Current version[]
- Base damage reduced to 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240
- AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 45% AP.
- Base damage increased to 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 from 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200.
- AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 35% AP.
- Base damage reduced to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 from 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80.
- On-hit modifier reduced to 25 / 30 / 35% from 30 / 35 / 40%.
- Bug Fix: No longer goes on cooldown without effect after being used, performing the intended channel and animation and throwing missiles but dealing no damage, if used after becoming affected by an immobilizing debuff without inputting a movement command first or within the first frame of the debuff expiring.
- Bug Fix: Casting the ability now properly breaks stealth.
- AP ratio increased to 70 / 80 / 90 / 100% (based on level) AP from 65 / 75 / 85 / 95% (based on level) AP.
- Physical damage changed to 16% (+ 50% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD from 18% (+ 30% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD.
- Note: The reduction of the base ratio evens out at 10% bonus attack speed, and Katarina has 10.82% bonus attack speed at level 6 from level growth alone, hence this is always an increase.
- The formula which the game data is using internally is changed to (16% × (1 + 312.5% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD) from (18% × (1 + 166.67% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD).
- Physical damage changed to 16% (+ 50% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD from 18% (+ 30% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD.
- General
- Bug Fix: Knocked up/stunned animation is now correctly played.
- V12.12 - June 30th Hotfix
- AP ratio increased to 65 / 75 / 85 / 95% (based on level) AP from 55 / 66 / 77 / 88% (based on level) AP.
- Base damage increased to 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 from 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 / 195.
- AP ratio increased to 35% AP from 30% AP.
- On-hit modifier increased to 30 / 35 / 40% from 28 / 33 / 38%.
- Physical damage per dagger increased to (18% × (1 + 166.67% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD) from (16% × (1 + 142.85% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD).
- Physical damage per dagger formula rewritten in dependency on bonus attack speed:
- New: 18% (+ 30% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD
- Old: 16% (+ 22.856% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD.
- Maximum total damage over 2.5 seconds, for comparison:
- New: 375 / 562.5 / 750 (+ 285% AP) magic damage plus 270% (+ 450.009% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD physical damage plus 450 / 525 / 600% On-hit damage
- Old: 375 / 562.5 / 750 (+ 285% AP) magic damage plus 240% (+ 342.84% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD physical damage plus 420 / 495 / 570% On-hit damage
- Physical damage per dagger formula rewritten in dependency on bonus attack speed:
- Bonus AD ratio reduced to 60% bonus AD from 75%.
- Base damage increased to 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 from 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75.
- AD ratio reduced to 40% AD from 50% AD.
- On-hit modifier increased to 28 / 33 / 38% from 25 / 30 / 35%.
- Physical damage per dagger changed to (16% × (1 + 142.85% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD) from (16% × (1 + 80% total attack speed)).
- Because of this, it is also no longer affected by attack speed reductions.
- Physical damage per dagger formula rewritten in dependency on bonus attack speed:
- New: 16% (+ 22.856% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD
- Old: 24.4224% (+ 8.4224% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD.
- This becomes even at 58.3527% bonus AS, including bonus AS from stat growth per level.
- Maximum total damage over 2.5 seconds, for comparison:
- New: 375 / 562.5 / 750 (+ 285% AP) magic damage plus 240% (+ 342.84% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD physical damage plus 420 / 495 / 570% On-hit damage
- Old: 375 / 562.5 / 750 (+ 285% AP) magic damage plus 366.336% (+ 126.336% per 100% bonus attack speed) bonus AD physical damage plus 375 / 450 / 525% On-hit damage
- Grievous Wounds strength reduced to 40% from 50%.
- Stats
- Base health increased to 672 from 602.
- Health growth increased to 108 from 94.
- Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5.
- Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
- Grievous Wounds strength reduced to 50% from 60%.
- V12.8 - Estimated
- Undocumented Bug Fix: If the ability is cast on an ally, movement commands queued during the cast time now immediatelly apply after the cast time ends, instead of after a 0.85 second delay post cast time.
