How to win lane as Katarina against Annie · 50.27% win rate over 1,826 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Katarina | Level 1 your Q>dagger trades beat single-target Disintegrate poke at low stacks. |
| Level 2 | Katarina | Level 2 Q>W burst wins short trades while her stun is countable and avoidable. |
| Level 3 | Katarina | Level 3 Shunpo flank trades punish her 625 range whenever stacks are down. |
| Levels 4-5 | Katarina | Levels 4-5 baiting the stun on approach gives you a full free combo window. |
| Level 6 | Katarina | Level 6 your Lotus all-in beats her at 0-3 stacks, and you choose when to fight. |
| First item | Katarina | First item you one-rotation her from full off a dagger; her spike still requires the telegraphed stun. |
| Two+ items | Katarina | At 2+ items an immobile 625-range stun-bot is prime food for your second-entry resets. |
Levels 1-2 trade around one number: her stack counter. At low stacks her Disintegrate is just single-target poke you out-trade with Q plus dagger pickup, but at 4 stacks (glowing white) any trade starts with you stunned eating Q>W. Shove the early waves — Annie's 625 range means shoving her under tower actually costs her CS, and her waveclear needs W which drains stacks and mana. Poke with Bouncing Blade off cooldown; she can't answer at Q max range.
The full Katarina vs Annie report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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