

Karina
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Win, pick, and ban rates are based on matches from all rank tiers over the last 7 days. • Last updated: 31 October 2026, 4:18 AM
Kit
Skills & Abilities
Skill Priority
Skill 3
Skill 2
Skill 1Upgrade your skills in this order — always max the leftmost skill first whenever it's available.
Karina's third consecutive attack against the same enemy deals 100 (+ 5 (+2.5% Total Magic Power)% target's Lost <1997>) extra True Damage.
If the target is an enemy hero, this attack also reduces the cooldowns of her non-Ultimate skills by 1.5s.
Damage dealt to creeps is capped at 2000 True Damage.
Karina enters the Dance of Blades state for up to 3.5s, gaining 45% Movement Speed and blocking all Basic Attacks. Blocked attacks trigger a counterattack that deals 100 (+30% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to the attacker (firing a Shadowblade at ranged attackers or triggering Dance of Blades against melee attackers).
This effect has a 0.4s cooldown).
Casting a Basic Attack or Shadow Assault ends the Dance of Blades state, empowering Karina's next Basic Attack to deal 160 (+60% Total Magic Power) critical Magic Damage and slow the target by 45% for 1s.
Karina launches a spinning slash, dealing 375 (+125% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to nearby enemies.
Karina dashes to the enemy hero, dealing 350 (+160% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage, applying a Shadow Sigil to the target, and leaving a Shadowform behind them.
The Shadow Sigil and Shadowform both last 5s. If the target dies during this time, this skill's cooldown resets immediately.
Use Again: Karina dashes back to the Shadowform's location, dealing 150 (+50% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to enemies along the way.
Execution
Skill Combos
Skill 1
Skill 3
Skill 2
Skill 3
Basic AttackIn teamfights, close in on the enemy using Karina's 1st Skill and cut into their formation with her Ultimate. Use her 2nd Skill for a quick AOE followed by her Ultimate to dash back to her Shadowform. Finally, use her 1st Skill again and enhanced Basic Attacks to chase down enemies.
Skill 1
Basic Attack
Skill 2
Basic AttackIn the laning phase, use Karina's 1st Skill first to enter the Dance of Blades state and pounce on the enemy using the dash from her enhanced Basic Attack. Follow up with her 2nd Skill and Basic Attacks to trigger her Passive.
Loadout
Recommended Build
Equipment Build
Emblem Setup
Common

Battle Spell
Retribution
Default build — may change based on your enemy team.
In a nutshell
Relation Overview
Counters
Karina counters Marksmen that lack mobility, such as Layla and Hanabi, since her 1st Skill can neutralize their Basic Attacks and they can't escape her high mobility and burst damage.
Countered By
Karina is countered by Tanky heroes with CC abilities, like Akai and Khufra because they can tank her damage, and protect their allies from her.


























