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 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, Jak'Sho, The Protean and finish with Death's Dance. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 62.3% winrate over 77 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 Mercury's Treads as your second item and Kraken Slayer as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Terminus, Death's Dance and Zhonya's Hourglass. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 61.8% win rate over 68 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.