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Katarina is a champion in League of Legends.[1]

Abilities[]

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Voracity

Voracity

Innate: Scoring a champion Damage rating takedown within 3 seconds of damaging them will reduce the Cooldown icon current cooldowns of Katarina's abilities by 15 seconds.

Sinister Steel

Innate - Sinister Steel: Whenever Katarina retrieves a Dagger, she slashes around to deal 68 − 240 (based on level) (+ 60% bonus AD) (+ 70 / 80 / 90 / 100% (based on level) AP) magic damage to nearby enemies and against Champion icon champions additionally applying On-hit icon on-hit effects at 100% effectiveness. This also reduces Shunpo's Shunpo's current cooldown by 78 / 84 / 90 / 96% (based on level) of its total cooldown.

Daggers grant Sight icon sight of their radius and will disappear after being on the ground for 4 seconds.

Info
  • Voracity's cooldown reduction will still take effect even after Katarina dies.
  • The Dagger's area of effect indicator is displayed even before it lands, although Katarina may not slash until it has. This can be targeted by Shunpo Shunpo.
  • Daggers will still deal damage but not apply on-hit effects if Jax Counter Strike old dodged. They cannot be Spirit's Refuge blocked nor can they be missed while Katarina is Blind icon blinded.
  • Single-use on-hit effects, such as Sheen item Spellblade, will apply to the closest target to Katarina when she uses a Dagger.

Map-Specific Differences
Arena icon Arena differences edit
  • Bonus AD ratio changed to 80% bonus AD.
  • Passive cooldown reduction changed to 20 seconds.

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Bouncing Blade

Bouncing Blade

Active: Katarina throws a Dagger at the target enemy that deals magic damage and can bounce to up to two additional nearby enemies.

Magic Damage:
80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 (+ 35% AP)

The Dagger then lands onto the ground after 1 second, about 350 units opposite from where it struck the first target.

The target does not have to be Sight icon visible for the Dagger to bounce to them.

Info
  • Bouncing Blade will not be destroyed in-flight if the target dies before reaching them but it will on Command Hallucinate clones that expire.
  • If the Dagger's intended landing position is inside terrain it will instead land at the closest spot that isn't inside terrain.
  • If the target becomes Untargetable icon untargetable, Death dies, or is too far away or no longer in Sight icon sight during the cast time, this ability will cancel but does not go on Cooldown icon cooldown nor pay its cost (if applicable).

Map-Specific Differences
Arena icon Arena differences edit
  • AP ratio changed to 50% AP.

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Preparation

Preparation

Active: Katarina tosses a Dagger into the air above her current location and gains Movement speed icon bonus movement speed that decays until it lands after 1.25 seconds, becoming Ghost ghosted for the same duration.

Bonus Movement speed:
50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90%

Info
  • No additional details.

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Shunpo

Shunpo

Active: Katarina Flash blinks to the target location around the target unit or Dagger, dealing magic damage to the nearest enemy in range and applying On-hit icon on-hit effects at 100% effectiveness.

Magic Damage:
20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 (+ 40% AD) (+ 25% AP)

Shunpo Bladework resets Katarina's basic attack timer. Upon blinking, Katarina enters a 0.15-second cast time.

