Karina: Best build, Counters
Role: Assassin · Lane: Jungling
Killer from the Dark Elf tribe who is fighting to rescue her sister Selena.
Karina – Best build
Items
Arcane Boots
Sky Piercer
Starlium Scythe
Concentrated Energy
Holy Crystal
Divine Glaive
Emblem
Mage
Talents
Rupture
Bargain Hunter
Killing Spree
Battle spell
Retribution
Karina – Pro build
Lucky · Falcon Esports
Queen's Wings
Brute Force Breastplate- Holy Crystal
- Starlium Scythe
Tough Boots- Sky Piercer
- Custom Mage Emblem
- Killing Spree
Seasoned Hunter
Swift- Retribution
Kiing · DreamMax e-Sports
- Queen's Wings
- Concentrated Energy
- Holy Crystal
- Starlium Scythe
- Sky Piercer
- Arcane Boots
- Custom Mage Emblem
Weapon Master
Thrill- Killing Spree
Flicker
Raizen · Omega Esports
Blood Wings- Divine Glaive
- Holy Crystal
- Starlium Scythe
- Sky Piercer
- Arcane Boots
- Custom Mage Emblem
- Thrill
- Weapon Master
- Killing Spree
- Retribution
MP the King · PRO Esports
- Divine Glaive
- Holy Crystal
- Concentrated Energy
- Starlium Scythe
- Sky Piercer
- Arcane Boots
- Custom Mage Emblem
- Killing Spree
- Bargain Hunter
- Rupture
- Retribution
Karina – Counters
Weak against (counters)
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.
Strong against
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.
Best partners
Karina works well with heroes who can pull enemies together, such as Tigreal and Faramis, since her Ultimate and 2nd Skill also hits anyone near her main target, setting them up to be chain killed by her Ultimate.
Chip47.4%
Benedetta52.1%
Minsitthar51.8%
Wanwan47.7%
Tigreal45.1%
Karina – Skills
Shadow Combo
Karina's third consecutive attack against the same enemy deals 100 (+ 5 (+2.5% Total Magic Power)% target's Lost HP) 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.
Dance of Blades
CD: 6 Mana Cost: 50
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.
Dance of Death
CD: 6 Mana Cost: 60
Karina launches a spinning slash, dealing 375 (+125% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to nearby enemies.
Shadow Assault
CD: 34 Mana Cost: 100
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.
Combo
LANING COMBOS
In 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.
TEAMFIGHT COMBOS
In 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.
