Katarina is a highly mobile assassin champion in League of Legends who excels at dealing massive area-of-effect damage with her daggers and abilities.

Core Abilities:

Voracity (Passive)

• Scoring champion takedowns reduces Katarina's ability cooldowns by 15 seconds
• Picking up fallen daggers deals AoE damage and reduces Shunpo's cooldown

Bouncing Blade (Q)

• Throws a dagger that bounces between enemies
• Dagger lands on the ground after hitting targets
• Deals magic damage to enemies hit

Preparation (W)

• Tosses a dagger upward that lands after a delay
• Grants decaying movement speed

Shunpo (E)

• Blinks to target location near enemies, allies or daggers
• Deals magic damage to nearest enemy
• Resets basic attack timer
• Cooldown refunded when picking up daggers

Death Lotus (R)

• Channels to rapidly throw daggers at nearby enemy champions
• Each dagger deals physical and magic damage
• Applies Grievous Wounds
• Cannot be cancelled in first/last 0.25 seconds

Key Tips:

• Use Shunpo to quickly reposition and pick up fallen daggers
• Chain abilities together for maximum burst damage
• Look for opportunities to reset cooldowns with takedowns
• Position carefully during Death Lotus channel

Base Stats:

• Health: 672 (+108 per level)
• Health Regen: 7.5 (+0.7)
• Armor: 28 (+4.7)
• Magic Resist: 32 (+2.05)
• Movement Speed: 335

Strategy:

• Excel at roaming and cleaning up teamfights
• Look to snowball early game advantages
• Focus on positioning to maximize AoE damage
• Use mobility to avoid crowd control

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