- Stats
- Movement speed reduced to 335 from 340.
- New Effect: Each instance of damage dealt now counts as a separate hit for effects such as , , and .
- On-hit modifier increased to 25 / 30 / 35% from 25% at all ranks.
- Bonus AD ratio per dagger increased to 16% bonus AD from 15%.
- Attack speed ratio per dagger increased to 12.8% total attack speed from 9.9%.
- Bug Fix: Tooltip now properly states that the ability also triggers on-attack effects.
- Bug Fix: Now properly modifies damage dealt by Bring It Down.
- Stats
- Base armor increased to 28 from 27.88.
- Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
- Bug Fix: No longer stacks Grievous Wounds effects.
- New Effect: Daggers now apply on-hit effects against all champions struck.
- New Effect: Now applies on-hit effects.
- New Effect: Each dagger now applies on-hit effects at 25% effectiveness.
- Removed: No longer deals 22% bonus AD magic damage per dagger.
- New Effect: Now deals 15% bonus AD (+ 9.9% attack speed) physical damage per dagger.
- Bonus AD ratio reduced to 75% bonus AD from 100%.
- AP ratio reduced to 55 / 66 / 77 / 88% (based on level) AP from 55 / 70 / 85 / 100% (based on level) AP.
- Bug Fix: Daggers no longer gain 2 stacks of per target hit; now properly gains 2 stacks per cast.
- Bug Fix: No longer attempts to basic attack her last target after Shunpo, unless they're already in attack range.
- Bug Fix: Using it to kill a target no longer makes her unresponsive for a few moments.
- Bug Fix: If she drops a dagger near a wall and then casts Shunpo so that she can blink to the other side of the wall, she now properly gets a reset on the ability.
- Bug Fix: Now properly counts towards triggering and and is usable in .
- Healing reduction increased to 60% from 40%.
- New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
- General
- Base run animation updated.
- Fast run animation updated.
- Movement stop animation updated.
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- Undocumented: Now has more flower visual effects on Shunpo.
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- Undocumented: Now has more sand visual effects on dagger pick up.
- Cast time changed to (0.15 seconds after teleporting (Katarina now teleports immediately upon pressing E)) from (0.075 seconds before teleporting and 0.075 seconds after teleporting).
- New Effect: Can now buffer active to fire after Shunpo's cast time completes.
- Bug Fix: Killing an unit with Shunpo will no longer lock out your buffered abilities or basic attack.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it could not be cast if enemies in range could not be seen.
- Bug Fix: Can now correctly ping her Death Lotus if no valid targets are nearby.
- Base dagger damage reduced to 68 − 240 (based on level) from 75 − 287 (based on level).
- New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
- New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
- Base damage reduced to 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 from 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90.
- Stats
- Base health increased to 602 from 590.
- Health growth increased to 94 from 82.
- General
- Bug Fix: Base skin and all of her other skins' SFX have been restored and are no longer quiet.
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- Bug Fix: Smoke VFX on her daggers during her no longer appear below the ground.
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- Bug Fix: No longer gets stuck in her recall animation if she uses Voracity right before beginning her recall.
- Cooldown increased to 14 / 12.5 / 11 / 9.5 / 8 seconds from 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8.
- General
- Bug Fix: Intermediate bot now has a keystone mastery.
- Stats
- Base magic resistance reduced to 32.1 from 34.1.
- AD ratio reduced to 50% AD from 65% AD.
- Base damage changed to 75 − 287 (based on level) from 75 − 285 (based on level).
- Bug Fix: If Katarina catches Preparation dagger at the end of cast time, the Preparation dagger's damage no longer follows her to location.
- Bug Fix: If Katarina Shunpo's to an ally or a dagger, Shunpo's damage now properly transfers to the nearest minion or jungle monster if no enemy champions are in range.
- Bug Fix: Icon no longer lights up while dead when enemies walk near her corpse.
