Champion sheet · Mid

Katarina

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Bans, presence and fearless: Katarina across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

3.5%#143 of 173 champions

Pick: 0.9%picked in 66 of 6,979 games
Ban: 2.6%90 bans over 3,453 games, against 19.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid56.9% between 45.4% and 67.6% over 51 gamesSoloQ 51.1%: no clear gap

Median length27.8 minsoloQ 27.4 min

Amateur: 6,991 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 347,962 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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Draft
How to play itConqueror, then Kraken Slayer, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compBelow the floor: no measure published.
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.4%
SoloQ
3.3%
0.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.3% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
2.4%
SoloQ
19.6%
2.4% ban rate in amateur play over 2,100 games, against 19.6% in soloQ over 141,081 games.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Kraken Slayer, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror52% · 13,502

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite93% · 24,056

Same in amateur play

Core (3 legendaries)18% · 2,183

18%of soloQ games

Kraken Slayer
Blade of The Ruined King
Terminus

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Below the floor: no measure published.

04 — With / against

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.

With

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.

Sort by

No pair measured in amateur play on this side.

05 — In draft

Ban it or pick it?

Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.

Pick rate as Mid

Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ

SoloQ Master+3.3%23,261 picks of 695,918ban 19.6% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
Amateur tournaments0.4%37 picks of 10,426ban 2.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,214bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20

Presence by patch

6.3% on 16.21

16.1216.21

Pick + ban, all regions, one point per patch; a patch without a measure leaves a gap.

Within the series

Fearless series only · as Mid

Once picked, the series moves on to

Not enough series yet: published from 30.