) AP) magic damage to nearby enemies, apply on-hit effects to enemy champions hit, and reduce current cooldown by 78 – 96 for 4 (based on level) of its total cooldown.

Targeting: Passive
Damage type: Magic
Spell shield: True

Notes

Voracity's cooldown reduction will still take effect even after Katarina dies.
The Dagger's area of effect indicator is displayed even before it lands, although Katarina may not slash until it has. This can be targeted by .
Daggers will still deal damage but not apply on-hit effects if dodged. They cannot be blocked nor can they be missed while Katarina is blinded.
Single-use on-hit effects, such as Spellblade, will apply to the closest target to Katarina when she uses a Dagger.

This page uses material from the Katarina article on the League of Legends Wiki, and that material is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.