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Can some Katarina mains help me?

TragicTricks·6/10/2016, 3:17:47 AM·2 votes·980 views

Early game i do decent early and i dont die much but mid to late game i seem to die more then i get kills. Past 2 games i start out 4/0/0 and 5/1/5 but ended up 4/4/5 And 10/12/5

Can anyone who knows katarina well give me so tips on how to do better late game.

Some engage tips or items tips, or just anything a noob like me should know about katarina.

10 Comments

CrazFight 6/10/2016, 3:20:00 AM3 votes

Dont jump into a fight right away, wait until you see there CC is gone then jump and button smash for the penta. yw.

soh1gh26/10/2016, 3:23:20 AM2 votes

try to stay out of vision and be last in the fight to clean up and keep a ward so u can blink away if it goes bad

Defended6/10/2016, 3:18:14 AM1 votes

Cant help you but i know for sure assassins are harder to execute mid to late game. One cc and you die

swiftsnipe6/10/2016, 3:49:48 AM1 votes

you need to know all characters and abilities on the enemy team that can cancel your ult. you need to track all of these abilities.

you need to assume that the second the enemy sees your ult, they will throw those abilities at you.

you need to assume that once that ability hits you, you will stop doing damage and die.

so basically you need to keep asking yourself: "if i ult, will the enemy let me spin long enough to be useful?"

Sweet Katarina6/10/2016, 4:26:19 AM1 votes
  1. try read reddit/#katarinamains
  2. see which kind of damage killed you. If its mostly AP - buy item 3001 +item 3116 . If it's mostly AD - buy item 3068, good against Yasuo or Zed. (you can use LSI to see which damage you dying from). 1-2 tank items let you do more mistakes and misposition during the game.
  3. Katarina is difficult champion. The less difficult is mechanically kill everyone who has low hp and doing penta. You can almost master it doing 50-100 custom games 1 vs 5 bots. The most difficult is to know in which moment you need to fight. That comes with experience with real people. You'll need to exactly know can you kill enemy or not. Can you survive or not.
  4. Play more safely. I can start like 1/4 vs Zed, and ending like 12/4.
  5. As I can see your recent games you just starting playing Kat. So main advice is practice more, and you can find your own itemization. For example year ago I rushed Rabadon first on Kate. Today, I usually finish before I buy it. Or Zhonia, I almost never buy it on Kat. Or item 3135 - you didnt buy it in recent games, I prefer rush it 3-4 item.
  6. Starting items may really differ. I almost always start Kata with item 1082 + item 2031. Some people use item 1001 +pots. Few starting even with Dorans Ring. One my friend start with item 3098 and buy item 1082 on next back.
  7. Summoners spell may differ too. I prefer playing without flash (I know that 90% players use it), because Kata has free flash if you master ward jumping. I start with summoner 12 + summoner 11 . So instead of Ludens, I rush item 1402 second item, because it much cheaper and allow you to slow enemy. Smite also allow you to farm safely. You can smite cannon minions, Heimer turrets, Malz voiding etc. Also your jungler usually dont clear wolfs when run for ganks, so you can clear it before back even with low hp - give your jungle vision, much exp and ~100 gold. It very convenient to smite Raptors when you roam bot lane. Allow you to jump-steal dragon or baron etc. (Google: Flyerbeck Smiterina twitch stream, he is d1).
Vesarixx6/10/2016, 5:21:48 AM1 votes

Let your team engage, wait for the enemy to blow CC abilities, look for low health targets first for easy resets, only use your ult if you need it for the kill.