- General
- Bug Fix: Warring Kingdom Katarina's visual effects have been adjusted to re-add some of the flair lost in her pre-season update.
- Movement commands are canceled if Shunpo targets a plant or enemy champion.
- General
- New ability icons.
- Stats
- Base health increased to 590 from 510.
- Health growth reduced to 82 from 83.
- Base health regeneration increased to 7.5 from 4.5.
- Health regeneration growth increased to 0.7 from 0.55.
- Base armor increased to 27.88 from 26.88.
- Base magic resistance increased to 34.1 from 32.1.
- Base movement speed reduced to 340 from 345.
- New Effect - Catching or picking up one of her fallen Daggers causes Katarina to flourish it, dealing :75 − 285 (based on level) 100% bonus AD) 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 (based on level)% AP) magic damage to nearby enemies, as well as refunding 78 / 84 / 90 / 96 (based on level)% of Shunpo's cooldown.
- Range: 340
- Cooldown changed to 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 seconds from 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds.
- Base damage changed to 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 / 195 from 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160.
- AP ratio reduced to 30% AP from 45% AP.
- Range reduced to 625 from 675.
- Targets hit reduced to 3 from 4.
- New Effect: After bouncing, the Dagger falls to the ground on the opposite side from where it struck the first target for 4 seconds, getting there in the same amount of time regardless of how many times it bounces.
- Removed: On-hit effect.
- New Effect: Katarina tosses a Dagger up in the air and gains 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90% movement speed that decays over 1.25 seconds. After a 1.25 seconds delay, the Dagger hits the ground.
- Cooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 seconds
(new W)
- Cooldown changed to 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds from 12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5 / 6.
- Base damage reduced to 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 from 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160.
- New Effect: Now scales with 65% AD.
- Range increased to 725 from 700.
- New Effect: Can target Daggers.
- New Effect: If she targets an ally or dagger, she will deal Shunpo's damage to the nearest enemy within a radius of her target.
- New Effect: Resets basic attack timer.
- Removed: 15% damage reduction.
- Removed: Targeting wards.
- Ticks increased to 15 from 10. Duration unchanged at 2.5 seconds.
- Base damage per blade reduced to 25 / 37.5 / 50 + 22% bonus AD + 19% AP from 35 / 55 / 75 + 37.5% bonus AD + 25% AP.
- Maximum potential damage to single target changed to 375 / 562.5 / 750 + 330% bonus AD + 285% AP from 350 / 550 / 750 + 375% bonus AD) + 250% AP.
- New Effect: Cannot be cancelled by movement and basic attack commands in the first and last 0.25 seconds of channeling.
- New Effect: Maximum range indicator visible to all players.
First rework[]
- General
- Bug Fix: Sandstorm Katarina's taunt animation is no longer twice as fast as her other skins.
- General
- Bug Fix: Smoothed out a crack in PROJECT: Katarina's textures.
- Mark AP ratio increased to 20% AP from 15% AP.
- Removed: Per-bounce damage reduction.
- Grievous Wounds changed to 40% self-healing reduction from 50% incoming (duration unchanged).
- Base damage reduced to 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 from 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160
- AP ratio reduced to 25% AP from 40% AP.
- General
- Base health reduced to 510 from 560.
- Health growth increased to 83 from 80.
- Base health regen reduced to 4.5 from 7.7.
- General
- New splash artwork for .
- Cooldown reduction changed to on champion death within 3 seconds of being damaged by Katarina from on kill/assist.
- Base damage reduced to 350 / 550 / 750 from 400 / 575 / 750.
- Cooldown increased to 90 / 60 / 45 seconds from 60 / 52.5 / 45.
- Removed: No longer benefits from spell vamp on wards.
- Stats
- Base armor increased to 21 from 17.
- Removed: 0.25 seconds cast time delay before channeling.
- Channel duration increased to 2.5 seconds from 2.
