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Previous Abilities

• 2nd
• 1st

Voracity

Voracity

Whenever an enemy champion dies within 3 seconds of Katarina damaging them, her cooldowns are each reduced by 15 seconds.

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Targeting input	Voracity is a self-targeted buff.

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Bouncing Blade

Bouncing Blade
COOLDOWN:	10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8
RANGE:	675

Active: Katarina throws a dagger to the target enemy that bounces to up to 4 nearby unaffected enemies, dealing magic damage to each target as well as marking them for 4 seconds.

Magic Damage: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+ 45% AP)

Katarina's basic attacks and abilities consume the mark on affected enemies, dealing bonus magic damage.

Bonus Magic Damage: 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 (+ 20% AP)

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Targeting input	Bouncing Blades is a unit-targeted area of effect.
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

• Bouncing Blades can hit targets in fog of war as well as stealthed ones.
• Bouncing Blades' initial and mark damage will both apply spell effects.
• Another Bouncing Blades cast can trigger and refresh the mark damage.

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Sinister Steel

Sinister Steel
COOLDOWN:	4
RANGE:	375

Active: Katarina whirls her daggers, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies. If Sinister Steel damages an enemy champion, she also gains bonus movement speed for 1 second.

Magic Damage: 40 / 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 (+ 60% bonus AD) (+ 25% AP) Bonus Movement speed: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%

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Targeting input	Sinister Steel is a point-blank area of effect with a self-targeted buff component.
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic

Sinister Steel has no cast time and does not interrupt Katarina's previous orders.

Shunpo

Shunpo
COOLDOWN:	12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5 / 6
RANGE:	700

Active: Katarina blinks to the target unit and gains 15% damage reduction for 1.5 seconds. If the target is an enemy, she deals them magic damage.

Magic Damage: 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+ 25% AP)

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Targeting input	Shunpo is a unit-targeted blink.
Damage type
Type	Spell damage
Type	Spell damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic

• Katarina will automatically attempt to attack Shunpo's target after blinking.
• Shunpo can be used on any targetable allied/enemy unit (champions, minions, wards, Noxious Trap, allied Demacian Standard, Dark Passage, Tunnel, but not structures or an enemy Demacian Standard)

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Death Lotus

Death Lotus
COOLDOWN:	90 / 60 / 45
RANGE:	550

Active: Katarina rapidly spins in place and channels for 2.5 seconds, throwing a dagger every 0.25 seconds to each nearby enemy champion, up to a maximum of 3 at a time, dealing them magic damage and applying Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.

Magic Damage Per Dagger: 35 / 55 / 75 (+ 37.5% bonus AD) (+ 25% AP) Total Single-Target Damage: 350 / 550 / 750 (+ 375% bonus AD) (+ 250% AP)

Moving or reactivating Death Lotus will immediately ends its effects.

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Targeting input	Death Lotus is a point-blank, auto-targeted area of effect.
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

• Death Lotus cannot be activated unless there is at least one enemy champion in range.
  • Leaving Death Lotus radius while Katarina is channeling will not cause her to stop prematurely.
• Katarina can activate Death Lotus even if nearby targets are in fog of war and/or stealthed.

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Voracity

Voracity

Whenever Katarina scores a kill or an assist, her cooldowns are each reduced by 20 seconds and Katarina gains 25 bonus gold.

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Targeting input	Voracity is a self-targeted buff.

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Bouncing Blades

Bouncing Blades
COOLDOWN:	9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7
RANGE:	600 / 400

Active: Katarina throws a dagger to the target enemy that bounces to nearby unaffected enemies, dealing 15% less magic damage per bounce to each target. The primary target receives bonus damage.

Bounces: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Primary Target Bonus Damage: 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100

Killer Instincts: Bouncing Blade deals full damage to every target hit and also reduces incoming healings by 60% to all targets hit for 5 seconds.

Magic Damage: 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+ 80% bonus AD) (+ 35% AP)

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Targeting input	Bouncing Blades is a unit-targeted area of effect.
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

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Killer Instincts

Killer Instincts
COOLDOWN:	20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12

Passive: Katarina deals bonus magic damage every time she hits an enemy with a basic attack or an ability.

