Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Very special thank you to Scaramanga, SourPiggy (SourPapi), LJR, and Ghirlanda for being kind enough to take a look and provide input on the guide. Any errors are mine. Please pause the video if it's too fast. This is a quick guide for Katarina, including combos. Time stamp index below. I make no monetary gain from this channel.

Some additional info and tips from Ghirlanda. Very much appreciated:
- Instead of 3,3,3 you can hit confirm from 3,3 which is safe on block at -9, unlike 3,3,3 [however it is harder to hit confirm from 3,3 compared to 3,3,3]
- From CH FC df+4 you can also follow-up with crouch cancel d+3+4 for max damage
- Wall oki combo (b+4,3+4) = is risky because db+3 is a seeable low that they can react to [so it is not a great 50-50 if the opponent can react to the lows]
- Katarina has no true mix up unless you commit to Crouch, as her high damage lows from standing (db+3 and df+3+4) are slow and seeable
- df+2,2 and df+2,4 are both side-steppable to the right so keep in mind that it is not a true mix-up

Intro 00:12

Game Plan 00:30

Punishes 00:39
- Standing 00:39
- Crouch 01:12
- Range and Whiff 01:34

Neutral 01:54
- Near, Mids and Highs 01:54
- Near, Lows 03:38
- Range - Keepout 04:08
- Range – Approach 04:23

Crouch 05:05
- Entries 05:05
- Mix-Up 05:24

Harrier (HAR) 05:57
- Entries 05:57
- Mix-Up 06:28

Combos 07:27
- Summary 07:29
- Tips 07:38

Launcher Set 1 07:46
- uf+4,4
- db+4
- (1,1),CH 2
- CH df+4
- CH d+2
- CH f,f+3 or CH HAR uf+3
- CH HAR 2
- Low Parry

Launcher Set 2 08:49
- uf+3
- WS+2

Launcher Set 3 09:27
- f,f+2,4
- CH 4,4,4
- CH f+3

Enders and Wall Carry 09:54
- Long Carry 09:54
- Short Carry 10:34
- Adjustments 10:44

Wall Combo 11:29
- Damage 11:29
- Oki 12:28
- Rage 13:22
- Wall Bounce 13:34

Wall Game 13:55
- Standing Mix-Up 13:55
- df+2 series 14:09
- Pokes 14:24
- Harrier (HAR) 14:34
- Other Wall Tools 14:53

Other Resources
- Katarina discord: discord.gg/R53MFQh
- Matches and highlights: Ghirlanda, Rangchu, Fergus, SourPiggy, and others

Music
- Recognizer – by Daft Punk (youtu.be/j1eI-7XWjho)
- Retribution Theme – by Daft Punk (youtu.be/bAV_fSMXU9Q)
- Enigma – by Danny Cocke, Position Music (youtu.be/zj5MfzT6-B0)
- Quantum – by Joseph Trapanese, Position Music (youtu.be/XU4qRUXm7fs)