Akali vs Katarina in Mid lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: her Q poke is the setup — a lot of Kataras all-in the moment it chunks you, so don't get poked for free. 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 · MIDAKALIthe Rogue Assassin

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDKATARINAthe Sinister Blade

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Don't eat her Q

Her Q poke is most Kataras' all-in signal — get chunked by it and she commits, so don't take it for free.

Punish her E

When she Shunpos onto a dagger her E doesn't reset — it goes on a 2s cooldown, so that's your window to trade or E onto her.

Respect daggers

Her daggers are most of her damage — only stand on them if you're baiting her into a fight.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never stand on her daggers unless you're baiting her in — that's just free damage feeding straight into her combo.

Runes

DOMINATION

RESOLVEuniversal 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+ - 52% WR - 2.4k 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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