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Katarina Wild Rift Build — Patch 7.2e

卡特琳娜 · 不祥之刃 Assassin D

✅ Patch 7.2e · stats updated 2026-09-12 · real builds of 18 top-ranked China server players captured 2026-09-11

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How the strongest players on the Wild Rift China server (国服) build Katarina: live win/pick statistics by rank bracket, the most-used item and rune sets, and the real loadouts of the top ranked Katarina players, captured in-game.

📖 How to play Katarina

Most-used builds on the China server (Master+)

Mid

Core items
47.4% WR
15.46% use
Infinity Orb
Infinity Orb
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Oceanid's Trident
Oceanid's Trident
47.4% WR
15.09% use
Infinity Orb
Infinity Orb
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff
Void Staff
56.5% WR
6.77% use
Infinity Orb
Infinity Orb
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Banshee's Veil
Banshee's Veil
Runes
47.2% WR
23.02% use
Conqueror
Conqueror
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact
Chain Assault
Chain Assault
Eyeball Collection
Eyeball Collection
Bone Plating
Bone Plating
48.3% WR
15.88% use
Electrocute
Electrocute
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact
Chain Assault
Chain Assault
Eyeball Collection
Eyeball Collection
Bone Plating
Bone Plating

Most-used items & runes · from our Top-30 screenshots

Counted on 19 real builds captured from the Chinese client, player by player. Independent from the official API above.

Items
Infinity Orb
Infinity Orb
100%
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
100%
Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
95%
Void Staff
Void Staff
84%
Banshee's Veil
Banshee's Veil
53%
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
37%
Runes
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact
89%
Chain Assault
Chain Assault
79%
Eyeball Collection
Eyeball Collection
68%
Bone Plating
Bone Plating
63%
Second Wind
Second Wind
32%
Electrocute
Electrocute
26%

Top 30 ranked players — real in-game builds📅 updated 2026-09-11

Taken from the official in-game China leaderboard. Spells, runes and items of every public top player.

18 of the top 30 players have a public match history; the others keep theirs private.

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summoner spells of rank 1 Katarina player
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summoner spells of rank 2 Katarina player
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summoner spells of rank 4 Katarina player
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summoner spells of rank 5 Katarina player
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player #7 name
summoner spells of rank 7 Katarina player
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player #8 name
summoner spells of rank 8 Katarina player
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player #9 name
summoner spells of rank 9 Katarina player
runes of rank 9 Katarina player
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player #11 name
summoner spells of rank 11 Katarina player
runes of rank 11 Katarina player
items of rank 11 Katarina player
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player #12 name
summoner spells of rank 12 Katarina player
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player #19 name
summoner spells of rank 19 Katarina player
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player #20 name
summoner spells of rank 20 Katarina player
runes of rank 20 Katarina player
items of rank 20 Katarina player
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player #21 name
summoner spells of rank 21 Katarina player
runes of rank 21 Katarina player
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player #22 name
summoner spells of rank 22 Katarina player
runes of rank 22 Katarina player
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player #24 name
summoner spells of rank 24 Katarina player
runes of rank 24 Katarina player
items of rank 24 Katarina player
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player #25 name
summoner spells of rank 25 Katarina player
runes of rank 25 Katarina player
items of rank 25 Katarina player
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player #26 name
summoner spells of rank 26 Katarina player
runes of rank 26 Katarina player
items of rank 26 Katarina player
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player #27 name
summoner spells of rank 27 Katarina player
runes of rank 27 Katarina player
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player #28 name
summoner spells of rank 28 Katarina player
runes of rank 28 Katarina player
items of rank 28 Katarina player

Who counters Katarina — hardest matchups & how to play them

The toughest lane matchups for Katarina on the Wild Rift China server, with why each is hard and exactly how to play it.

DianaKatarina vs Diana Hard counter

Why Diana counters Katarina: Magic shield against your burst and an all-in that needs no resets: if you go in and fail to kill her, her answer is guaranteed.

How to play Katarina into Diana: Trade only with her shield spent and do not dance on daggers while her R is up. Roam: she shoves poorly and you rotate faster.

