Katarina/History

Previous Lore
2nd= "Never question my loyalty. You will never know what I endure for it." -

Born to Noxian privilege, Katarina trained in the ways of the knife from the time she was a child. Now that fiery, willful child has grown into a beautiful and deadly woman. Katarina's intense passion for life is tempered by a sense of duty and loyalty to her family. That same passion proves a double-edged sword when her heart and her responsibilities are at odds.

As the free-spirited daughter of a prominent Noxian general, the young Katarina was given the best of everything. Naturally gifted in combat, she found herself drawn to blades. Much to her family's pride, she trained under the deadliest assassins in the Noxian military. It wasn't long before Katarina's instructors deemed her worthy of a trial by fire – to kill a prominent Demacian soldier. Creeping through the darkened military camp, Katarina was overwhelmed by her passion to prove herself. When the army's General strayed across her path, unguarded, she quietly slit his throat. Katarina disappeared into the night, pleased with her impressive kill. Her elation was soon crushed, as the next day her original target – the prominent soldier who was the true military genius – led his forces to ambush unprepared Noxian soldiers. Katarina flung herself into the fray to correct her mistake, earning a scar over her left eye as a permanent reminder. Even though she finally completed her task, her family's reputation was damaged. Since that day, Katarina vowed to never let passion prevent her from bringing glory to both Noxus and her family. Reconciling her desires with her duty proves to be a constant challenge. To the world, Katarina is a symbol of Noxian patriotism, though there is more to the red-haired assassin than meets the eye.

" of Noxus is like a black widow - beautiful, but deadly." -, the Might of Demacia, following a skirmish in the field
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As a militaristic state, it would perhaps come as no surprise that the primary responsibilities of Noxian women are raising strong children and providing succor for husbands who walk the path of soldiery. There are some, however, for whom nurture is not nature, and Katarina is just such a creature. Born the daughter of the feared Noxian General Du Couteau, the girl was always more interested in her father's knives than in the dresses, jewelry, and other trifles that her sister spent so much time fussing over. A childhood dispute soon unveiled her uncanny knack for bloodshed, and her father, ever the opportunist, happily fostered her killer instincts. After training under the tutelage of the finest assassins the mighty city-state had to offer, Katarina first cut her teeth performing assassinations in the Ionian War. There, her ruthless mastery of the knife and dagger combined with her sadistic temperament to earn her the title Sinister Blade, a moniker that would follow her for the remainder of her career. She is most famous, however, for her exploits in the campaigns against Demacia, especially those surrounding her engagements with the nation's champion, ; a rivalry which began when she recovered the remains of from a vanguard under his protection.

With the demand for warfare somewhat arrested by the tenuous peace settling over Valoran, Katarina sought the allure of violence in its last remaining haven: The League of Legends. Some might say it was an inevitability that Katarina's chosen path would draw her to become a champion of the League, continuing to enforce the will of Noxus and bring prestige of war to her noble family. There, she continues to perform her bloody work - esteemed and reviled, feared and adored.

Previous Splash Art
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Patch History
V6.4:
 * Mark's AP ratio increased to from.
 * Consecutive bounces' damage reduction.
 * Consecutive bounces' damage reduction.

V6.1:
 * Updated to use new - 40% self-healing reduction instead of 50% incoming-healing reduction.
 * Updated to use new - 40% self-healing reduction instead of 50% incoming-healing reduction.

V5.11:
 * Damage reduced to  from.
 * Damage reduced to  from.

V5.6:
 * General
 * Health per level increased to 83 from 80.
 * Base health decreased to 510 from 560.
 * Base health regen decreased to from.

V5.4:
 * General
 * New splash artwork
 * Changed to "Whenever an enemy champion dies within 3 seconds of Katarina dealing damage to them, her cooldowns will be reduced by 15 seconds" from "Scoring a kill or assist will reduce the cooldown of Katarina's abilities by 15".
 * Changed to "Whenever an enemy champion dies within 3 seconds of Katarina dealing damage to them, her cooldowns will be reduced by 15 seconds" from "Scoring a kill or assist will reduce the cooldown of Katarina's abilities by 15".

V4.20:
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Base damage reduced to from.
 * Base damage reduced to from.

V4.15:
 * No longer benefits from spell vamp on wards.
 * No longer benefits from spell vamp on wards.

V4.5:
 * Stats
 * Base armor increased to 21 from 17.

V3.12:
 * Cast time delay before channeling removed (reduced to 0 seconds from a second delay).
 * Total damage increased to   from.
 * Channel time increased to seconds from 2.
 * Cooldown reduced to seconds from.
 * Cooldown reduced to seconds from.

V3.01:
 * Initial damage reduced to from.
 * Damage reduction duration reduced to seconds from 3.
 * Total ability power ratio increased to from.
 * Damage reduction duration reduced to seconds from 3.
 * Total ability power ratio increased to from.
 * Total ability power ratio increased to from.

V1.0.0.154:
 * Stats
 * Base movement speed reduced to 345 from 350.
 * Movement speed adjusted to % from %.
 * Movement speed adjusted to % from %.

