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Katarina

Name: Katarina tier and win rate by rank band / Patch 7.3e
Creator: Tencent

KATARINA

the Sinister Blade

MidDWR47.3%

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.

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Skills

VORACITYPassive

Whenever an enemy champion dies that Katarina has damaged in the last 3 seconds, her remaining ability cooldowns are reduced by 15 seconds. Katarina slashes at all nearby enemies whenever she picks up a Dagger, dealing 55 (+100% bonus AD +34.5% AP) magic damage.

BOUNCING BLADESkill 1

Throws a Dagger, dealing 75 (+30% AP) magic damage to the target and 2 nearby enemies. The Dagger then ricochets to the ground behind the initial strike point. The Dagger's time in the air is the same regardless of how many times it bounces.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	10	9	8	7
Base Damage	75	115	155	195

PREPARATIONSkill 2

Tosses a Dagger in the air and hastes Katarina by 50%.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	14	13	12	11
Move Speed	50%	60%	70%	80%

SHUNPOSkill 3

Blinks to a location near a Dagger or unit, dealing 20 (+50% AD +30% AP) magic damage to the nearest enemy. Picking up a Dagger greatly reduces the Cooldown of Shunpo.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	11	10	9	8
Base Damage	20	50	80	110

DEATH LOTUSUltimate

Rapidly throws 20 daggers at the 3 nearest enemy champions over 2.6 seconds, each dealing 20 magic damage. The storm of blades deals up to 400 (+260% bonus AD +290% AP) magic damage and applies 60% Grievous Wounds on hit. Katarina can move while throwing blades. Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3
Cooldown	60	50	40
Base Damage	400	600	800

Tier by Rank

Official

Tier and numbers

TierWinPickBan
Diamond+D← D47.3%1.4%0.5%
Master+D← D47.6%1.4%0.4%
ChallengerD← D48.4%1.8%0.3%
LegendaryD← D50.7%2.0%0.3%

Tencent official (CN server) / Mid / 2026-11-07

Mid: win rate #37 of 39Pick rate #36Mid median win rate 50.2%

Tier stays D at every rank, with only a 3.4 point win-rate spread — consistent across ranks.

Reading the table

The “← A” after a tier is the tier in the previous ranking.

Legendary is the top tiers of the Legendary Queue, a separate ranked queue for top players.

Among Mid

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Win rate

44%50%56%Katarina · D

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Build Trends

Official Tencent data (China server)Diamond+ / MidAs of 2026-11-0611/06

Rank

SortFaded rows: pick rate under 2%

Build patterns

Splits into 1 core · 3 rune patterns

How it works

Durability: health, armor, magic resist
Attack damage: attack damage, armor penetration
Ability power: ability power, magic penetration
Attack speed: basic attack speed
Ability haste: ability cooldowns, mana

The combos in the tables below, grouped by shape; not a ranking or a verdict. Each item goes to the family its stats are worth the most gold in, and a shape is how many of the 3 core items fall in each family. Effects (passives) are not counted, and items without stats are left out. Runes are grouped by keystone and the most common tree among the rest. The icons show the most common combo of each shape. A shape at 10% or more counts as a pattern; shapes under 3% get no card. Less common item families are families whose items appear in under 10% of the Chinese combos but do show up in overseas guides or streamer and pro builds. Their icons are separate item options seen in those sources, not one build. Families are listed by how many sources they appear in.

Core itemsNearly all one shape

100%Ability power ×3

Runes3 patterns

53.7%ElectrocuteDomination ×3

35.2%ConquerorDomination ×3

11.1%First StrikeDomination ×3

Less common item familiesItems from families under 10% of the Chinese combos, but found in other sources

Attack damage item optionsItems seenChinese combos noneOverseas guides 3 itemsStreamers and pros none

Core items (3)17 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
13.7%54.8%
9.5%51.8%
9.4%51.6%
9.1%49.8%
4.6%50.6%
4.2%49.5%
3.7%54.5%
2.8%57.4%
2.3%44.0%
2.2%49.7%
2.1%46.9%
1.7%57.1%
1.1%55.8%
1.1%44.2%
1.1%64.8%
1.1%53.5%
1.0%67.1%

Runes9 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
20.9%48.8%
15.2%45.1%
13.9%48.7%
9.0%49.4%
8.6%47.6%
3.0%49.4%
2.8%50.0%
2.2%44.2%
1.7%43.5%

Summoner spells4 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
77.5%47.8%
14.6%50.9%
4.2%46.6%
1.5%44.9%

Pick and win rates are Tencent's own figures, shown as published (sample sizes are not published).

