Katarina vs Akali in Mid lane is a hard lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: her shroud (W) — only trade when it and her E are down. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · MIDKATARINAThe Sinister Blade

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDAKALIthe Rogue Assassin

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How to play it

✓ DO

Her shroud (W) + E

Only trade when her W (shroud) and E are down. While she's in shroud, predict her Q and land yours through the minions to catch her.

Farm it out

This is a losing lane — farm as well as you can and scale. Don't force trades you can't win.

Side lane

On the side lane, avoid interaction and take waves under turret — you don't out-trade her, so don't force it even once the map opens up.

✕ DON'T

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Never try to 1v1 her, even with a lead — as AP Kat you don't out-duel her, and it's risky even when ahead.

Runes

DOMINATION

PRECISIONuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 51% WR - 1.5k games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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