JungleAT A GLANCE
Strengths
- Mobility: Shadow Assault
Weaknesses
- No protection from crowd control
- No hard control of their own
SKILLS
Shadow Combo
Karina's third consecutive attack on the same enemy deals extra True Damage equal to 50 plus 5 (+2.5% MP)% of their lost HP (up to 2000 True Damage against creeps).
If the target is an enemy hero, the cooldowns Karina's non-Ultimate skills are reduced by 1.5 seconds.
Dance of Blades
Cooldown: 7 s
slow
Karina enters the Dance of Blades state for 3.5 seconds, during which she gains 45% extra Movement Speed, blocks all incoming Basic Attacks, and reflects 100–200 (+30% MP) magic damage back to the attacker (the damage reflection effect has a cooldown of 0.4 seconds).
Karina's Basic Attack within the duration deals 150–255 (+55% MP) magic damage, slows the target by 45% for 1 second, and is guaranteed critical strike. Casting the enhanced Basic Attack or Shadow Assault ends the Dance of Blades state early.
Dance of Death
Cooldown: 6–4.5 s by level
Karina launces a spinning slash, dealing 375–600 (+125% MP) magic damage to nearby enemies.
Shadow Assault
Cooldown: 34 / 30 / 26 s by level
blinkdash
Karina dashes to the target enemy hero, dealing 350–750 (+160% MP) magic damage, applying a Shadow Mark to them, and leaving a Shadowform behind them. The Shadow Mark and Shadowform both last 5 seconds. If the enemy dies within the duration, the cooldown of this skill is reset.
Use Again: Karina dashes back to the Shadowform's location, dealing 150–250 (+50% MP) magic damage to enemies along the way.
WHO COUNTERS KARINA
Pick them when the enemy has Karina · score is their advantage
Benedetta10.6
You can dodge the burst window Karina needs. You deny the engage Karina is picked for.
Granger10.5
Rhapsody kills her in the window before Elusiveness resets, and Rondo keeps you out of her reach.
Brody10.5
Your burst arrives before she can reset, and Abyss Marks punish her the moment she commits.
X.Borg9.2
Fire Missiles deal true damage without basic attacks, so Dance of Blades blocks nothing, and you out-last her in the long fight she wants.
Leomord9.2
Your burst deletes Karina before they can respond. You are slippery enough to make Karina's burst miss.
WHO KARINA COUNTERS
Pick Karina into them
Yve11.0
You punish Yve in the animation they have to commit to. Yve has no way out once you reach the backline.
Moskov10.6
Your burst deletes Moskov before they can respond. You punish Moskov long before the scaling matters.
Natalia10.4
She wins the jungle duel outright and the reset chain finishes Natalia before stealth can save her.
Bruno10.2
Dance of Blades blocks his basic attacks, which is where every point of his damage comes from.
Kimmy10.1
Her mobility and burst kill Kimmy before a single retaliation lands.
BEST TEAMMATES
HOW TO PLAY KARINA
Target enemies with low health to trigger your Ultimate reset. Use your first skill to block incoming basic attacks and increase your movement speed for chasing or escaping.
HOW TO PLAY AGAINST KARINA
- No protection from control — a stun before the engage wins the duel.
HIDDEN MECHANICS
What the in-game descriptions do not tell you: crowd-control rules and verified skill quirks. How crowd control works →
Shadow Combo- Marks applied by basic attacks cannot be stacked by Endless Battle's Unique Passive–Endless Strike.
- Shadow Combo deals up to 10000 True Damage to enemy heroes.
Dance of Blades- Enhanced basic attack does not have splash damage.
- Dance of Blades' cooldown will not start when it is still active.
- Karina launches a spinning slash when attacked in melee. This is purely visual.
- The damage reflection effect's cooldown is affected by Cooldown Reduction.