Katarina Data Collection

So far, i've test countless builds, and runes along with build pathings, mid match ups ,and this is the results of my journey.

• ( This is my own personal thoughts which will be edited and adjusted as time goes by, the more I play Katarina. I'm not a high elo player and i'm sure many of you will disagree with my thought process, and feel free to if you wish. This is just for my own reminder, so theres really no right or wrong answer, just whatever I feel comfty with.) - While there are some Katarina mains who takes, Domination into Electrocute, i've seen a rise in, Dark harvest or Precision into Conqueror. Katarina mains are dying left and right because there are far superior champions in mid lane, and ever since her nerfs, on e cool down, damage, along with e auto attack bug, not letting her automatically auto due to aa reset. Now, the debate comes in, where some people would justify that i'm crazy and Katarina is still broken, and some would agree with me, but i'm not here to stir up some beef, i've gotten my thought process out of the way, and now shall resume my journal, of Katarina.

[ Talon, Zed, Qiyana, Kha'Zix, Jax, Pantheon, Senna, Wukong ] For these champions, I love to rush Armsguard, into Sunfire Cape. I know what you are thinking, why not Hextech Gunblade instead of Sunfire Cape? Now, a good Katarina player would or would not need this, but this is me, we are talking about.

• {This build, forces Zed players to rush armor pen, which is a waste of damage for them at the early phase because it is not superior compared to a Dusk Blade, for team fights, but it is pretty effective against you, whom rushed armor, at the early game stage. If they rush Hexdrinker, or gets Mercury's Treads, you out damage him, if you can dodge his q from r, or w, you are free to get hit with autos and e, once you bait out his q. The down side of this build is, if enemy top, jg, or bot lane, has ap, they wont melt you but you'll need your team help, or some help of rng, and pray they are low, when you go on them, or they go on you.} = You can all in Zed at level 2, once he waste q, and be sure the wave is pushing towards you, at best he will land an e and auto, and attempt to shoot another q at your after you q, e him, if he does not walk into your dagger, but if he does runs into your dagger, you win the battle, forcing him to flash away, or if his a brave boy, he will ignite and fight you. There are exceptions, some may take w 2nd instead of e, but it does not really matter, his forced to w backwards, if he w forward after you land a q, e at level 2, his trolling. =

• {Against, Talon players, this is not a bad rush, bait out his q and trade him, as long as you can get an even trade, farm and play back, he should be forced to shove mid and roam, since he gains nothing from fighting you, or play passive, due to the fact he knows he cannot 1 shot you, he took an even trade with you, and the jg could flank him.} (Of course, not all jg has galaxy brain, but tis a dice roll, try your luck) = You cannot all in talon at level 2, unless he waste q and e or if you can juke his q, even if you managed to land your q, e combo on talon, and he misses his q, there is a high chance he will beat you, with just his point and click and ignite, since if you are close to his point and click range, it does critical damage, his passive makes you bleed, and ignite pops his electrocute. It is not impossible to all in him at level 2, if you can bait out an ability or 2, but most times you wanna try trade him at level 3, not saying it is easier but at least you'll have a lucky chance, where if his dumb enough to walk into one of your dagger, you can get a good trade or better yet a kill. = -{Qiyana players, now i've barely seen them rush hexdrinker nor maw, but I do think it is a waste for them, I am not a Qiyana main, so I could be wrong, but against Katarinas, I do feel them rushing maw is a waste because I have more impact in team fights if she cannot 1 shot me. But still, in lane, you'll get destroyed even if with build, if they are good at their champs, if not this build will keep you alive just enough for that few cs :) } =You dont beat her level 1 or 2, neither 3. If she is smart, she will hold her freeze, but if you can manage to bait out her skill shots, you'll get a good trade in but, most likely you wont land your full level 3 combo, if she short hop dash away from your dagger. = -{ Now, I know what you are thinking, Kha'Zix? I rarely see them, but I did see them in my mid lane games a few times, the beauty of this match up is, you can all in him early, and even if he does have isolation, and insaine damage, you also can burst him. Rushing Magic resist, aside from Mercury's Treads, is troll for him, unless theres multiple ap, on your own team. In all honesty, unless he gets the jump on you, and ambush burst you, as long as his in your sight of vision, and you follow him properly, you can negate his effectiviness in game, till late game, then you screwed up, and his gona 1 shot you regardless. } = At level 2, you dont win unless he took his skll shot and point and click ability, if he waste his skill shot, only thing his got going for him is his point and click, and passive isolation, but then again, your q e out trades him and you can simply stay near your dagger instead of running into it right away, to do 2 things, 1. he cannot aa nor point and click you right away since you are standing near your dagger, 2. you give yourself a 1 or 2 second faster e cool down once you pick up your e, if you wait it out, so you can e away to a minion, before he has a chance to auto attack you, his level 3, if he waste his hop or skill shot, all in him in a smart way, if you have no clue where the jg is neither feel confident about your health bar, do not risk it, then again, you should not be lower than half hp against a Kha'zix mid, at level 3 unless you got ganked, or went in for those deep trades. =