→ Diana
KassadinKatarina vs Kassadin Unfavorable

Why Kassadin counters Katarina: Anti-magic passive and shield: half your damage disappears, and after 9 he chases you through your own R with Riftwalk.

How to play Katarina into Kassadin: Destroy him before 5, then convert the lead into roams. NEVER attempt the duel after his 3 items.

→ Kassadin
GalioKatarina vs Galio Unfavorable

Why Galio counters Katarina: The AoE taunt interrupts your R and the magic shield soaks your poke: your favorite chaos becomes his stage.

How to play Katarina into Galio: Wait for him to spend the taunt before committing R. Farm daggers from the side and seek your fortune in other lanes.

→ Galio
AnnieKatarina vs Annie Unfavorable

Why Annie counters Katarina: An instant stun with burst equal to yours: jumping onto a dagger while her stun is charged is an invitation to your own funeral.

How to play Katarina into Annie: Count her stacks and stay out of range until she wastes them. Enter only reactively, after she has thrown the bear.

→ Annie
AhriKatarina vs Ahri Skill matchup

Why Ahri counters Katarina: Charm punishes your telegraphed entries, but if you dodge it your reset pressure overwhelms her.

How to play Katarina into Ahri: Jump AFTER her Charm, never before. One kill starts the avalanche: look for the 2v2 with your jungler.

→ Ahri

Who to play with Katarina — best team synergies

The champions Katarina works best alongside on the Wild Rift China server, lane by lane, with the reason each pairing works.

Best Baron partners for Katarina

Katarina + Malphite Best pairing

Death Lotus (R) locks the 3 closest and Bouncing Blade (Q) hits up to 3: Unstoppable Force (R) piles them for you. Better still, their stun gets spent on him and not on your channel, which any single effect cancels.

Katarina + Ornn Strong

Searing Charge (E) into the Volcanic Rupture (Q) pillar is a guaranteed knock-up every skirmish, not one per teamfight: the target is held still long enough for you to open Death Lotus (R) without risking the interrupt.

Katarina + Shen Strong

Death Lotus (R) dies to one stun: Shadow Dash (E) is a long-range taunt that pins whoever was about to interrupt you. And when the all-in fails you have nothing left, except the shield Stand United (R) sends from across the map.

Katarina + K'Sante Strong

All Out (R) rips a carry away from her team and roots her: alone, still, with nobody left to cancel your channel. If she dies there Voracity (P) cuts 15 seconds off everything and the next target is already in Shunpo (E) range.

Katarina + Volibear Strong

Your game is a chain of resets and the chain needs a first kill: Stormbringer (R) disables turrets for 3 seconds, so a tower dive becomes something you can actually do. Thundering Smash (Q) is the hard stun he gets there with.

Katarina + Yone Situational

Fate Sealed (R) hits the whole line and knocks enemies together, which is the shape Death Lotus (R) wants. It only works with a real frontline behind you: two fragile divers going in with nobody tanking die together.

Best Jungle partners for Katarina

Katarina + Amumu Best pairing

Curse of the Sad Mummy (R) is a 1.5-second stun on a whole group: the one moment Death Lotus (R) actually runs to the end. And Cursed Touch (P) carries true damage behind your magic hits, the answer to anti-magic shields.

Katarina + Jarvan IV Best pairing

Cataclysm (R) walls the target in: they cannot leave Death Lotus (R)'s radius and nobody who could interrupt you can reach them. If they die in there Voracity (P) hands your whole kit back and Shunpo (E) takes the next one.

Katarina + Rammus Strong

Frenzying Taunt (E) forces the enemy carry to hit him and stand still: the target cannot leave and the crowd control she was saving for you never comes out. His page says the team's damage decides it, and that damage is you.

Katarina + Warwick Strong

Infinite Duress (R) suppresses for one second: a target that cannot even try to interrupt your channel. And if it dies near you after you have touched it, Voracity (P) cuts 15 seconds off everything and the chain restarts.

