Katarina vs Yunara

Katarina
vs
Not enough games
Yunara
Heavy AD damageSustained DPSHigh burstHeavy poke

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

Build vs Yunara

The champion's reference build, for lack of enough games in this matchup

Recommended items for Katarina: Lich Bane, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass, Sorcerer's Shoes, Dark Seal, Hextech Gunblade, Rabadon's Deathcap, Death's Dance.

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Lich Bane
1
Shadowflame
2
Zhonya's Hourglass
3

Standard

Sorcerer's Shoes
4Magic pen
Dark Seal
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot100%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Dark Seal
Hextech Gunblade
Rabadon's Deathcap
Death's Dance
Void Staff
Stormsurge
Banshee's Veil
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

Yunara's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Vow of the First Lands (P)

Yunara's Critical Strikes deal bonus magic damage.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
30s10s9s–
60s10s9s1m40
90s10s9s1m40
110s10s9s1m30
160s10s9s1m20
180s10s9s1m20

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 Yunara

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Dodge her prayer bead

    Dodge Arc of Judgment (W): the bead slows you, then damages you every second, and it reaches 1150.

  2. Short trades

    Take short trades: each Yunara auto charges Cultivation of Spirit (Q), which then gives her attack speed and bonus damage.

  3. Engage outside her Transcendent State

    If you can engage, go in while Transcend One's Self (R) is on cooldown: outside her Transcendent State, she has no dash, only the speed of Kanmei's Steps (E).

  4. Spread out while her Q is active

    When Cultivation of Spirit (Q) is active, spread out from your allies: her autos then spread to nearby enemies.

Patch 16.21.1