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  • Shunpo can be used on any unit except structures and Ward icon wards.
  • Shunpo can be cast on Daggers that haven't landed yet.
  • Shunpo prioritizes damaging enemy champions within range at the targetted location.
  • If Katarina Shunpo's on an ally, any attack command she is given during its cast time will be negated, and every movement command will be delayed by 1 second (starting at the start of the cast time).
  • Shunpo should be an instant ability but it has extra logic to consider which makes it have a short cast time.
  • Flash Flash can be used during cast time but it will not cancel the blink.
  • If the target is very close to a wall and Katarina targets Shunpo behind the target, she can blink over the wall.
  • Shunpo will still deal damage but not apply on-hit effects if Jax Counter Strike old dodged. It cannot be Spirit's Refuge blocked nor can it be missed while Katarina is Blind icon blinded.
  • Shunpo does not require the enemy to be within targeting range to damage them. It only requires them to be within the max range around a unit that Shunpo allows them to blink to.
Type Cast time
Attacking Disabled
Abilities Disabled
Movement Disabled
Items Usable Shurelya's Battlesong Shurelya's Battlesong Youmuu's Ghostblade Youmuu's Ghostblade Randuin's Omen Randuin's Omen
Disabled All the other item-actives are disabled
Interrupted by N/A
Consumables Usable
Spells Usable Barrier Barrier Clarity Clarity Cleanse Cleanse Exhaust Exhaust Ghost Ghost Heal Heal Ignite Ignite Smite Smite Flash Flash
Disabled Teleport Teleport Recall Recall Hexflash Hexflash
Interrupted by N/A
Interrupted by
  • Death, unless protected by Revival icon Resurrection
  • Map-Specific Differences
    Arena icon Arena differences edit
    • Base damage changed to 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110.
    • AD ratio changed to 50% AD.
    • AP ratio changed to 35% AP.

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    Death Lotus

    Death Lotus

    Active: Katarina Channeling icon channels for up to 2.5 seconds, rapidly throwing a dagger every 0.166 seconds to up to 3 of the closest nearby enemy champions, Sight icon revealing herself in the process.

    Each dagger deals physical damage and magic damage, applies on-attack and On-hit icon on-hit (without applying Life steal icon life steal) effects, and inflicts Grievous Wounds icon Grievous Wounds on the target for 3 seconds.

    Physical Damage Per Dagger:
    16% (+ 50% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD
    Maximum Physical Damage:
    240% (+ 750% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD
    Magic Damage Per Dagger:
    25 / 37.5 / 50 (+ 19% AP)
    Maximum Magic Damage:
    375 / 562.5 / 750 (+ 285% AP)
    On-Attack/On-Hit Effectiveness:
    30 / 35 / 40%

    An enemy champion within Range center 500 units is required to cast this ability. The target does not have to be Sight icon visible to be hit by this ability.

    Info
    • An alternate form of writing the formula for the bonus AD ratio (and which the game data is using internally) is (16% × (1 + 312.5% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD).
      • At level 6, Katarina has a minimum of 10.82% bonus attack speed.
        • The minimum physical damage per dagger is 21.41% bonus AD.
    • In addition to already revealing herself, Katarina will Sight icon reveal her location (400 radius) for 4.5 seconds every time she throws a dagger at an enemy while the enemy team does not otherwise have vision of her.(bug)
      • Because of this, the vision on Katarina's location will persist for up-to 4.5 seconds after the channel ends.
    • Death Lotus will not end if no enemies remain in range.
    • Spell Shield Spell shield will block and be consumed by only one dagger.
    • Each dagger counts as a separate hit for effects such as Conqueror Conqueror, Electrocute Electrocute, and Eclipse's Eclipse's Ever Rising Moon.
    • The following table refers for interactions while Katarina is Channeling icon channeling:
    Type Channel
    Attacking Disabled in the first and last 0.25 seconds of channel, otherwise, interrupts.
    Abilities Interrupts
    Movement Disabled in the first and last 0.25 seconds of channel, otherwise, interrupts.
    Items Usable Shurelya's Battlesong Shurelya's Battlesong Youmuu's Ghostblade Youmuu's Ghostblade Randuin's Omen Randuin's Omen
    Disabled Hextech Rocketbelt Hextech Rocketbelt
    Interrupted by All item-actives not specified above interrupt
    Consumables Usable
    Spells Usable Barrier Barrier Clarity Clarity Cleanse Cleanse Exhaust Exhaust Ghost Ghost Heal Heal Ignite Ignite Smite Smite
    Disabled Recall Recall Hexflash Hexflash
    Interrupted by Flash Flash Teleport Teleport
    Interrupted by
  • Death
  • Silence icon Cast-inhibiting effects
    • Trying to cast a disabled active (excluding Hextech Rocketbelt Hextech Rocketbelt) will buffer it to cast at the completion of the channel.

    Tips & Tricks
    • The ability will light up once an enemy champions gets into range, even if not Sight icon visible, revealing they're nearby.

