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Development
- Main article: Katarina (Development)
- Katarina is voiced by Tara Platt, who also voices
Battle Queen Katarina and 3Katarina in Legends of Runeterra.
- Katarina's Japanese voice actor is Houko Kuwashima.[1]
- On release, her Mercenary skin was her Classic skin.
- Katarina being depicted with blue hair in the first icons for Voracity, Shunpo and Death Lotus reflects this.
- Katarina being depicted with blue hair in the first icons for
- In her 2012 rework, she used to have an additional running animation when Boots of Speed were bought shown here.
- Katarina is originally depicted carrying three sheathed blades, these accoutrements have been omitted in later depictions.
- Notably, Original Katarina splash art is the only part of the skin that reflects this change. This discrepancy carried over into Wild Rift.
- Notably,
Universe
Universe- Main article: Katarina (Character)
- Katarina is at least in her mid- to late 20s, having been present during the Ionian war.
- There's nothing to suggest Katarina is a mage, or has any innate magical power. However, the nature of her blades is unclear.[2]
- Katarina's comic revealed that they were normal blades, but that they awakened a magical nature when infused with Katarina's blood in a hemomancy ritual. [3]
- As suggested by Swain and Urgot, Katarina knows the truth about the disappearance of her father, who was killed by Swain after his attempted assassination.
- It was confirmed in the Katarina comic that Katarina's father actually faked his death with the help of Talon. However, after the final fight between him and Katarina, he was killed off for real by Swain.
League of Legends
League of LegendsGameplay
- Main article: Katarina (League of Legends)
- Katarina's name comes from Greek Αἰκατερίνα/η (Ekaterine).
- Du Couteau (her family name) is French for "of the knife".
- She shared her namesake with Caitlyn and Kai'Sa.
- She may have been inspired by Katherina from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare.
- Shunpo (pronounced: [ɕʉ͍̃mpo] shoom-poh) comes from Sino-Japanese 瞬歩 "blink step".
- A framed portrait of Katarina's second splash art can be seen in the game's Mac Version trailer.[4]
- Katarina - Cassiopeia is one of seven pairs of sibling champions (the others being Kayle - Morgana, Garen - Lux, Nasus - Renekton, Yasuo - Yone, Darius - Draven, and Vi - Jinx).
- Katarina's dance references Napoleon Dynamite, via one of its portions.
- Voracity's old icon was directly edited from her second Original splash art.
- Katarina is one of few champions to feature two 'Champion Spotlights' due to significant gameplay changes (the others being Ezreal, Karma, Lee Sin, and Sivir).
- Katarina is one of the first champions to have one skin for each of the three big annual events of the year: Lunar Revel, Harrowing, Snowdown Showdown. She received her Warring Kingdoms skin alongside Nidalee's in Warring Kingdoms 2015.
- The other one is Jinx when she received Ambitious Elf Jinx in 2017.
- Annie almost became another champion that fulfilled the criteria after Panda Annie was released in 2013. However, Frostfire Annie was not released during the Snowdown Showdown event.
- The other one is
- A functional real-life replica of Katarina's Daggers was crafted in an episode of YouTube series Man At Arms: Reforged.
- This video can be viewed here.
- There are also videos where the following are crafted:
- This video can be viewed here.
Quotes
- Main article: Katarina (League of Legends Audio)
- ▶️ "Why? Because I can." references Shawn Michaels.
- Historical
- In her second voice-over:
- Her joke referenced Danse Macabre.
- Katarina's joke was "Killing is my duty... fun is yelling 'surprise'!", which can be viewed here. This quote was removed soon after the rework, but it was added as an easter egg within the old client.
- Going to her champion page, selecting "Abilities", and pressing
Ctrl + 1would play a video where she says the quote, shown here.
- Going to her champion page, selecting "Abilities", and pressing
- In her first voice-over:
- Katarina's voice had an overly exaggerated angry tone. It can be listened to here.
- Her oldest taunt was "Remember, 'evil' spelled backward is 'live'. No coincidence."
Skins
- Main article: Katarina (Collection)
- This skin shares the Bilgewater: Burning Tides theme with:
- She was inspired by 'Swashbuckler Katarina' by 'ChiZ'.
- This skin shares the Trick-or-Treat theme with:
- She was released in celebration of Harrowing 2010 along with:
- This skin shares the Legacy theme with:
- The first splash art was a direct edit of her first original splash art.
- This skin shares the Soccer Cup theme with:
- She was released in celebration of the 2010 FIFA World Cup along with:
- She is a soccer referee issuing a red card.
- This skin shares the Guardian of the Sands theme with:
- She has her own taunt animation.
- Although the skin is currently uncategorized to any universe, Legends of Runeterra artworks and skin bios confirm Sandstorm Ekko, the only other Sandstorm skin, is part of Guardian of the Sands.
- This skin shares the Snowdown Showdown theme with:
- She was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2012 along with:
- Her initial Recall animation when she was still on the PBE had her pole dancing with a giant candy cane. It can be seen here.
