Katarina·Bot Build
Win rate | 49.3% |
Pick rate | 0.1% |
Ban rate | 7.8% |
Matches | 1 210- |
Katarina Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 61.7% based on 428 matches
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42.7%Alternative
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spells
D
F
items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 12 sec
Early Items
@ 4 min
Core Items
@ 18 min
Full Build
ability order
E
Q
W
Skills
situational items
Katarina Matchups Overview
Katarina General information
Katarina combos
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The Best Katarina Builds, Runes and Items for Bot in Emerald +
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: Haste and Last Stand 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, Wit's End and finish with Titanic Hydra. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 61.7% winrate over 428 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Katarina Bot 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: Haste and Last Stand 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 Nashor's Tooth, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Shadowflame as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 42.7% win rate over 89 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: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth 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, Wit's End and Titanic Hydra. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 60.8% win rate across 51 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.
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In-depth Build Stats
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Katarina Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Bot in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.12 the best possible matchups for Katarina Bot are:
- vs. Sivir - 77.8% win rate over 18 games.
- vs. Yasuo - 75.0% win rate over 8 games.
- vs. Nilah - 66.7% win rate over 9 games.
- vs. Ezreal - 63.8% win rate over 47 games.
- vs. Samira - 62.5% win rate over 40 games.
Consider picking Katarina into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Bot matchups that currently are in favor of Katarina.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Katarina in the current patch into the following Bot matchups:
- vs. Veigar - win rate over games.
- vs. Seraphine - 25.0% win rate over 4 games.
- vs. Brand - 28.6% win rate over 7 games.
- vs. Lucian - 38.0% win rate over 92 games.
- vs. Twitch - 41.4% win rate over 29 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.