Katarina + Nunu & Willump Strong

Biggest Snowball Ever! (W) into Absolute Zero (R) keeps them piled up and slowed, which is how you want them. And the crowd control they were saving gets spent interrupting Nunu's channel instead of yours.

Katarina + Kindred Situational

Lamb's Respite (R) is three seconds where nobody dies: it saves the failed all-in that normally kills you. It also protects the enemies inside the circle, though, delaying the kill Voracity (P) depends on.

Best Duo (ADC) partners for Katarina

Katarina + Varus Best pairing

Chain of Corruption (R) roots the first target and spreads to whoever stands near them: on a rooted group Bouncing Blade (Q) hits all three and Death Lotus (R) runs to the end with nobody able to interrupt you.

Katarina + Jhin Strong

Deadly Flourish (W) roots anyone an ally has just damaged: Bouncing Blade (Q) bounces across three enemies and arms the root on all three. Curtain Call (R) then finishes from range whoever leaves your channel alive.

Katarina + Ashe Strong

Shunpo (E) is short-ranged and your daggers are visible on the ground: against a target Frost Shot (P) slows with every hit, the jump lands anyway. Enchanted Crystal Arrow (R) opens the window from off-screen before they see you.

Katarina + Samira Strong

Blade Whirl (W) destroys every enemy projectile around her for a moment: channel Death Lotus (R) inside that bubble and the ranged stun meant to cancel it never arrives. You both want the enemy piled up and point-blank.

Katarina + Miss Fortune Situational

Bullet Time (R) and Death Lotus (R) want the same thing, grouped and locked-down enemies, and both are stationary channels. It only works if a frontline engages for you: without one, the first stun switches you off in turn.

Best Support partners for Katarina

Katarina + Morgana Best pairing

Your page says a single crowd control effect cancels Death Lotus (R): Black Shield (E) is the button that eats it before it lands. Dark Binding (Q) also roots for 2 seconds the target you then jump on with Shunpo (E).

Katarina + Maokai Best pairing

You need seconds where nobody moves: Twisted Advance (W) roots one target and Nature's Grasp (R) opens a second window in the same fight. Two separate roots are two Death Lotus (R) channels that actually finish.

Katarina + Rell Strong

Magnet Storm (R) drags grouped enemies toward her: the ultimate that piles them up is the one that fills Death Lotus (R)'s three-closest radius. Before that, Ferromancy: Crash Down (W) knocks them up and shields her way in.

Katarina + Sona Strong

Crescendo (R) stuns the first target and slows everyone else: that is the window where you can channel without watching your back. Power Chord (P) then adds half a second of stun on whoever finishes you when the all-in fails.

Katarina + Braum Strong

Unbreakable (E) intercepts projectiles and blocks the first frontal hit: raised in front of you it eats the ranged stun that cancels Death Lotus (R). And Glacial Fissure (R) knocks up their whole line into the shape you want.

Katarina + Thresh Strong

Death Sentence (Q) hands you a stunned target inside Shunpo (E)'s short range. And when the reset does not come you have nothing left: the Dark Passage (W) lantern is the only way back out of their team.

Stats by rank bracket & lane

Diamond+
LaneTierWin%Pick%Ban%Pos.
MidD46.64%1.33%0.41%#38 / 39
Master+
LaneTierWin%Pick%Ban%Pos.
MidD46.7%1.34%0.41%#37 / 38
Challenger
LaneTierWin%Pick%Ban%Pos.
MidD46.92%1.47%0.38%#37 / 39
Sovereign
LaneTierWin%Pick%Ban%Pos.
MidC47.83%1.87%0.24%#32 / 41

Abilities (original CN names)

Voracity
Passive
Voracity
贪婪
Bouncing Blade
Q
Bouncing Blade
弹射之刃
Preparation
W
Preparation
伺机待发
Shunpo
E
Shunpo
瞬步
Death Lotus
R
Death Lotus
死亡莲华

How to play Katarina — Wild Rift guide, combos & tips

Katarina is a mid-lane Assassin in Wild Rift built around explosive magic burst and near-endless cooldown resets rather than sustained damage. She fights by scattering daggers around the battlefield and Shunpo-ing between them, chasing down squishy targets and refreshing her whole kit the instant a recently-damaged enemy dies nearby. She rewards sharp, calculated all-ins but punishes hesitation and misplays hard, since she has almost nothing to fall back on defensively.