    Map-Specific Differences
    Arena icon Arena differences edit
    • Base damage per dagger changed to 50 / 62.5 / 75.
    • AP ratio per dagger changed to 22% AP.

    Champion skins[]

    This article section only contains champion skins. For all associated collection items, see Katarina (Collection).
    Katarina OriginalSkin
    Original
    RP 790
    18.09.2009
    Decisive in judgment and lethal in combat, Katarina is a Noxian assassin of the highest caliber. Eldest daughter to the legendary General Du Couteau, she made her talents known with swift kills against unsuspecting enemies. Her fiery ambition has driven her to pursue heavily-guarded targets, even at the risk of endangering her allies—but no matter the mission, Katarina will not hesitate to execute her duty amid a whirlwind of serrated daggers.
    Separator
    ActorTara Platt
    ArtistAlvin Lee, Suke 'hugehugesword' Su
    Loot eligible Loot eligible

    Patch history[]

    For the expanded patch notes, see here.
    V13.15
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • Bug Fix: Casting the ability now properly breaks stealth.
    V13.7
    • Voracity Voracity
      • AP ratio increased to 70 / 80 / 90 / 100% (based on level) AP from 65 / 75 / 85 / 95% (based on level) AP.
    • Death Lotus Death Lotus
      • Physical damage changed to 16% (+ 50% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD from 18% (+ 30% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD.
        • Note: The reduction of the base ratio evens out at 10% bonus attack speed, and Katarina has 10.82% bonus attack speed at level 6 from level growth alone, hence this is always an increase.
        • The formula which the game data is using internally is changed to (16% × (1 + 312.5% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD) from (18% × (1 + 166.67% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD).
    V12.14
    • General
      • Bug Fix: Knocked up/stunned animation is now correctly played.
    V12.12 - June 30th Hotfix
    • Voracity Voracity
      • AP ratio increased to 65 / 75 / 85 / 95% (based on level) AP from 55 / 66 / 77 / 88% (based on level) AP.
    • Bouncing Blade Bouncing Blade
      • Base damage increased to 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 from 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 / 195.
      • AP ratio increased to 35% AP from 30% AP.
    • Death Lotus Death Lotus
      • On-hit modifier increased to 30 / 35 / 40% from 28 / 33 / 38%.
      • Physical damage per dagger increased to (18%  ×  (1 + 166.67% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD) from (16%  ×  (1 + 142.85% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD).
        • Physical damage per dagger formula rewritten in dependency on bonus attack speed:
          • New: 18% (+ 30% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD
          • Old: 16% (+ 22.856% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD.
        • Maximum total damage over 2.5 seconds, for comparison:
          • New: 375 / 562.5 / 750 (+ 285% AP) magic damage plus 270% (+ 450.009% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD physical damage plus 450 / 525 / 600% On-hit icon On-hit damage
          • Old: 375 / 562.5 / 750 (+ 285% AP) magic damage plus 240% (+ 342.84% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD physical damage plus 420 / 495 / 570% On-hit icon On-hit damage
    V12.12
    • Voracity Voracity
      • Bonus AD ratio reduced to 60% bonus AD from 75%.
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • Base damage increased to 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 from 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75.
      • AD ratio reduced to 40% AD from 50% AD.
    • Death Lotus Death Lotus
      • On-hit modifier increased to 28 / 33 / 38% from 25 / 30 / 35%.
      • Physical damage per dagger changed to (16%  ×  (1 + 142.85% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD) from (16%  ×  (1 + 80% total attack speed)).
        • Because of this, it is also no longer affected by Cripple icon attack speed reductions.
        • Physical damage per dagger formula rewritten in dependency on bonus attack speed:
          • New: 16% (+ 22.856% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD
          • Old: 24.4224% (+ 8.4224% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD.
        • This becomes even at 58.3527% bonus AS, including bonus AS from stat growth per level.
        • Maximum total damage over 2.5 seconds, for comparison:
          • New: 375 / 562.5 / 750 (+ 285% AP) magic damage plus 240% (+ 342.84% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD physical damage plus 420 / 495 / 570% On-hit icon On-hit damage
