Katarina
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KRBans, presence and fearless: Katarina across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.
- Pick
- 1.2%picked in 216 of 18,058 games
- Ban
- 3.4%583 bans over 17,111 games, against 4.5% in soloQ
Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
- How to play itElectrocute, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 75% of mid laners.Map pressure
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.5%
- SoloQ
- 2.7%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 3.9%
- SoloQ
- 4.5%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 27.8 min
- SoloQ
- 26 min
How to play it?
Electrocute, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesElectrocute70% · 13,330
SpellsFlash + Ignite91% · 17,419
SkillsQnot collected in soloQ- Lich Bane
- Shadowflame
- Zhonya's Hourglass
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Map pressure first: more map pressure than 75% of mid laners.
- Map pressuretop25%4 · mid laners: 3.2
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners
What marks it
- Map pressure
Like other mid laners
- Gold at 15 min
- Gold at 20 min
- Absorbs damage
- Plays teamfights
- Takes its kills in duels
- Team damage
What it is not
- Little CC
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 68% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 59 of 100 among mid laners+92 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 68 of 100 among mid laners+306 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 75 of 100 among mid laners4 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 50 of 100 among mid laners489 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 39 of 100 among mid laners54% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 70 of 100 among mid laners26% · median 23%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 7 of 100 among mid laners0.1 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 43 of 100 among mid laners20% · median 21%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
- Malphite6 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 546 g
Ban it or pick it?
Fallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+2.7%16,651 picks of 609,385ban 4.5% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.5%115 picks of 21,472ban 3.9% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
