Katarina·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Katarina Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos 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 Lich Bane as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 51.2% winrate over 434 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Katarina Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are 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. 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 Blade of The Ruined King, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Kraken Slayer as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Terminus, Titanic Hydra and Randuin's Omen. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 53.7% win rate over 369 matches.

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 Kraken Slayer as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Blade of The Ruined King as a third item. You want to finish the build with Terminus, Death's Dance and Wit's End. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 57.0% win rate across 158 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Katarina Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Relentless Hunter with Sudden Impact as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Nashor's Tooth 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 Lich Bane. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 45.3% win rate over 75 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.