General
- A framed portrait of Katarina can be seen in the game's Mac Version trailer.
- Katarina - is one of five pairs of sibling champions (the others being - , - , - , and - )
- Katarina's dance references Napoleon Dynamite, via one of its portions ( 's old dance references the other).
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- Katarina is one of few champions to feature two 'Champion Spotlights' due to significant gameplay changes (the others being , , , and )
- Katarina might have been named after Katherina from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare.
- Du Couteau (her family name) is French for 'of the knife' while (pronounced 'shoon-POH') is Japanese for 'blink step'.
- On release Mercenary was her Classic skin.
Quotes
- Katarina is one of few champions to have had their voice actors changed (the others being
- Katarina's old voice-over had a more angry tone. It can be listened to here.
- Her old taunt was "Remember, evil spelled backwards is live. No coincidence."
- Her old joke referenced Danse Macabre.
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- Katarina's old voice-over had a more angry tone. It can be listened to here.
- "Why? Because I can" references Shawn Michaels.
- Loading the client, going to her champion page, selecting 'Abilities', and pressing Ctrl + 1 will play a video where she says "Killing is my duty... fun is yelling 'surprise'!"
Skins
- Her splash art shows her in mid- .
- She was inspired by 'Swashbuckler Katarina' by 'ChiZ'.
- She shares this theme with .
- She celebrates the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- She shares this theme with Error: Skin All-Star for Akali is not specified in Module:SkinData/data., , , , , , , and .
- She has her own taunt animation.
- She shares this theme with .
- The one she is going to murder in the foreground might be .
- This skin was released for the 2015 Lunar Revel.
- It is a reference to a famous historical Chinese beauty Diaochan from the Era of Three Kingdoms.
- Coincidentally, she shares the same undercover special agent role with Katarina (the latter being an assassin), although she never did participate in any direct combat like most of the ancient females. She was known for being sent by an official Wang Yun, to sabotage the relationship between Dong Zhuo, a tyrannical lord, and his general Lü Bu.
- She shares this theme with , , , , , , and .
- She is from an alternate future in which she was cybernetically augmented as part of the PROJECT Initiative.
- being seen in the background indicates and his creations are also a part of this future.
- If one tells they fight for 'ambition' she'll say the following:
- "We all bear the scars of our actions."
- "Sinister by choice."
- "Keep a sharp lookout for her."
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- She shares this theme with , , , , , Error: Skin PROJECT for Master Yi is not specified in Module:SkinData/data., , and (can be seen in the background)
Relations
- Katarina is
- The sisters and the Blade's Shadow are members of Noxian noble house Du Couteau, whose head (General Marcus, Noxus' finest assassin) is missing and presumed dead.
's older sister while is their adopted 'little brother'.
- It is implied, suspected, and speculated that Katarina and [1]
- Then there are those who imply it to the point of confirmation:
- "Don't starve your heart, ! Let me deliver you to ."
- " live by a code that'll never let you get what you want. Let me take you to ."
- "No love is impossible, my god demands you follow desires."
- "Honor? Duty? Ha! What heart demands is all that matters."
- " finale will be a ."
- "The always-enchanting tale of - lovers."
had/have feelings for each other. - Then there are those who imply it to the point of confirmation: