How To Play Katarina

SamyFireFlamer·2/27/2015, 11:35:32 PM·1 votes·1,146 views

I'm looking for a good build for Katarina, I've been playing Katarina for a few days now, but haven't found a build that really suits me.

5 Comments

QuantumLight2/27/2015, 11:58:44 PM1 votes

rush rylais for early tower diving, then build zhoynas deathcap, abyssel, void staff, and the magic pen boots, in whatever order you feel like.

Lapis x32/28/2015, 12:33:25 AM1 votes

Even though I don't play Katarina a lot, usually what I do is I always rush to get sorcerer shoes first so I can roam and get assists. Then I usually will build Hextech, Abyssal/Void, Rabadon, Zhonya. For my final item I would either go get more ap (like Twin Shadows) or something defense (GA, Banshee's Veil).

BattleG0D2/28/2015, 5:47:20 PM1 votes

Hey,

You should start Boots + Pots. If your lane opponent is ranged max Q If your lane opponent is melee max W

After that you could start item 3165 or item 3001 if you are against AD start item 3157 . After one of those item 3020 and then 3 item 3089 . I prefer after these items you pick a another item of the first 3 and then you buy item 3135 . Last item defensive like item 3026 or something

Poptart Evelynn3/2/2015, 12:27:13 AM1 votes

Oh my gawd these guys are trolling you hard lol.

You have 2/3 main builds(that can be slightly altered to your favor for the situations at hand). One is for when you winning lane easy and one is for when you losing lane/struggling.

Winning lane/Roam = item 3020 > item 3089 > item 3157 > item 3116 > item 3135 > item 3026

Winning lane/No Roam = item 3136 > item 3020 > item 3157 > item 3001 (Abys before zhonya if you facing an ap poker, champs like syndra you want zhonya to dodge her ult) > item 3089 > Swap for item 3135 > item 3026

Losing lane = item 1001 (Do not upgrade early since you're losing) > item 3136 > item 3001 > item 3157 > item 3116 > item 3089 > item 3135 (again swap the haunting guise for void).

Always upgrade trinket to the double yellow ASAP. It's amazing for Kat and creates so much more opportunities for escaping or catching/engaging.

The main reason behind item 3136 is that it's nice early game power item that also prevents people from one shotting you. It's like a mind game item that helps you with lane phase so much. The health followed up by zhonya/abys scales the effective health and the enemy feels hopeless when they poke you and see they don't do that much(Plus it out trades their mana).

You should have 2-3 rune pages for kat to match the 3 main situations. Wining vs AP Lane, Winning vs AD Lane, and a Struggle/Losing Lane rune page. (Once you get a feel for Kat you can get rough idea how the lane will go before the match will start in champ select. For example I know I can destroy Zed so I always bring Winning vs AD against a Zed)

Winning vs Ap = Magic Pen Reds, Scaling Health Yellows, Scaling AP Blues, and Flat AP Quints. Wining vs AD = Hybrid Pen Reds, Flat Health Yellows, Scaling AP Blues, and Flat Armor Quints(Yes this is amazing vs stuff like talon/zed but you can run ap quints if you prefer) Losing Lane = Magic Pen Reds, Flat Armor Yellows, Flat Magic Resist Blues, and Flat AP Quints. With this stacked with rushing Haunting it makes you a stone wall mid so that you can survive and then do things later. It's always best you go 0-0-0 when in a bad lane because you will out scale almost every mid when it comes to team fights when neither of you get kills. If you only can have one rune page = Magic Pen Reds, Flat Health Yellows(5 runes) Flat Armor Yellows(4 Runes), Scaling AP Blues, Flat AP Quints.