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Previous Abilities

• 2nd
• 1st

Voracity

Voracity

Whenever an enemy champion dies within 3 seconds of Katarina damaging them, her cooldowns are each reduced by 15 seconds.

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Targeting input	Voracity is a self-targeted buff.

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Bouncing Blades

Bouncing Blades
COOLDOWN:	10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8
RANGE:	675

Active: Katarina throws a dagger to the target enemy that bounces to up to 4 nearby unaffected enemies, dealing magic damage to each target as well as marking them for 4 seconds.

Magic Damage: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+ 45% AP)

Katarina's basic attacks and abilities consume the mark on affected enemies, dealing bonus magic damage.

Bonus Magic Damage: 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 (+ 20% AP)

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Targeting input	Bouncing Blades is a unit-targeted area of effect.
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

• Bouncing Blades can hit targets in fog of war as well as stealthed ones.
• Bouncing Blades' initial and mark damage will both apply spell effects.
• Another Bouncing Blades cast can trigger and refresh the mark damage.

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Sinister Steel

Sinister Steel
COOLDOWN:	4
RANGE:	375

Active: Katarina whirls her daggers, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies. If Sinister Steel damages an enemy champion, she also gains bonus movement speed for 1 second.

Magic Damage: 40 / 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 (+ 60% bonus AD) (+ 25% AP) Bonus Movement speed: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%

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Targeting input	Sinister Steel is a point-blank area of effect with a self-targeted buff component.
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic

Sinister Steel has no cast time and does not interrupt Katarina's previous orders.

Shunpo

Shunpo
COOLDOWN:	12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5 / 6
RANGE:	700

Active: Katarina blinks to the target unit and gains 15% damage reduction for 1.5 seconds. If the target is an enemy, she deals them magic damage.

Magic Damage: 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+ 25% AP)

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Targeting input	Shunpo is a unit-targeted blink.
Damage type
Type	Spell damage
Type	Spell damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic

• Katarina will automatically attempt to attack Shunpo's target after blinking.
• Shunpo can be used on any targetable allied/enemy unit (champions, minions, wards, Noxious Trap, allied Demacian Standard, Dark Passage, Tunnel, but not structures or an enemy Demacian Standard)

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Death Lotus

Death Lotus
COOLDOWN:	90 / 60 / 45
RANGE:	550

Active: Katarina rapidly spins in place and channels for 2.5 seconds, throwing a dagger every 0.25 seconds to each nearby enemy champion, up to a maximum of 3 at a time, dealing them magic damage and applying Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.

Magic Damage Per Dagger: 35 / 55 / 75 (+ 37.5% bonus AD) (+ 25% AP) Total Single-Target Damage: 350 / 550 / 750 (+ 375% bonus AD) (+ 250% AP)

Moving or reactivating Death Lotus will immediately ends its effects.

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Targeting input	Death Lotus is a point-blank, auto-targeted area of effect.
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

• Death Lotus cannot be activated unless there is at least one enemy champion in range.
  • Leaving Death Lotus radius while Katarina is channeling will not cause her to stop prematurely.
• Katarina can activate Death Lotus even if nearby targets are in fog of war and/or stealthed.

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Voracity

Voracity

Whenever Katarina scores a kill or an assist, her cooldowns are each reduced by 20 seconds and Katarina gains 25 bonus gold.

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Targeting input	Voracity is a self-targeted buff.

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Bouncing Blade

Bouncing Blade
COOLDOWN:	9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7
RANGE:	600 / 400

Active: Katarina throws a dagger to the target enemy that bounces to nearby unaffected enemies, dealing 15% less magic damage per bounce to each target. The primary target receives bonus damage.

Bounces: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Primary Target Bonus Damage: 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100

Killer Instincts: Bouncing Blade deals full damage to every target hit and also reduces incoming healings by 60% to all targets hit for 5 seconds.