V1.0.0.152:
 * Stats
 * Base movement speed increased to 350 from 325.

V1.0.0.151:
 * Initial damage reduced at later ranks to from.
 * Damage reduced at later ranks to from.
 * Damage reduced at later ranks to from.
 * Damage reduced at later ranks to from.

V1.0.0.149:
 * Updated Katarina's lore.

V1.0.0.146:
 * Cooldown reduction on kill or assist increased to 15 seconds from 10.
 * Base damage increased to from.
 * Ability power ratio decreased to from.
 * Mark detonation ability power ratio reduced to from.
 * Ability power ratio decreased to from.
 * Damage increased to from.
 * Cooldown reduced to seconds from.
 * Fixed: Tooltip now states the correct damage reduction amount (15%, not 20%).
 * Damage increased to from.
 * Cooldown reduced to seconds from.
 * Fixed: Tooltip now states the correct damage reduction amount (15%, not 20%).
 * Fixed: Tooltip now states the correct damage reduction amount (15%, not 20%).

V1.0.0.145: rework
 * General
 * Lore changed.
 * Bilgewater, Mercenary, Red Card and Kitty Cat skin artwork changed.
 * (Innate)
 * Champion kills or assists reduce Death Lotus's cooldown by 10 seconds and refresh basic abilities.
 * (Q)
 * second cooldown.
 * Katarina throws a dagger which deals  magic damage. The dagger bounces to the 4 closest enemies dealing 10% less damage with each bounce.
 * Enemies hit are marked for 4 seconds. Katarina's basic attacks or spells will consume the mark dealing  magic damage.
 * (W)
 * 4 second cooldown.
 * Whirls daggers in a circle dealing   magic damage. If she hits an enemy champion, Katarina gains % movement speed for 1 second.
 * (E)
 * second cooldown.
 * Moves to a target's location. Deals  magic damage if the target is an enemy
 * After using Shunpo, Katarina gains 20% damage reduction for 3 seconds.
 * (Ultimate)
 * second cooldown.
 * Becomes a flurry of blades, throwing daggers at the closest 3 enemy champions dealing   magic damage over 2 seconds.
 * Daggers apply Grievous Wounds, reducing incoming healing by 50% for 3 seconds.

V1.0.0.130:
 * Now always moves Katarina behind the target regardless if is active.
 * Now always moves Katarina behind the target regardless if is active.

V1.0.0.129:
 * Now moves Katarina in front of the target.
 * When Killer Instincts is active, Katarina moves behind the target.
 * When Killer Instincts is active, Katarina moves behind the target.

V1.0.0.123:
 * Katarina will now attempt to attack the target after blinking to an enemy champion with.

V1.0.0.121:
 * Can now target wards again, but will now briefly reveal wards for two seconds when used in this manner.
 * Can now target wards again, but will now briefly reveal wards for two seconds when used in this manner.

V1.0.0.115:
 * Healing reduction duration on reduced to 5 seconds from 10.
 * Healing reduction duration on reduced to 5 seconds from 10.

V1.0.0.114:
 * Now prefers to target enemies over allies when your cursor overlaps both.
 * Now prefers to target enemies over allies when your cursor overlaps both.

V1.0.0.112:
 * Classic skin splash art has been updated.

V1.0.0.110:
 * Base damage per dagger increased to from.
 * Ability power ratio per dagger reduced to from.
 * Attack damage scaling per dagger reduced to from.
 * Attack damage scaling per dagger reduced to from.

V1.0.0.109:
 * Base damage changed to from.
 * Base damage changed to from.

V1.0.0.108:
 * Will now place Katarina on the other side of the target (relative to Katarina), rather than behind the target.
 * Will now place Katarina on the other side of the target (relative to Katarina), rather than behind the target.

V1.0.0.107:
 * Base damage increased to from.
 * Now scales off instead of.
 * Now has a ratio.
 * Base damage decreased to from.
 * Now scales off both attack damage and ability power rather than one or the other.
 * Now hits the closest 3 targets rather than 3 random targets.
 * Cooldown reduced to seconds from 60.
 * Now hits the closest 3 targets rather than 3 random targets.
 * Cooldown reduced to seconds from 60.

V1.0.0.105:
 * Fixed several tooltip errors with related to number of champions hit.

V1.0.0.104:
 * Cooldown reduced to seconds from.
 * Cooldown reduced to seconds from.
 * Cooldown reduced to seconds from.
 * Cooldown reduced to seconds from.

V1.0.0.103:
 * Now fires blades at three targets at all levels.
 * Now fires blades at three targets at all levels.

V1.0.0.101:
 * No longer ignores enemy spell shields like.
 * No longer reduces true damage when used with.
 * No longer reduces true damage when used with.
 * No longer reduces true damage when used with.

V1.0.0.100:
 * Can no longer be cast while rooted.
 * Can no longer be cast while rooted.

