Katarina vs Malzahar in Mid lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his R suppress — don't get caught out post-6. 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 · MIDMALZAHARthe Prophet of the Void

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 EasyPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Your window

He's very weak early — all-in at level 2/3 and abuse him. Let him push, then jump the wave and reset on him.

Deny his setup

Kill his Voidlings on sight, and don't stand next to minions about to die to his E — the passive spreads to you.

His ult (R)

After 6, respect his point-click suppress ult — give him prio unless you've tracked the enemy jungler and support.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never dive him post-6 blind — his ult locks you in place and hands the enemy jungler a free kill.

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+ - 52% WR - 1.0k 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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