Strengths

  • Snowballs out of control once she lands a kill: Voracity refunds 15 seconds off every cooldown whenever an enemy champion she's recently damaged dies nearby, letting her chain straight from one kill into the next.
  • Excellent against grouped enemies: Bouncing Blade (Q) hits up to 3 targets and Death Lotus (R) locks onto the 3 closest champions, so clumped fights and dive attempts are her ideal environment.
  • Built-in mobility and repositioning through Shunpo (E), which can blink to a dropped dagger as well as an enemy, giving her both engage and escape utility from the same skill.
  • Death Lotus stacks heavy grievous wounds on top of its damage, so she single-handedly shuts down enemy healing, lifesteal, and sustain during a fight.

Weaknesses

  • An extremely fragile, low-utility glass cannon: if her all-in doesn't secure a kill, she has almost nothing left to survive the counter-attack.
  • Death Lotus is fully cancelled by a single crowd control effect, so disciplined opponents save one stun, taunt, or knock-up specifically to interrupt her ultimate and end the fight instantly.
  • Anti-magic tools such as magic shields or damage-reduction passives blunt a huge portion of her kit, since every point of her damage is magic with nothing physical to fall back on.
  • Her engage is telegraphed: visible daggers on the ground and a limited Shunpo range let sharp opponents dodge, bait, or punish her jump-in before she ever gets her combo off.

Combos

  • Q -> E -> Auto Attack: drop a dagger with Bouncing Blade, Shunpo onto it for bonus damage and a near-full cooldown refund, then auto-attack to close out a low-risk pre-5 trade.
  • W -> E -> Q -> R: pop Preparation for the movement speed to close the gap, Shunpo onto the falling dagger to blink in for free, then Bouncing Blade and channel Death Lotus for the full all-in once your ultimate is up.
  • E -> Q -> R: Shunpo straight onto an isolated target, Bouncing Blade to open damage, then immediately channel Death Lotus before they can escape or call for help.
  • Kill -> Voracity reset -> re-engage: once a recently-damaged enemy dies nearby, every cooldown drops by 15 seconds, so throw a fresh dagger and Shunpo straight into the next-closest target to keep the chain alive.

Skill order: Q > E > W

Early game

Before level 5, play Katarina like a poke mage: use Bouncing Blade to clear waves and chip multiple targets at once, but only commit to trades when you can follow up with Shunpo onto a dropped dagger for the extra burst. Avoid overextending, since she has no hard escape beyond repositioning through E, and a single gank can end her lane early. Look for your first real all-in around level 5 once Death Lotus comes online - the goal is one clean kill to trigger Voracity and snowball the wave and lane from there.

Mid & late game — teamfighting

From mid game onward, Katarina plays as a flanking assassin rather than a frontline fighter: hold out of vision, let the frontline clash first, then Shunpo through the side or jungle to delete the enemy's priority backline target. Once your burst lands, channel Death Lotus on the 3 closest enemies for sustained AoE damage and grievous wounds, but only after their hard crowd control has been used or baited elsewhere, since a single stun or taunt cancels the channel outright. Chase kills aggressively once you get one - Voracity's cooldown refund means the correct play is almost always to hunt the next-lowest-health target immediately rather than resetting to safety.

Pro tips

  • Never Shunpo blind - make sure a dagger from Q or W is already on the ground (or about to land) before you commit E, so you get the cooldown refund instead of ending up stuck and exposed.
  • Track the enemy's hard crowd control before ulting - Death Lotus carries your entire kill pressure in a fight, and a single interrupt turns your all-in into a free kill for the enemy.
  • Play for the double or triple kill chain, not just the first one - after Voracity refunds your cooldowns, immediately look at the next-closest low-health target instead of disengaging, since that's where Katarina's real value comes from.