Katarina·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Katarina Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Dark Harvest as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Coup de Grace and Triumph 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 Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Lich Bane. For your last 3 items, you should build Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Rabadon's Deathcap. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 52.5% winrate over 61 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Katarina Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Coup de Grace with Triumph in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Lich Bane as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 37.5% win rate over 56 matches.

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.