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Katarina·Top Build
P
Q
W
E
R| Win rate | 44.3% |
| Pick rate | 0.1% |
| Ban rate | 14.0% |
| Matches | 668- |
Katarina Build
Top ∙ Patch 16.1Most Popular
Win Rate 38.8% based on 67 matches
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38.8%
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runes
spells
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items
Starter Items
Time Target
@ 14 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 19 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
E
W
Skills
situational items
Katarina Matchups Overview
Weak Against
Strong Against
Katarina General information
Katarina combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Katarina Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
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 Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Kraken Slayer. For your last 3 items, you should build Terminus, Death's Dance and finish with Guinsoo's Rageblade. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 38.8% winrate over 67 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.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Katarina runes page.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Katarina Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 16.1 the best possible matchups for Katarina Top are:
- vs. Cassiopeia - win rate over games.
- vs. K'Sante - 88.9% win rate over 9 games.
- vs. Garen - 75.0% win rate over 12 games.
- vs. Gwen - 72.7% win rate over 11 games.
- vs. Teemo - 72.7% win rate over 11 games.
Consider picking Katarina into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Katarina.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Katarina in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Lissandra - win rate over games.
- vs. Quinn - win rate over games.
- vs. Wukong - win rate over games.
- vs. Malzahar - win rate over games.
- vs. Zac - win rate over games.
These champions are considered as Katarina counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Katarina counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.
