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Katarina vs Naafiri

Katarina
vs
59.7%

over 139 games

Naafiri
Analyze a draft with Katarina

Favorable matchup

Heavy AD damageHigh burstDive threatSplit push

You are stronger early. Look to snowball before your opponent scales.

Build vs Naafiri

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Katarina: Lich Bane, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap, Sorcerer's Shoes, Zhonya's Hourglass, Dark Seal, Kraken Slayer, Terminus.

Starting items

Dark Seal
Refillable Potion

Core build

Lich Bane
1
Shadowflame
2
Rabadon's Deathcap
3

Standard

Sorcerer's Shoes
4Magic pen
Zhonya's Hourglass
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot94%
FlashTeleport5%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Zhonya's Hourglass
Dark Seal
Kraken Slayer
Terminus
Blade of The Ruined King
Hextech Gunblade
Mejai's Soulstealer
Death's Dance
Void Staff
Nashor's Tooth
Seeker's Armguard
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Stormsurge
Titanic Hydra
Experimental Hexplate
Wit's End
Banshee's Veil
58.8% WR17 games
DominationDomination
ElectrocuteElectrocute
Sudden ImpactSudden Impact
Grisly MementosGrisly Mementos
Relentless HunterRelentless Hunter
PrecisionPrecision
Coup de GraceCoup de Grace
TriumphTriumph
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Naafiri's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

We Are More (P)

Naafiri spawns packmates that attack the targets of her attacks and abilities.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
39s26s11s–
68s26s11s1m50
97s24s11s1m50
117s22s11s1m35
167s18s9s1m20
187s18s7s1m20

Playing as Katarina

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Pick up your daggers

    Pick up your daggers in trades and teamfights: Voracity (passive) then hits every nearby enemy, and each dagger picked up lowers the cooldown of Shunpo (E).

  2. Shunpo to your Q dagger

    After Bouncing Blade (Q), blink to its dagger with Shunpo (E): it lands behind your target, and picking it up triggers Voracity (passive).

  3. Hit everyone before the kills

    In teamfights, hit as many champions as you can before they go down: when one of them dies, Voracity (passive) sharply lowers all your cooldowns.

  4. Death Lotus after their CC

    Cast Death Lotus (R) once the enemy CC is used: it's a channel, and a single CC is enough to cancel it.

Playing against Naafiri

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Dodge her daggers

    Dodge Darkin Daggers (Q): her pack leaps onto the first champion hit, and the second dagger hits harder if you're already bleeding.

  2. Kill her pack with AoE spells

    If you have AoE spells, hit her pack too: each packmate killed lowers her damage. Do it before Eviscerate (E) calls them back and heals them.

  3. Wait out The Call of the Pack

    Save your targeted spells for after The Call of the Pack (W): for a brief moment, she and her pack are untargetable.

  4. Don't wander alone

    Avoid crossing the map alone against her: Hounds' Pursuit (R) lets her dash onto a champion from range, and a takedown lets her recast it.

Other Katarina matchups

Patch 16.21.1