Reset assassin build for chaos punishment: Katarina wins when the first kill or first forced cooldown makes the rest of the fight unreadable. The build must therefore support access, the minimum safety of first commit, and reset continuity.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,800 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Defensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost +800gAnti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,100 total cost +300g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Katarina must kill fast to reset. The build maximizes burst then adds survivability for chaining resets.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
E (Shunpo) dash to ramasser a dagger initiates First Strike before the combo devastating.
Each E Shunpo toward a dagger or a enemy triggers magic penetration.
Your resets chain teamfight kills — adaptive force stacks at the pace of falling daggers.
Each kill of cascade boosts his AP to the next combos of daggers.
Reduces enemy punishes in trades leading up to his resets.
Bone Plating
Second Wind