- Base damage increased to 400 / 575 / 750 from 400 / 500 / 600.
- AP scaling increased to 250% AP) from 200% AP).
- AD scaling increased to 375% bonus AD) from 300% bonus AD).
- Cooldown reduced to 60 / 52.5 / 45 seconds from 60 / 55 / 50.
- Base initial damage reduced to 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180.
- Damage reduction duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 3.
- AP ratio increased to 200% AP from 175% AP.
- Stats
- Base movement speed reduced to 345 from 350.
- Bonus movement speed changed to 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% from 12 / 20 / 28 / 36 / 44%.
- Stats
- Movement speed increased to 350 from 325.
- Base damage reduced to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 from 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200.
- Base damage reduced to 40 / 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 from 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200.
- General
- Lore updated.
- cooldown reduction on takedown increased to 15 seconds from 10.
- Base damage increased to 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 from 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190.
- AP ratio reduced to 45% AP) from 50% AP.
- Mark AP ratio reduced to 15% AP) from 20% AP.
- AP ratio reduced to 25% AP) from 30% AP.
- Base damage increased to 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 from 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160.
- Cooldown reduced to 12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5 / 6 seconds from 14 / 12 / 10 / 8 / 6.
- Bug Fix: Tooltip displaying incorrect damage reduction value (20% instead of the intended 15%).
- V1.0.0.145 rework
- General
- New lore
- Splash artwork for , , and updated to the Chinese art.
- Champion kills or assists reduce Death Lotus's cooldown by 10 seconds and refresh basic abilities.
(Innate)
- Cooldown: 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds
- Katarina throws a dagger which deals 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 (+50% AP) 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 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 (+20% AP) magic damage.
(Q)
- Cooldown: 4 seconds
- Whirls daggers in a circle dealing 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 (+50% Bonus AD) (+35% AP) magic damage. If she hits an enemy champion, Katarina gains 12 / 20 / 28 / 36 / 44% movement speed for 1 second.
(W)
- Cooldown: 14 / 12 / 10 / 8 / 6 seconds
- Moves to a target's location. Deals 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+50% AP) magic damage if the target is an enemy
- After using Shunpo, Katarina gains 20% damage reduction for 3 seconds.
(E)
- Cooldown: 60 / 55 / 50 seconds
- Becomes a flurry of blades, throwing daggers at the closest 3 enemy champions dealing 400 / 500 / 600 (+300% Bonus AD) (+175% AP) magic damage over 2 seconds.
- Daggers apply Grievous Wounds, reducing incoming healing by 50% for 3 seconds.
(Ultimate)
Release version[]
- Removed: Katarina landing in front of her target.
- Removed: Katarina landing behind her target when is active.
- New Effect: Katarina always lands behind her target.
- Removed: Landing on other side of target (relative to Katarina) after blinking.
- New Effect: Katarina lands in front of her target.
- New Effect: Katarina will land behind her target when is active.
- New Effect: Katarina will attempt to attack her target after blinking to an enemy champion.
- New Effect: Can target wards again, but will reveal them for two seconds
- healing reduction duration reduced to 5 seconds from 10.
- New Effect: Prioritizes enemies over allies when cursor overlaps them.
- General
- New splash artwork for .
- Base damage increased to 50 / 65 / 80 per dagger from 40 / 50 / 60.
- Ability power ratio reduced to 25% AP from 30% AP.
- Attack damage scaling reduced to 50% AD per dagger from 55% AD.
- Base damage changed to 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 from 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 / 210.
- Will now place Katarina on the other side of the target (relative to Katarina), rather than behind the target.
- Base damage increased to 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 from 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100.
- AD ratio reduced to 80% bonus AD from 100% bonus AD..
- New Effect: Has a 35% AP ratio.
- Base damage reduced to 40 / 50 / 60 from 50 / 65 / 80.
- Scaling changed to Bonus AD and AP ratios combined from the highest one.
- Tagets hit changed to closest from random.