V1.0.0.97:
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from 8 at all ranks.
 * Gold gain on kills and assists reduced to 25 from 50.
 * Gold gain on kills and assists reduced to 25 from 50.
 * Gold gain on kills and assists reduced to 25 from 50.

V1.0.0.87:
 * Bounce range reduced to 400 from 450.
 * Bounce range reduced to 400 from 450.

V1.0.0.83:
 * Stats
 * Base health increased to 478 from 460.
 * Health per level increased to 83 from 75.
 * Damage per level increased to from 2.
 * Adjusted to trigger off kills or assists instead of a champion you've damaged within a short time frame. This should result in more consistent behavior, but not impact most cases.
 * Bonus damage increased to from.
 * Passive now increases damage from abilities and melee attacks by each hit.
 * Using reduces all damage received by % for 3 seconds.
 * Using remains unchanged.
 * Fixed a tooltip error with where the damage listed was lower than the actual damage dealt.
 * Physical damage scaling increased to from.
 * Using remains unchanged.
 * Fixed a tooltip error with where the damage listed was lower than the actual damage dealt.
 * Physical damage scaling increased to from.
 * Physical damage scaling increased to from.

V1.0.0.82:
 * Added an alternate attack animation.
 * Voice over set updated (say goodbye to the 'Dance Macabre').
 * Voice overs added to attacks and spells.

V1.0.0.79:
 * Tooltip updated to reflect that it gains 50% of her bonus attack damage rather than item damage.
 * Bonus damage is no longer lost when you switch targets.
 * Bonus damage now triggers on spell casts as well as attacks.
 * Bonus damage no longer triggers on misses or dodges.
 * Bonus damage now triggers on spell casts as well as attacks.
 * Bonus damage no longer triggers on misses or dodges.

V1.0.0.75:
 * Channeling time reduced to seconds from 3.
 * Number of daggers thrown increased to 10 from 9.
 * Added a new updated particle.
 * Fixed a bug in which Death Lotus would not immediately deal damage.
 * Fixed a bug in which Death Lotus would not immediately deal damage.

V1.0.0.74:
 * Reduced range to 600 from 650.
 * Cooldown reduced to seconds from.
 * Cooldown reduced to seconds from.
 * Cooldown reduced to seconds from.

V1.0.0.72:
 * Base damage modified to from.
 * Attack damage scaling changed to from.
 * Ability power ratio reduced to from.
 * Ability power ratio reduced to from.

V1.0.0.70:
 * Attack damage scaling reduced to from.
 * Attack damage scaling reduced to from.

V1.0.0.61:
 * Healing reduction effect increased to 65% from 60%.
 * Healing reduction effect duration increased to 10 seconds from 8.
 * Healing reduction effect increased to 65% from 60%.
 * Healing reduction effect duration increased to 10 seconds from 8.

V1.0.0.52:
 * Ability power ratio reduced to from.
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Ability power ratio reduced to from.
 * Ability power ratio reduced to from.
 * Ability power ratio reduced to from.

V1.0.0.32:
 * Cooldown increased to 60 seconds from 45.
 * Ability power ratio decreased to from.
 * Ability power ratio decreased to from.

V0.9.25.34:
 * Changed the look of her model.
 * Base damage decreased to from.
 * Attack damage scaling increased to from.
 * Ability power ratio increased to from.
 * Ability power ratio increased to from.

V0.9.25.24:
 * Stats
 * Magic resistance per level increased to from 0.
 * Healing reduction duration increased to 7 seconds from 3.
 * Cooldown modified to seconds from 20 at all ranks.
 * Changed to stacking + attack damage from stacking attack speed.
 * Ability power ratio reduced to from.
 * Now applies damage after the teleport.
 * Can no longer Shunpo to yourself.
 * Fixed a bug that caused Katarina to have a mana bar.
 * Now slows for 15% with.
 * Now slows for 15% with.
 * Now has either ratio or  (whichever is higher) bonus damage.
 * Updated recommended items.
 * Now slows for 15% with.
 * Now has either ratio or  (whichever is higher) bonus damage.
 * Updated recommended items.
 * Updated recommended items.

V0.9.25.21: Added
 * (Innate)
 * If an enemy champion dies within 15 seconds of being hit by Katarina, she gains 50 gold and her cooldowns are reduced by 20 seconds.
 * (Q)
 * Katarina throws a dagger that hits multiple units, dealing magic damage equal to her total damage plus a bonus amount to the primary target. Each subsequent hit deals 15% less damage.
 * (W)
 * Passive: Katarina's attack speed is increase each time she consecutively hits the same target.
 * Active: Katarina's next basic attack has a bonus effect. Bouncing Blades deals full damage to every target hit and reduces incoming healing to the targets hit, or after using Shunpo Katarina's dodge chance is increased for 3 seconds.
 * (E)
 * Katarina instantly moves to her target's location. If the target is an enemy, she deals magic damage.
 * (Ultimate)
 * Katarina goes into a state of extreme focus, throwing daggers with unrivaled speed at one enemy champion for each level of the ability.