Katarina

As a militaristic state, it would perhaps come as no surprise that the primary responsibilities of Noxian women are raising strong children and providing succor for husbands who walk the path of soldiery. There are some, however, for whom nurture is not nature, and Katarina is just such a creature. Born the daughter of the...

• Shunpo now always moves Katarina behind the target regardless if Killer Instincts is active

• Shunpo

  • Now moves Katarina in front of the target

  • When Killer Instincts is active, Katarina moves behind the target

• Katarina will now attempt to attack the target after teleporting to an enemy champion with Shunpo

• Shunpo can now target wards again, but will now reveal wards to enemies when used in this manner.

• Killer Instincts healing reduction on Bouncing Blades duration reduced to 5 from 10

• Shunpo now prefers to target enemies over allies when your cursor overlaps both

• Death Lotus
  • Base Damage per dagger increased to 50/65/80 from 40/50/60
  • Ability power ratio reduced to .25 from .3
  • Attack damage ratio reduced to .5 from .55

• Shunpo damage changed to 80/120/160/200/240 from 90/120/150/180/210

• Shunpo will now place Katarina on the other side of the target (relative to Katarina), rather than behind the target

• Bouncing Blades
  • Now scales off of 80% bonus attack damage (instead of 100% of all attack damage)
  • Base damage increased to 60/95/130/165/200
  • Now has a 0.35 ability power ratio
• Death Lotus
  • Base damage decreased to 40/50/60 from 50/65/80
  • Now scales off of both attack damage and ability power rather than one or the other
  • Now hits the closest 3 targets rather than 3 random targets
  • Cooldown reduced to 60/55/50 seconds from 60

• Fixed several tooltip errors with Death Lotus related to number of champions hit

• Bouncing Blade cooldown reduced to 9/8.5/8/7.5/7 from 10/9.5/9/8.5/8
• Killer Instinct cooldown reduced to 20/18/16/14/12 from 22/20/18/16/14

• Death Lotus now fires blades at three targets at all levels

• Shunpo no longer ignores enemy spell shields like Banshee's Veil
• Killer Instinct no longer reduces true damage when used with Shunpo

• Shunpo can no longer be cast while rooted

• Bouncing Blades cooldown increased to 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 from 8 at all ranks
• Voracity (Passive) gold gain on kills and assists reduced to 25 from 50

• Bouncing Blade bounce range reduced to 400 from 450

• Base Health increased to 478 from 460.
• Health per level increased to 83 from 75.
• Damage per level increased to 3.2 from 2
• Bouncing Blades bonus damage increased to 20/40/60/80/100 from 15/30/45/60/75.
• Killer Instinct (Passive): now increases damage from abilities and melee attacks by 8/12/16/20/24 each hit.
• Killer Instinct (Active):
  • Using Shunpo reduces all damage received by 15/20/25/30/35 percent for 3 seconds.
  • Using Bouncing Blades remains unchanged.
• Fixed a tooltip error with Shunpo where the damage listed was lower than the actual damage dealt.
• Death Lotus physical damage scaling increased to 55% of bonus attack damage from 50% of bonus attack damage.
• Voracity has been adjusted to trigger off kills or assists instead of a champion you've damaged within a short time frame. This should result in more consistent behavior, but not impact most cases.

• Added an alternate attack animation

• Death Lotus tooltip updated to reflect that it gains 50% of her bonus attack damage rather than item damage.
• Killer Instinct bonus damage is no longer lost when you switch targets
• Killer Instinct bonus damage now triggers on spell casts as well as attacks
• Killer Instinct bonus damage no longer triggers on misses or dodges

• Added a new updated particle for Death Lotus.
• Fixed a bug in which Death Lotus would not immediately deal damage.
• Death Lotus channeling time reduced to 2.6 from 3.
• Number of daggers thrown by Death Lotus increased to 10 from 9

• Reduced the casting range of Bouncing Blades to 600 from 650
• Killer Instinct Cooldown reduced to 22/20/18/16/14 from 23/21/19/17/15
• NOTE: Katarina is slated for an additional upgrade on her Killer Instinct skill, but it unfortunately did not make it into the patch. We will be adding this in an upcoming patch.

• Death Lotus Base Damage modified to 50/65/80 from 30/45/60.
• Death Lotus scaling changed to 50% of damage from items instead of 55% of total attack damage
• Death Lotus AP Scaling reduced to 30% from 40%.

• Death Lotus Physical Damage Scaling reduced to 55% from 65%

• Killer Instincts: Bouncing Blade healing reduction effect increased to 65% from 60%
• Killer Instincts: Bouncing Blade healing reduction effect duration increased to 10 seconds from 8

• Shunpo Ability Power Ratio reduced from .8 to .75
• Shunpo Cooldown reduced from 9/8/7/6/5 to 10/9/8/7/6
• Death Lotus Ability Power Ratio reduced from .4 to .35