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Katarina vs Talon

Katarina
vs
52.9%

over 442 games

Talon
Analyze a draft with Katarina

Skill matchup

Heavy AD damageHigh burstDive threat

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

Build vs Talon

Build adapted to this matchup

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

Starting items

Dark Seal
Refillable Potion

Core build

Dark Seal
1
Lich Bane
2
Shadowflame
3

Standard

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

Summoner spells

FlashDot94%
FlashTeleport2%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Zhonya's Hourglass
Kraken Slayer
Rabadon's Deathcap
Terminus
Blade of The Ruined King
Hextech Gunblade
Void Staff
Death's Dance
Mejai's Soulstealer
Nashor's Tooth
Seeker's Armguard
Stormsurge
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Experimental Hexplate
Stridebreaker
Titanic Hydra
Endless Hunger
Banshee's Veil
Tiamat
Dusk and Dawn
Randuin's Omen
Wit's End
Riftmaker
Guardian Angel
Cryptbloom
56.1% WR57 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

Talon's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Blade's End (P)

Talon's spells Wound champions and large monsters, stacking up to 3 times. When Talon attacks a champion with 3 stacks of Wound, they bleed for heavy damage over time.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
38s9s0s–
67s9s0s1m40
96s8.5s0s1m40
116s8s0s1m20
166s7s0s1m
186s7s0s1m

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 Talon

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Dodge his blades on the return

    Get out of the path of Rake (W), especially on the return: the returning blades slow you, and each spell that hits brings you closer to Blade's End (passive).

  2. Push to keep him in lane

    Push your wave whenever you can: he then has to stay and farm instead of roaming by vaulting walls with Assassin's Path (E).

  3. Engage when his ult is on cooldown

    If you can engage, go for him while Shadow Assault (R) is on cooldown: it's his main way out of a fight, and it comes back in 100 to 60 seconds.

  4. Ping as soon as he disappears

    Ping your team as soon as he leaves your vision, and ward the paths behind walls: Assassin's Path (E) lets him vault walls to roam through the jungle.

Other Katarina matchups

Patch 16.21.1