Patch Changes

Ver. 7

History7.0cChanged7.3Changed

7.3Changed2026-09-22

Base Stats

Base Health: 630 → 660
Attack Speed Ratio: 0.658
Base Attack Speed: 0.658
Base Bonus Attack Speed: 0.22
Attack Speed per Level: 0.018

7.0cChanged2026-02-11

Base Stats

Base Armor: 30 → 34

Shunpo

Cooldown: 14/12/10/8s → 11/10/9/8s

Patch notes 7.3d and earlier versions

Analysis

Nothing equipped

Combat Power at Lv15 is 11,041 (#95 of 142, #14 of 16 Assassin). Down from #71 at Lv1: it ranks higher early.

LvLv 15

Stats 81% · Skills 19%

Growth by level

KatarinaMedianAssassin median

Shape of ability effects

Lv15

Damage1,856

Movement225

Growth by level

Lv	CP	Median	Assassin median	Rank
1	5,899	5,897	6,246	71
2	6,252	6,459	6,713	97
3	6,684	6,934	7,362	98
4	7,225	7,485	7,908	89
5	7,669	7,899	8,312	88
6	7,927	8,244	8,560	96
7	8,265	8,552	8,932	94
8	8,654	8,948	9,232	93
9	9,123	9,378	9,623	86
10	9,348	9,716	9,956	95
11	9,676	10,018	10,253	95
12	10,115	10,461	10,634	94
13	10,483	10,786	10,929	93
14	10,731	11,138	11,275	94
15	11,041	11,462	11,560	95

Shape of ability effects

Lv15

Level 15 values with nothing equipped.

AttackDefenseMobility

- Magic damage (on picking up a dagger)1,308G
Combat only: 50%At most once per 8sDamage valued like healing
- Magic damage962G
Combat only: 50%At most once per 8sSkill ranks from level
- +50-80% move speed994G
Combat only: 50%Survival factorMove speed % as flatAssumed durationChampion medianSkill ranks from level
- Magic damage809G
Combat only: 50%At most once per 8sSkill ranks from level
- Magic damage (max)789G
Combat only: 50%Skill ranks from level

Gold values with nothing equipped. Ratios such as AP grow with your build in the Build Lab. Tap a row to see the formula.

Assumptions

Combat only: 50%

Effects that only work in combat or under a condition are counted as active half the time. The same rule applies to every rune and spell.

At most once per 8s

Effects that re-trigger on attacks are counted at most once every 8 seconds, since a single fight only allows so many procs.

Damage valued like healing

Damage to an enemy is valued like healing yourself the same amount, priced with the health regen rate.

Skill ranks from level

A champion's ability values depend on rank, so rank is derived from level. The ultimate ranks up at levels 5 / 9 / 13. Remaining points go to abilities 1 → 2 → 3 in turn (1 / 0 / 0 at level 1, 4 / 4 / 4 at level 15). Which ability to max first is a judgement call, so every champion uses the same order. Abilities with a different number of ranks (such as Jayce's 5) follow the same rule, raising the lowest-ranked ability one point at a time; an ability learned from level 1 starts at rank 1.

Survival factor

Moving faster by some % is counted as that % more effective health, since speed lets you dodge and escape. Value = median max health × the speed gain × the health price.

Move speed % as flat

Move speed % is converted to flat move speed against the median base speed of 350, then priced at the flat rate.

Assumed duration

Effects whose duration or seconds aren't stated use one assumed value per kind: 2 seconds for move speed and slows, 0.75 seconds for knockbacks, 1 second for fears, and 90 seconds for a reuse interval. Transformations with no stated duration (Swain's demon form lasts as long as he keeps damaging enemy champions) are assumed to last 10 seconds and counted with the ultimate-transformation rule (duration ÷ cooldown).

Champion median

Values that depend on the champion, such as health, use the median of all champions at level 1 and level 15.

Line: min to max · tick: median

HP2,564#13

Armor104#69

Magic Resist66#15

Attack108#74

Attack Speed0.969#67

Move Speed345#84

HP regen19#48

MP——

MP regen——

Lv 15	Katarina	Min	Median	Max
HP	2,564	1,832	2,422	2,732
Armor	104	34	104	127
Magic Resist	66	45	60	80
Attack	108	50	109.5	147
Attack Speed	0.969	0.735	0.951	1.252
Move Speed	345	335	350	360
HP regen	19	14	19	29
MP	—	802	1,080	1,390
MP regen	—	16	25	36

Rank and min to max are among all 142 champions. Mana stats are among the 119 champions that use mana.

Available Skins

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Tier and numbers

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