          • Old: 375 / 562.5 / 750 (+ 285% AP) magic damage plus 366.336% (+ 126.336% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD physical damage plus 375 / 450 / 525% On-hit icon On-hit damage
    V12.11
    V12.10
    • Stats
      • Base health increased to 672 from 602.
      • Health growth increased to 108 from 94.
      • Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5.
      • Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
    • Death Lotus Death Lotus
    V11.10
    • Stats
      • Movement speed reduced to 335 from 340.
    V11.6
    V11.4
    • Death Lotus Death Lotus
      • On-hit modifier increased to 25 / 30 / 35% from 25% at all ranks.
      • Bonus AD ratio per dagger increased to 16% bonus AD from 15%.
      • Attack speed ratio per dagger increased to 12.8% total attack speed from 9.9%.
      • Bug Fix: Tooltip now properly states that the ability also triggers on-attack effects.
    V11.2
    V11.1
    • Stats
      • Base armor increased to 28 from 27.88.
      • Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
    V10.24
    V10.23
    • Voracity Voracity
      • New Effect: Daggers now apply on-hit effects against all champions struck.
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • New Effect: Now applies on-hit effects.
    • Death Lotus Death Lotus
      • New Effect: Each dagger now applies on-hit effects at 25% effectiveness.
      • Removed: No longer deals 22% bonus AD magic damage per dagger.
      • New Effect: Now deals 15% bonus AD (+ 9.9% attack speed) physical damage per dagger.
    V10.20
    • Voracity Voracity
      • Bonus AD ratio reduced to 75% bonus AD from 100%.
    V10.10
    • Voracity Voracity
      • AP ratio reduced to 55 / 66 / 77 / 88% (based on level) AP from 55 / 70 / 85 / 100% (based on level) AP.
    V10.3
    • Sinister Steel Sinister Steel
      • Bug Fix: Daggers no longer gain 2 stacks of Conqueror Conqueror per target hit; now properly gains 2 stacks per cast.
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • Bug Fix: No longer attempts to basic attack her last target after Shunpo, unless they're already in attack range.
    V10.2
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • Bug Fix: Using it to kill a target no longer makes her unresponsive for a few moments.
    V9.16
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • Bug Fix: If she drops a dagger near a wall and then casts Shunpo so that she can blink to the other side of the wall, she now properly gets a reset on the ability.
    V9.15
    V9.14
    • Death Lotus Death Lotus
      • Healing reduction increased to 60% from 40%.
    V9.6
    • Death Lotus Death Lotus
      • New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
    V9.4
    • General
      • Base run animation updated.
      • Fast run animation updated.
      • Movement stop animation updated.
    V9.2
    V9.1
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • Cast time changed to (0.15 seconds after teleporting (Katarina now teleports immediately upon pressing E)) from (0.075 seconds before teleporting and 0.075 seconds after teleporting).
      • New Effect: Can now buffer Hextech Gunblade's Hextech Gunblade's active to fire after Shunpo's cast time completes.
    V8.10
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • Bug Fix: Killing an unit with Shunpo will no longer lock out your buffered abilities or basic attack.
    V8.9
    • Death Lotus Death Lotus
      • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it could not be cast if enemies in range could not be seen.
      • Bug Fix: Can now correctly ping her Death Lotus if no valid targets are nearby.
    V8.3
    • Voracity Voracity
      • Base dagger damage reduced to 68 − 240 (based on level) from 75 − 287 (based on level).
    V8.2
    • Bouncing Blade Bouncing Blade
      • New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
    V7.24b
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • Base damage reduced to 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 from 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90.
    V7.22
    • Stats
      • Base health increased to 602 from 590.
      • Health growth increased to 94 from 82.
    • General
      • Bug Fix: Base skin and all of her other skins' SFX have been restored and are no longer quiet.
    • Death Sworn Katarina Death Sworn Katarina
      • Bug Fix: Smoke VFX on her daggers during her Recall Recall no longer appear below the ground.
    V7.17
    • Slay Belle Katarina Slay Belle Katarina
      • Voracity Voracity
        • Bug Fix: No longer gets stuck in her recall animation if she uses Voracity right before beginning her recall.
