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Katarina in draft

Played at Mid in 88% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Ban, presence, fearless and patch by patch: Katarina, all builds combined. In a comp, with / against and build: the chosen build.

Presence (pick + ban)

5 %

picked or banned · 122nd of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 9.4%

Picked 1% · 219 of 18,490 gamesBanned 3% · 589 of 17,478 drafts with bans

Win rate at Mid

Everything below reads on 192 games at Mid. · 493 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (17,478 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftOpening ban: removed in phase 1.Banned, it makes room for

Diana

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other mid lanersMap pressureDuelistFew teamfightsCarries its own killsLittle CCNo pokeNo split-push

03 · With / againstNo pair reaches 30 games: counts only, no win rate.

04 · Build2 paths: Lich Bane or Hextech Gunblade.

Electrocute

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Read on Katarina, all builds combined.

Where it is played

Share of Mid picks taken by Katarina, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

2.7%15,337 picks out of 558,541banned in 4.4% of games · 3,851 of 86,901patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

0.5%115 picks out of 21,472banned in 3.9% of games · 399 of 10,152patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

0.0%0 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 4% and 6% since 16.12 · 6.0% on 16.21 · 4.9% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	6.0%	2,671	Electrocute54% · 13
16.20	4.9%	7,858	Electrocute57% · 40
16.19	4.1%	6,733	Electrocute54% · 37
16.18	3.9%	5,762	Electrocute52% · 26
16.17	3.6%	5,728	Electrocute61% · 37
16.16	3.8%	5,992	Electrocute74% · 42
16.15	4.6%	5,530	Electrocute69% · 38
16.14	4.8%	5,702	Electrocute67% · 44
16.13	4.0%	7,391	Electrocute57% · 37
16.12	4.3%	5,118	Electrocute66% · 35

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Opening ban: removed in phase 1.

589 bans of 17,478 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: fallback pick — brought out late in the series, once the pool is drained.

G11.0%
G21.1%
G3+1.3%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Zed5

Sylas4

Fizz3

series, of 41 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (41), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

What is played more often at Mid when Katarina is banned than when it is free, on both sides.

Read at Mid, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

Diana
2.2% → 3.7%

589 games where it is banned · 16,677 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

No feared counter: comps with Katarina ban nothing in phase 2 more than usual.

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on Katarina, AP build.

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

Phase by phase

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Damage / mintick = the mid laners

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min4.7 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · mid laners: 3.2

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itmid laners
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on mid laners: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itMap pressureDuelist

What it is notFew teamfightsCarries its own killsLittle CCNo pokeNo split-push

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 5:18 (5:12), 1st item at 11:42 (12:00), 2nd at 19:24 (20:24), 3rd at 25:18 (26:30).

120 games · median minute of each milestone, mid laners in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Read on Katarina, AP build.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
Lee SinJGL	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
Jarvan IVJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
LucianADC	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
LuluSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
YunaraADC	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
NautilusSUP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
SylasJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
AmbessaTOP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
JinxADC	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
Kai'SaADC	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)

show 34 other pairs

LeonaSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
MilioSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
JhinADC	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
RakanSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
K'SanteTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
MalphiteTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
YoneTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AhriMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
LissandraMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SyndraMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
VeigarMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
EzrealADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
YuumiSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GnarTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
NasusTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SionTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
GravesJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ViJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
LeBlancMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
LockeMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ApheliosADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZeriADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
BraumSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ThreshSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
AatroxTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
WukongJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ViegoJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
HweiMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
OriannaMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
PantheonMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ViktorMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
AlistarSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
KarmaSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 44 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 120 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

Read on Katarina, AP build.

The usual build

Read on two patches (16.21 + 16.20), all regions. Patch + region does not reach 30 games (8).

Patch + region16.21 · 8 games, below the floor of 30
Patch16.21 · 14 games, below the floor of 30
2 patches16.21 + 16.20 · 60 games
Window120 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Electrocute+

Precision

88% · 53 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite

90% · 54 games

First maxed skill

100% · 60 games

show 4 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orConqueror+Domination7% · 4 games
orElectrocute+Resolve8% · 5 games

Other spells

orFlash + Teleport7% · 4 games
orExhaust + Flash3% · 2 games

60 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

2 item paths, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Lich Bane78% · 11:42
Shadowflame85% · 19:12
Zhonya's Hourglass77% · 26:54
Hextech Gunblade22% · 11:06
Shadowflame69% · 19:12

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).