Katarina vs Annie in Mid lane is a hard lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: respect her stun — bait her W when her passive is charged instead of walking into it. 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 · MIDANNIEthe Dark Child

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Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge her W

With her stun up, bait her W (Incinerate) — she pauses for a second, so dash behind her as it comes.

Win the side lane

You beat her in a side lane — look to split and fight her 1v1 away from mid.

Buy Mercs

Mercury's Treads counter her — worth buying even on AP, the item just shuts her down.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never all-in while her passive stun is fully charged — bait it out first, then commit.

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+ - 50% WR - 551 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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