    V7.7
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • Cooldown increased to 14 / 12.5 / 11 / 9.5 / 8 seconds from 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8.
    V7.5
    • General
      • Bug Fix: Intermediate bot now has a keystone mastery.
    V7.4
    • Stats
      • Base magic resistance reduced to 32.1 from 34.1.
    V7.2
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • AD ratio reduced to 50% AD from 65% AD.
    V6.24
    • Voracity Voracity
      • Base damage changed to 75 − 287 (based on level) from 75 − 285 (based on level).
    • Preparation Preparation
      • Bug Fix: If Katarina catches Preparation dagger at the end of Shunpo's Shunpo's cast time, the Preparation dagger's damage no longer follows her to Shunpo's Shunpo's location.
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • Bug Fix: If Katarina Shunpo's to an ally or a dagger, Shunpo's damage now properly transfers to the nearest minion or jungle monster if no enemy champions are in range.
    • Death Lotus Death Lotus
      • Bug Fix: Icon no longer lights up while dead when enemies walk near her corpse.
    V6.23
    • General
      • Bug Fix: Warring Kingdom Katarina's visual effects have been adjusted to re-add some of the flair lost in her pre-season update.
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • Movement commands are canceled if Shunpo targets a plant or enemy champion.
    V6.22
    • General
      • New ability icons.
    • Stats
      • Base health increased to 590 from 510.
      • Health growth reduced to 82 from 83.
      • Base health regeneration increased to 7.5 from 4.5.
      • Health regeneration growth increased to 0.7 from 0.55.
      • Base armor increased to 27.88 from 26.88.
      • Base magic resistance increased to 34.1 from 32.1.
      • Base movement speed reduced to 340 from 345.
    • Voracity Voracity
      • New Effect - Flourish Flourish: Catching or picking up one of her fallen Daggers causes Katarina to flourish it, dealing 75 − 285 (based on level) 100% bonus AD) 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 (based on level)% AP) magic damage to nearby enemies, as well as refunding 78 / 84 / 90 / 96 (based on level)% of Shunpo's cooldown.
      • Range: 340
    • Bouncing Blade Bouncing Blade
      • Cooldown changed to 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 seconds from 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds.
      • Base damage changed to 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 / 195 from 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160.
      • AP ratio reduced to 30% AP from 45% AP.
      • Range reduced to 625 from 675.
      • Targets hit reduced to 3 from 4.
      • New Effect: After bouncing, the Dagger falls to the ground on the opposite side from where it struck the first target for 4 seconds, getting there in the same amount of time regardless of how many times it bounces.
      • Removed: On-hit effect.
    • Preparation Preparation (new W)
      • New Effect: Katarina tosses a Dagger up in the air and gains 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90% movement speed that decays over 1.25 seconds. After a 1.25 seconds delay, the Dagger hits the ground.
      • Cooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 seconds
    • Shunpo Shunpo
      • Cooldown changed to 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds from 12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5 / 6.
      • Base damage reduced to 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 from 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160.
      • New Effect: Now scales with 65% AD.
      • Range increased to 725 from 700.
      • New Effect: Can target Daggers.
      • New Effect: If she targets an ally or dagger, she will deal Shunpo's damage to the nearest enemy within a radius of her target.
      • New Effect: Resets basic attack timer.
      • Removed: 15% damage reduction.
      • Removed: Targeting wards.
    • Death Lotus Death Lotus
      • Ticks increased to 15 from 10. Duration unchanged at 2.5 seconds.
      • Base damage per blade reduced to 25 / 37.5 / 50 + 22% bonus AD + 19% AP from 35 / 55 / 75 + 37.5% bonus AD + 25% AP.
      • Maximum potential damage to single target changed to 375 / 562.5 / 750 + 330% bonus AD + 285% AP from 350 / 550 / 750 + 375% bonus AD) + 250% AP.
      • New Effect: Cannot be cancelled by movement and basic attack commands in the first and last 0.25 seconds of channeling.
      • New Effect: Maximum range indicator visible to all players.

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