Katarina vs Vex in Mid lane is a hard lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: her fear is the whole matchup — get feared and she wins the trade every time. 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 · MIDVEXthe Gloomist

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Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Never get feared

Dodge her E — if she lands the gloom and fears you, she wins the trade outright.

You outscale

Farm safely — you outscale her, so only trade when you can dodge her spells clean.

Don't hide in minions

Don't stand behind the minion wave — she last-hits you with her spells straight through it.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never trade while you're inside her fear range — once she fears you, you lose every exchange.

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+ - 50% WR - 726 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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