Mid · 970 games

Katarina

Strongest when games end at 30–35 minutes (53%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−12 gold), and still wins 51%.

Win rate: 51.3%; ±3.1 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: A; #23 of 81
Pick rate: 5.1%; ban 11.6%
Games: 970; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

Any opponent

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Katarina mid wins 51.3% of 970 ranked games, rank 23 of 81 mid champions (tier A). Most players finish Lich Bane first, at about 10:48.

The build at a glance

What most Katarina players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Lich Bane 10:59 · 53% · 508 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 12:36 · 60% of games

Item 2

Shadowflame 18:48 · 86% · 382 games

Item 3

Zhonya's Hourglass 24:33 · 61% · 153 games

Item 4

Rabadon's Deathcap 30:00 · 61% · 25 games

Item 5 · late game

Void Staff 34:42 · 8 of 44 games

Runes

Electrocute · Domination + Precision 17% of games · 50% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Blade + Health Potion 32% of games · 53% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Ignite 92% of games · 52% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Bouncing Blade first 88% of games · 50% wins Skill orders →

When Katarina wins

Best when games end at 30–35′

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′51% wins38% of games · 370

Lasts 25′ or more51% wins61% of games · 593

Lanes

Watch out for Orianna, Talon, Zoe

Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Katarina games

First Baron: 83% against 32%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 32% 83% +51

First tower 30% 73% +42

Rift Herald 37% 71% +34

First dragon 36% 65% +29

First blood 44% 58% +14

First Voidgrubs 45% 58% +14

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Katarina plays

More multikills, more solo kills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

More multikills a game1.83 against 0.74 · +147%

More solo kills a game2.5 against 1.8 · +41%

Fewer control wards a game0.77 against 1.01 · −24%

Fewer assists a game5.3 against 6.2 · −15%

More kill participation49% against 44% · +11%

About average: gold.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~10:48

Item 2done ~18:36

Item 3done ~24:06

Item 4done ~29:12

Item 5done ~34:12

Most common full builds

Lich Bane › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 51.8%112 games

Kraken Slayer › Blade of The Ruined King › Terminus › Plated Steelcaps 60.9%46 games

Lich Bane › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 47.5%40 games

Kraken Slayer › Gluttonous Greaves › Terminus › Death's Dance 83.8%37 games

Lich Bane › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass › Rabadon's Deathcap 56.0%25 games

Lich Bane › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap › Zhonya's Hourglass 42.1%19 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Wit's End 80%5

Death's Dance 80%25

Nashor's Tooth 73%15

Riftmaker 67%6

Terminus 66%79

Blade of The Ruined King 64%44

Experimental Hexplate 63%16

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Blade + Health Potion53.4%311

Dark Seal + Refillable Potion52.9%263

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion47.2%197

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~12:3650.6%579

Mercury's Treads ~14:1264.7%150

Plated Steelcaps ~16:0060.5%81

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite52.0%894

Flash + Teleport44.9%49

Exhaust + Flash37.5%8

Skills

Max

W50.1%856

Max

W61.6%112

Start

W51.1%896

Start

W54.9%71

Hard lanes

Watch out for Orianna, Talon, Zoe

Easy lanes

Good into Viktor, Ryze, Locke

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 19 of 34, still wins 13 of them

Expected: what Katarina's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (26)

Garen 44% · 9

Riven 44% · 9

Tristana 38% · 8

Swain 57% · 7

Taliyah 86% · 7

Aurelion Sol 57% · 7

Lux 57% · 7

Jayce 17% · 6

Kayle 60% · 5

Nasus 60% · 5

Renekton 60% · 5

Xerath 60% · 5

Veigar 40% · 5

Sion 25% · 4

Cho'Gath 75% · 4

Malzahar 75% · 4

Mel 25% · 4

Gragas 75% · 4

Neeko 67% · 3

Kennen 67% · 3

Kalista 33% · 3

Naafiri 0% · 3

Pyke 33% · 3

Gwen 67% · 3

Lee Sin 33% · 3

Singed 33% · 3

Katarina vs Locke · 62 games · Solid sample

Katarina does better than expected here

63%winsexpected 52%

−164gold at 15′average −12

−4.8minions at 10′ahead or behind

19%in on first bloodsolo kills +0.68 a game

Gold lead against Locke Katarina's average lead

Against Locke, Katarina is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 52% of games, and still wins 41% of those. When ahead, Katarina wins 87%.