- Cooldown reduced to 60 / 55 / 50 seconds from 60 at all ranks.
- Tooltip updated
- Cooldown reduced to 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7 seconds from 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8.
- Cooldown reduced to 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 seconds from 22 / 20 / 18 / 16 / 14.
- Targets hit increased to 3 at all ranks from 1 / 2 / 3.
- No longer ignores enemy spell shields like .
- Removed: No longer reduces true damage when used with .
- Can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Bonus kill/assist gold reduced to 25 from 50.
- Cooldown increased to 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds from 8 at all ranks.
- Bounce range reduced to 400 from 450.
- Stats
- Base health increased to 478 from 460.
- Health per level increased to 83 from 75.
- Damage per level increased to 3.2 from 2.
- Adjusted to trigger off kills or assists instead of a champion you've damaged within a short time frame.
- Bonus damage to primary target increased to 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 from 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75.
- Removed Passive: Katarina gains stacking on-hit bonus AD.
- New Passive: Katarina deals 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 bonus damage every time she hits an enemy with a basic attack or an ability.
- Removed: granting increased dodge chance for 3 seconds.
- New Effect: grants 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% damage reduction for 3 seconds.
- Bug Fix: Tooltip displaying lower damage value than intended.
- AD ratio increased to 55% bonus AD from 50% bonus AD..
- General
- New alternate basic attack animation.
- Voice-overs updated.
- New Effect: Bonus damage is no longer lost when you switch targets.
- New Effect: Bonus damage now triggers on abilities as well as attacks.
- Removed: Bonus damage no longer triggers on misses or dodges.
- Tooltip updated to reflect that it gains 50% of her bonus attack damage rather than item damage.
- Channel reduced to 2.6 seconds from 3.
- Daggers increased to 10 from 9.
- Particle updated.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug in which Death Lotus would not immediately deal damage.
- Range reduced to 600 from 650.
- Cooldown reduced to 22 / 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 seconds from 23 / 21 / 19 / 17 / 15.
- Base damage increased to 50 / 65 / 80 from 30 / 45 / 60.
- AD ratio changed to 50% bonus AD from 55% total AD.
- AP ratio reduced to 30% AP from 40% AP.
- AD ratio reduced to 55% AD from 65% AD.
- Healing reduction effect increased to 65% from 60%.
- Healing reduction effect duration increased to 10 seconds from 8.
- AP ratio reduced to 75% AP from 80% AP.
- Cooldown increased to 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds from 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5.
- AP ratio reduced to 35% AP from 40% AP.
- Cooldown increased to 60 seconds from 45.
- AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 50% AP.
- General
- Texture update to Classic
- Base damage reduced to 30 from 60 / 90 / 120
- AD ratio increased to 65% AD from 15% AD.
- AP ratio increased to 50% AP from 20% AP.
- General
- Recommended items updated
- Stats
- Magic resistance per level increased to 1.25 from 0.
- Healing reduction duration increased to 7 seconds from 3.
- Cooldown changed to 23 / 21 / 19 / 17 / 15 seconds from 20 at all ranks.
- Removed: No longer stacks bonus attack speed from.
- New Effect: Katarina's basic attacks grant her stacking 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 bonus AD.
- AP ratio reduced to 80% AP from 100% AP
- New Effect: Target is only damaged after Katarina blinks.
- Removed: Can no longer be self-cast.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused Katarina to have a mana bar.
- New Effect: Applies 's Icy as multi-hit.
- New Effect: Deals bonus damage equal to the highest ratio between 15% AD and 20% AP.
- New Effect: Applies 's Icy as damage-over-time.
- 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.
(Innate)
- 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.
(Q)
- 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 Blade 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.
(W)
- Katarina instantly moves to her target's location. If the target is an enemy, she deals magic damage.
(E)
- Katarina goes into a state of extreme focus, throwing daggers with unrivaled speed at one enemy champion for each level of the ability.
(Ultimate)