Katarina·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Katarina Bot build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Relentless Hunter and Sudden Impact in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Kraken Slayer as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Blade of The Ruined King. For your last 3 items, you should build Terminus, Death's Dance and finish with Titanic Hydra. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 54.1% winrate over 3 037 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Relentless Hunter with Sudden Impact in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Nashor's Tooth as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Lich Bane as a third item. You want to finish the build with Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 47.6% win rate across 296 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Katarina Bot build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Coup de Grace with Triumph as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Lich Bane as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Shadowflame as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and Void Staff. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.6% win rate over 168 matches played.

Situational Katarina Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Katarina build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.