Bonus Magic Damage: 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24

Active: Katarina empowers her next ability, either Bouncing Blade or Shunpo. These bonuses become stronger with each level of Killer Instincts.

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Targeting input	Missing
Damage type
Sub-type	magic Killer Instincts' passive is an on-hit effect. Killer Instincts' active is a self-targeted buff.
Sub-type	magic Killer Instincts' passive is an on-hit effect. Killer Instincts' active is a self-targeted buff.

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Shunpo

Shunpo
COOLDOWN:	10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6
RANGE:	700

Active: Katarina instantly blinks behind the target unit. If the target is an enemy, she deals them magic damage.

Magic Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 75% AP)

Killer Instincts: Katarina gains damage reduction for 3 seconds after using Shunpo.

Damage Reduction: 15% / 20% / 25% / 30% / 35%

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Targeting input	Shunpo is a unit-targeted blink.
Damage type
Type	Spell damage
Type	Spell damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic

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Death Lotus

Death Lotus
COOLDOWN:	60 / 55 / 50
RANGE:	550

Active: After 0.25 seconds Katarina rapidly spins in place and channels for 2.6 seconds, throwing a dagger every 0.26 seconds to each nearby champion, up to a maximum of 3 at a time, dealing them magic damage.

「 Magic Damage Per Dagger: 50 / 65 / 80 (+ 50% bonus AD) (+ 25% AP) 」「 Total Single-Target Damage: 500 / 650 / 800 (+ 500% bonus AD) (+ 250% AP) 」

Moving or reactivating Death Lotus immediately ends its effects.

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Targeting input	Death Lotus is a point-blank, auto-targeted area of effect.
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

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1st Voracity icon (I)

2nd Voracity icon (I)

3rd Voracity icon (I)

1st Bouncing Blades icon (1st Q)

1st Bouncing Blade icon (2nd Q)

1st Killer Instincts.png icon (1st W)

1st Sinister Steel icon (2nd W)

1st Shunpo icon (E)

2nd Shunpo icon (E)

3rd Shunpo icon (E)

4th Shunpo icon (E)

1st Death Lotus icon (R)

2nd Death Lotus icon (R)

3rd Death Lotus icon (R)

Previous Quotes

• 1st Classic (Pre-V1.0.0.82)
• Battle Queen (10.25 PBE)

Attacking

• ▶️   "Please, make me hurt you."
• ▶️   "Violence solves everything."
• ▶️   "Taste bitter defeat."
• ▶️   "Evil always wins."
• ▶️   "Ready to surrender?"
• ▶️   "Is that fear I smell?"

Getting Hit

• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.

Movement

• ▶️   "Ready for trouble?"
• ▶️   "Your choices please me, for now."
• ▶️   "Intriguing..."
• ▶️   "Into the darkness."
• ▶️   "Don't test your luck, summoner."

Taunt

• ▶️   "Remember, 'evil' spelled backwards is 'live'. No coincidence."

Joke

• ▶️   "When 'I hate you' just doesn't say enough."

Laugh

• ▶️   Katarina laughs.
• ▶️   Katarina laughs.
• ▶️   Katarina laughs.
• ▶️   Katarina laughs.

Death

• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.
• ▶️   Katarina grunts.

Other Gameplay

Obtaining the final weapon

• ▶️   "A full set! My crown jewels."
• ▶️   "The final weapon. Gotcha!"

Previous Splash Art

• North America
• China
• Unused

• 1st Classic Katarina
• 2nd Classic Katarina
• 1st Mercenary Katarina
• 1st Red Card Katarina
• 1st Bilgewater Katarina
• 1st Kitty Cat Katarina

1/6

• 1st Classic Katarina
• 2nd Classic Katarina
• 1st Mercenary Katarina
• 2nd Mercenary Katarina
• 3rd Mercenary Katarina
• Red Card Katarina
• Bilgewater Katarina
• 1st Kitty Cat Katarina
• 2nd Kitty Cat Katarina
• 3rd Kitty Cat Katarina

1/10

• Classic Katarina
• Slay Belle Katarina
• Blood Moon Katarina

1/3

See also

League of Legends Wiki | Champions