• {Jax players, why are you even mid? You dont beat jax at all, unless he wastes his stun ability at level 2 or 3, he out burst you simply with auto attacks, and if he takes corruption potion first, that trade is not worth it, unless you can force him to use all 3 magically in the lane phase before level 4. At level 6, you can outplay him if his dumb. Most Jax, i've seen, wont get Hexdrinkers first item, most likely a Mercury's Treads rush or just straight into Trinity force, or whatever you Jax mains wanna rush.}

• {Uh oh, why Pantheon? Say bye bye, to your mid lane. If his a smart pantheon, you never win, any trades, most likely he will take q into stun at level 2, which means, unless he waste q, you can never go on him, even if you do go on him without his q, his stun auto reset and auto, is good enough to outrade your q, e and dont even think about walking up to your dagger neither jumping on it, he will burst you down, level 3, is where you are really screwed, pray your jg ganks you, and start roaming after shoving, while praying he wont shove back, to crash your wave, and roam along with you or just keep pushing for plating, applying pressure to your Mid Turret. }

• {Senna is such annoying piece of of rubbish can! I don't know if Senna mid is a thing or not, but in this match up, your level 1, is rough along with your level 2, at best, you can all in her level 3, all you really have to do is 2 things, make sure she wasted her long range point and click ability, and 2, you predict and dodge her root, all she really has going after that is auto range, of course, you'll take a chunk of damage and give her free stacks for that trade at level 3, but on the bright side, if you get an even trade with her, you can hope your jg comes, or you keep getting those good trades, till you hit 6. Aside from lane phase, shes not really a problem, aside from her cc and r which shields and snipes, early game r, deals no dmg, nothing compared to a lux r, damage wise and cooldown. her heal does get annoying but lets face it, your r and ignite destroys her healing, unless shes getting camped or a big helping hand mid, you can kill her later on in game, just maybe not early game till level 6. Don't get me wrong, not saying you destroy her even at level 6, she still has to do one of the worse play possible for you to kill her, I assume, once you get Hextech Gunblade, you can evenly match her as long as she is not too fed. I have yet to see a Senna rush magic resist, most i've seen are either crit or lethality.}

• {Makes monkey noises WUKONG!!! DUN DUN DUNNN, you beat him level 2, plain and simple, most likely, he takes his dash and aa empowerment ability, at level 2. If you can hit level 2 before him, you win the trade forcing him to flash or get low health at the very least, when you both are level 2, wait for him to waste his aa empowerment. Level 3, is more of a mind game against him, if he waste his any of his ability, punish him for it. at level 6, unless you are ahead of him, you dont beat him, exception is his half hp, then you could probably burst him. His team fight potential is way better than yours, he has knock up cc, and can turn invisible, flash, dash and knock up a whole crew, your best bet, is to avoid him in team fights, take out the backlines. Early game, he goes damage, but I do see him rushing Edge of the night, or Black Cleaver, so your best bet in doing an all in, is your early game, mid and late game, let your team run into him, and pray they bait a cc or 2 from the enemy. }

                            For these matchups, I usually go Conquerors into Triumph, Bloodline, Coup De Grace. Secondary, Domination into Sudden impact, and Ravenous hunter. This is for doing all in, or fighting against tanky boys, along with that bits of life steal, that will save my life most siutations.
                           I sometimes take, Domination into Dark Harvest, Ghost Poro, and Ultimate hunter. Secondary, Second wind, and overgrowth. This is mainly for Katarina players, who likes going tank Katarina, cause they are expecting to be 1 shotted, so they choose to go a safer path. 
  

Of course, there are way more match ups and champions, but i'm tired already from writing all this, i'll update and add more later on, for the future me, so I can analyze and find my flaws or mistakes, i've made, and improve myself more. Rather then, just playing constant games, and listening to others, I like to write out what I think, to look back on it later on, to know what is actually on my mind, about the game and the champions, and further improve myself from adjusting what i've done wrong, or improvising this or that.