Magic Damage: 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+ 80% bonus AD) (+ 35% AP)

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Targeting input	Bouncing Blades is a unit-targeted area of effect.
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

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Killer Instincts

Killer Instincts
COOLDOWN:	20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12

Passive: Katarina deals bonus magic damage every time she hits an enemy with a basic attack or an ability.

Bonus Magic Damage: 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24

Active: Katarina empowers her next ability, either Bouncing Blade or Shunpo. These bonuses become stronger with each level of Killer Instincts.

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Targeting input	Missing
Damage type
Sub-type	magic Killer Instincts' passive is an on-hit effect. Killer Instincts' active is a self-targeted buff.
Sub-type	magic Killer Instincts' passive is an on-hit effect. Killer Instincts' active is a self-targeted buff.

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Shunpo

Shunpo
COOLDOWN:	10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6
RANGE:	700

Active: Katarina instantly blinks behind the target unit. If the target is an enemy, she deals them magic damage.

Magic Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 75% AP)

Killer Instincts: Katarina gains damage reduction for 3 seconds after using Shunpo.

Damage Reduction: 15% / 20% / 25% / 30% / 35%

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Targeting input	Shunpo is a unit-targeted blink.
Damage type
Type	Spell damage
Type	Spell damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic

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Death Lotus

Death Lotus
COOLDOWN:	60 / 55 / 50
RANGE:	550

Active: After 0.25 seconds Katarina rapidly spins in place and channels for 2.6 seconds, throwing a dagger every 0.26 seconds to each nearby champion, up to a maximum of 3 at a time, dealing them magic damage.

「 Magic Damage Per Dagger: 50 / 65 / 80 (+ 50% bonus AD) (+ 25% AP) 」「 Total Single-Target Damage: 500 / 650 / 800 (+ 500% bonus AD) (+ 250% AP) 」

Moving or reactivating Death Lotus immediately ends its effects.

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Targeting input	Death Lotus is a point-blank, auto-targeted area of effect.
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

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2nd Sinister Steel icon (2nd W)

3rd Shunpo icon (E)

1st Voracity icon (I)

1st Shunpo icon (E)

1st Death Lotus icon (R)

Previous Quotes

• 1st Classic (Pre-V1.0.0.82)
• Battle Queen (10.25 PBE)

Attacking

• ▶️   "Please, make me hurt you."
• ▶️   "Violence solves everything."
• ▶️   "Taste bitter defeat."
• ▶️   "Evil always wins."
• ▶️   "Ready to surrender?"
• ▶️   "Is that fear I smell?"

Getting Hit

• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.

Movement

• ▶️   "Ready for trouble?"
• ▶️   "Your choices please me, for now."
• ▶️   "Intriguing..."
• ▶️   "Into the darkness."
• ▶️   "Don't test your luck, summoner."

Taunt

• ▶️   "Remember, 'evil' spelled backwards is 'live'. No coincidence."

Joke

• ▶️   "When 'I hate you' just doesn't say enough."

Laugh

• ▶️   Katarina laughs.
• ▶️   Katarina laughs.
• ▶️   Katarina laughs.
• ▶️   Katarina laughs.

Death

• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.

Other Gameplay

Obtaining the final weapon

• ▶️   "A full set! My crown jewels."
• ▶️   "The final weapon. Gotcha!"

Previous Splash Art

• North America
• China
• Unused

• 1st Classic Katarina
• 2nd Classic Katarina
• 1st Mercenary Katarina
• 1st Red Card Katarina
• 1st Bilgewater Katarina
• 1st Kitty Cat Katarina

1/6

• 1st Classic Katarina
• 2nd Classic Katarina
• 1st Mercenary Katarina
• 2nd Mercenary Katarina
• 3rd Mercenary Katarina
• Red Card Katarina
• Bilgewater Katarina
• 1st Kitty Cat Katarina
• 2nd Kitty Cat Katarina
• 3rd Kitty Cat Katarina

1/10

• Classic Katarina
• Slay Belle Katarina
• Blood Moon Katarina

1/3

See also

League of Legends Wiki | Champions