KatarinaMatchups Spreadsheet

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Optimized Katarina builds, runes, skill orders, and matchup strategies — plus expert tips and guides for every Katarina matchup. Brought to you by League of Matchups, your source for counter-picking insights.

Matchup	Threat	Games	WR	Gold @ 15	Gold Diff	Tips
Ahri	Favored	361	48%	+285	+985	Play around avoiding Ahri Charm with your mobility, set up your Q's E in jump away and make sure you don't get hit by abilities. Electrocute is much stronger than Conqueror her post 6 because she will be harder to stick onto her
Skill Priority Q Bouncing Blade Katarina throws a Dagger at the target that then bounces to nearby enemies before ricocheting onto the ground. E Shunpo Katarina blinks to the target, striking it if its an enemy, or striking the nearest enemy otherwise. W Preparation Katarina gains a burst of Move Speed, tossing a Dagger into the air directly above herself. 48.45% WR 291 Matches Summoner Spells 46.54% WR 159 Matches Skill Order Q Bouncing Blade Katarina throws a Dagger at the target that then bounces to nearby enemies before ricocheting onto the ground. 1 4 5 7 9 W Preparation Katarina gains a burst of Move Speed, tossing a Dagger into the air directly above herself. 3 14 15 E Shunpo Katarina blinks to the target, striking it if its an enemy, or striking the nearest enemy otherwise. 2 8 10 12 13 R Death Lotus Katarina becomes a flurry of blades, dealing massive magic damage while she channels to the 3 nearest enemy champions. 6 11 45.3% WR212 Matches Starting Items 40.3% WR 72 Matches Core Items 30.8% WR 13 Matches 4th Item Options 53.4% WR58 Matches 29.0% WR31 Matches 47.8% WR23 Matches 5th Item Options 75.0% WR20 Matches 50.0% WR16 Matches 71.4% WR14 Matches 6th Item Options 85.7% WR7 Matches 50.0% WR6 Matches 60.0% WR5 Matches Laning Phase (@15 min) Katarina Damage Dealt7,018 Ahri Damage Dealt6,161 Gold Diff+285 CS Diff-10 XP Diff+4 Ally Ganks1.27 Enemy Ganks1.56 KDA3 / 2 / 1 End of Game Katarina Total Damage Dealt25,150 Ahri Total Damage Dealt21,462 Total Gold Diff+985 Total CS Diff-13 Total XP Diff0 KDA9 / 6 / 6 Split Push Katarina Damage to Turrets2,824 Ahri Damage to Turrets3,471
Galio	Favored	316	50%	+189	+941	Most of Galio's damage is connected, if he lands his taunt, he'll lands E into Q. Should you survive the inital burst, if you can jump back in on him, you can continute to fight because Galio is out of damage which is frontloaded in short trades. You win extended fights here with conqueror. Best case scenario Galio misses an ability
Sylas	Easy	297	56%	-13	+718	Tricky matchup due to Sylas sustain from W. You can win all-ins but you need to dodge the E2 from Sylas to win. Get rid of his mobility skills before going for all-in, test his ability to land his E. Do not go for short burst trades where Sylas can just sustain himself back up
Syndra	Favored	252	58%	+359	+866	Need to dodge a lot in this matchup, she will Q contest you on every cs. The main threat is Syndra E. Jump over it and juke it with your abilities. If you dodge the E, you can all-in with conqueror. Require really good movements to win this matchup.
Akali	Very Hard	235	46%	-71	+2	Hover Akali Q max range and make her miss it, also dodge Akali E by either setting up good daggers to dodge with and minimize damage taken. Hard to 1v1 her post 6, generally don't take that fight when its up. You can ult through her shroud but make sure her mobility is spent. Take short burst trades with her and electrocute
Viktor	Very Hard	231	52%	+257	+806	He has E poke, q shield, W stun. The goal here is to avoid the W stun, you need to set up q's and jump in proc electrocute jump out and use doran's shield to sustain the poke. Do not Eat too many viktor's E. Post 6, do not ult before Viktor ults because he can easily cancel yours. Short burst trade lane
Yasuo	Very Hard	224	46%	-215	-145	Dodge his q's and make sure he doesn't get his second q's. You can win sustained fights using Conqueror but you must dodge Q's and work around his windwall. Don't be rash with your dagger placements because you know he's going to E aroudn your minion wave. Its a difficult matchup but you have the tools to outplay Yasuo. Windwall can mess with your ult/q so don't commit too hard until windwall is down, after berseker graves its much harder to dodge so respect him
Malzahar	Hard	222	48%	+399	+819	Malz has really strong poke, but you will win sustained fights by sticking onto him and autoing him down. Whenever Malzahar uses E to push the wave, you have a massive opening to all-in him.