- It was replaced with her current one where she slices the giant candy cane down instead as according to Travis 'Volibar' George, the switch was due to the animation not fitting with the skin's theme.[5] It can be seen here.
- Although Nidalee has it as her dance and it is kept in the game, Ryan 'Morello' Scott has explained that while the dance suits Nidalee because of her innate alluringness as a cougar, the same dance does not thematically fit 'Katarina in Reindeer ears'.[6]
- Although
- It was replaced with her current one where she slices the giant candy cane down instead as according to Travis 'Volibar' George, the switch was due to the animation not fitting with the skin's theme.[5] It can be seen here.
- This skin's name is a pun on sleigh bells, which warn pedestrians of incoming horse-drawn vehicles.
- The one she is going to murder after bursting out of a huge present in the foreground might be Garen.
- Her Death Lotus and Voracity dagger pickup animations are different compared to her other skins.
- Warring Kingdoms Katarina Chromas: Golden
Chromas:- This skin shares the Lunar Revel: Warring Kingdoms theme with:
- She was released in celebration of Lunar Revel 2015 (Year of the Goat) along with:
- She references a famous historical Chinese beauty, Diaochan from the late Eastern Han era.
- In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Diaochan was fictionalized into Minister Wang Yun's adoptive daughter, sent to pit general Lü Bu against his superior Dong Zhuo, resulting in Dong's death at Lü's hand.
- Historically, 'Diaochan 貂蟬 "sable cicada" was merely a title for female palace officials, after the decorations on their hats. According to Records of the Three Kingdoms, Lü had an affair with a maidservant in Dong's household, & fearing Dong's reprisal, Lü eventually betrayed Dong.
- This skin shares the PROJECT theme with:
- A figure resembling Battlecast Vel'Koz can be seen in the background. This doesn't mean Battlecast is in the same universe as PROJECT.[7]
- PROJECT: Zed can be seen in the background as well.
- The skin was initially thought to be that of a Cyber Katarina, but then turned into Project.
- She is from an alternate future in which she was cybernetically augmented as part of the PROJECT Initiative.
- If one tells PROJECT: Ashe they fight for 'ambition' she'll say the following:
- "We all bear the scars of our actions."
- "Sinister by choice."
- "Keep a sharp lookout for her."
- RWE7QDF Plasma Blades
- This skin shares the Death Sworn theme with:
- She is about to engage Death Sworn Zed in a duel.
- She was released in celebration of Harrowing 2017 along with:
- She resembles the mutant known as Psylocke.
- Battle Academia Katarina Chromas: Citrine, Formal, Obsidian, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Turquoise
- This skin shares the Battle Academia theme with:
- Battle Academia Ezreal and Battle Academia Jayce can be seen in the background of her splash art.
- A man resembling Garen before he became Battle Academia Garen can be seen in a photograph on her desk.
- Her appearance and her personality is very similar to Claudia Enfield and Julis Riessfeld from the Gakusen Toshi Asterisk anime.
- The concept of her weapons is based on Claudia Enfield's swords and Energy Sword from Halo video games franchise.
- Her physical form reminds Medaka Kurokami from the Medaka Box manga/anime.
- In the color palette of her Sapphire chroma set, looks very similar to that character.
- Blood Moon Katarina Chromas: Citrine, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire
- This skin shares the Blood Moon theme with:
- The mask she is wearing references the ones used in Japanese Noh theater.
- This skin might have been inspired by Room 8 Studios' test concepts of Blood Moon Katarina done for Riot Games.
- Battle Queen Katarina Chromas: Coronation, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite
- This skin shares the Battle Queens theme with:
- Katarina unlocks and equips a new blade every 3 takedowns, up to a maximum 6 different blades. She can change which blade she uses by pressing control + 5 when out of combat. She always starts off with her pink blade and the rainbow blade as the last one, the other blades are randomly unlocked in between.[8]
- High Noon Katarina Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Nomad, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite
- This skin shares the High Noon theme with:
- Faerie Court Katarina Chromas: Aquamarine, Citrine, Emerald, Obsidian, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Tanzanite, Turquoise, Winsome
- This skin shares the Faerie Court theme with:
- This skin shares the Faerie Court theme with:
References
- ↑ Almost all Japanese League of Legends voice actors
- ↑ Riot Scathlocke on Katarina being a mage
- ↑ Scott 'Jaredan' Hawkes about the blades not being magical, until they were infused with Katarina's blood by Drann, making it clear that the powers were generated exclusively by Katarina's special blood in this process involving her, her blades and the hemomancy bond provided by Drann!
- ↑ Youtube — Official Mac Client Trailer (2013) - League of Legends
- ↑ http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2875992&page=24#post32186691 The Stripper Pole Is Too Much
- ↑ The Stripper Pole Is Too Much
- ↑ @Riot. Skinline Transparency with The Evolution.
- ↑ Sirhaian on Battle Queen Katarina Daggers