Katarina vs Diana in Mid lane is a hard lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: her Q (Crescent Strike) is the poke that leashes her onto you — dodge it and her all-in falls apart. 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 · MIDDIANAScorn of the Moon

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How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge her poke

Her Crescent Strike (Q) is both her poke and her all-in leash — avoid it as much as possible, since eating it lets her dash straight onto you.

Respect her W

You cannot trade her while Pale Cascade (W) is up — bait the shield out first, then take the trade in the window after.

Your kill window

Before 6 you basically can't win a straight trade — your real chance to kill her is with a big lead or when her W and R are both on cooldown.

✕ DON'T

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Never trade into her while Pale Cascade (W) is up — before 6 that is simply a fight you lose.

Runes

PRECISIONmatchup page

DOMINATIONoverride for this matchup

SHARDS

Matchup-specific rune page — override from the OTP sheet for this lane.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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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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