Katarina·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Katarina Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Coup de Grace and Triumph in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Lich Bane as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 53.2% winrate over 20 928 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Relentless Hunter with Sudden Impact in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Lich Bane as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Shadowflame as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 48.7% win rate across 5 837 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Katarina Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Relentless Hunter with Sudden Impact as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Kraken Slayer as third item. The last 3 options are Terminus, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Titanic Hydra. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 56.2% win rate over 5 292 matches played.

Situational Katarina Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Katarina build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.