Ahead at 15′87% wins30 games

Behind at 15′41% wins32 games

Full Katarina vs Locke page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies that cost Katarina games: Mordekaiser, Viego, Draven, Braum

Enemy top Trouble

Mordekaiser35% · exp. 55% −2020 games

Pantheon35% · exp. 49% −1423 games

Darius40% · exp. 50% −1025 games

Easier

Renekton74% · exp. 52% +2234 games

Ornn67% · exp. 50% +1621 games

Fiora57% · exp. 48% +1028 games

Enemy jungle Trouble

Viego39% · exp. 54% −1428 games

Cho'Gath42% · exp. 55% −1326 games

Ekko42% · exp. 53% −1124 games

Easier

Wukong71% · exp. 49% +2231 games

Diana73% · exp. 56% +1715 games

Master Yi63% · exp. 47% +1616 games

Enemy bot Trouble

Draven35% · exp. 50% −1523 games

Aphelios46% · exp. 55% −968 games

Lucian41% · exp. 51% −1034 games

Easier

Jhin65% · exp. 53% +1188 games

Syndra57% · exp. 47% +923 games

Zeri59% · exp. 52% +651 games

Enemy support Trouble

Braum31% · exp. 53% −2229 games

Pyke33% · exp. 51% −1827 games

Thresh39% · exp. 48% −954 games

Easier

Neeko64% · exp. 50% +1322 games

Karma65% · exp. 55% +1040 games

Janna58% · exp. 50% +843 games

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies about as often as most mid laners

Before 14 minutes Katarina dies 2.4 times a game (average 2.2). 48% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 50% for the average mid laner. 34% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.4deaths per game before 14′more than average (2.2)

48%involve the enemy junglerabout average (50%)

66%outnumbered (2+ enemies)about average (67%)

60%with no teammate nearabout average (61%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Katarina dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

Ganks: 23% in your half of mid. Collapses: 29% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 49% in your half of mid.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average mid laner

What kills Katarina

Kind of death

Katarina Average

Gank 48% (avg 50%)Collapse 18% (avg 17%)1-v-1 34% (avg 33%)

Who gets the kill

Katarina Average

Bot laner 8% (avg 7%)Jungler 26% (avg 28%)Support 7% (avg 7%)Mid laner 53% (avg 54%)Top laner 5% (avg 5%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00 and 6:00–10:00, then every minute

Katarina Peak Average mid laner

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Ward the river before 3:00 and 6:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Katarina; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Katarina wins fights

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of mid

Before 14 minutes: 4.1 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.4 in your half of mid. Overall 1.6 kills per death.

Their half of mid 1.8 K/D 983 / 553

Your half of mid 0.4 K/D 286 / 773

Their half of bot lane 4.1 K/D 613 / 150

The bot-side river 1.9 K/D 409 / 218

Their jungle 2.2 K/D 353 / 164

Your jungle 1.6 K/D 274 / 175

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Katarina wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsWorth knowingNear 26% of their team's dragon takes (average mid laner 27%). The team wins 66% when Katarina is there and 71% when not.

Katarina

What most Katarina players run

Best when games end at 30–35′

Watch out for Orianna, Talon, Zoe

First Baron: 83% against 32%

More multikills, more solo kills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for Orianna, Talon, Zoe

Good into Viktor, Ryze, Locke

Behind at 15 against 19 of 34, still wins 13 of them

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Enemies that cost Katarina games: Mordekaiser, Viego, Draven, Braum

Teammates that change Katarina's games

Dies about as often as most mid laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

What kills Katarina

Ganks come at 3:00 and 6:00–10:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid