Karina is one of the strongest killers in current meta. She can farm fast and deal a lot of burst damage, allowing for double and triple kills. Also, this character moves quickly around the map, so it is difficult to catch and kill him. In this guide, we will look at Karina's basic skills, the best emblems and spells for the hero. We will also show the top builds and equipment for the character, which will help you understand how to play her correctly.
Hero Skills
Karina has 1 passive and 3 active skills. Next, let's look at her abilities to bring maximum benefit to her team and understand in what situations it is better to use each skill, .
Passive Skill - Shadow Combo
After the second attack on one target Karina's third attack will deal additional damage to the enemy: 13% from their health lost plus (+5*hero level) true damage.
If the target was an enemy hero, the recharge time of the hero's first and second skills will be reduced by 1 second.
First Skill - Blade Dance
Karina goes into a state of semi-invisibility for 3,5 seconds. In this state, she increases her movement speed and blocks all incoming attacks, as well as deals magic damage to the enemy. This effect is on cooldown 0.4 seconds. The effect of the skill ends if you deal damage with a normal attack. However, after exiting Blade Dance, the hero will deal additional magic damage to the enemy and slow target by 45%.
This skill will be useful in both defense and attack. The increase in movement speed makes it easier to catch up with fleeing enemies or hide from the battlefield.
Skill XNUMX - Dance of Death
Karina starts spinning with her double blades and inflicts great magic damage surrounding enemies. This skill is very important in teamfights as you can deal damage to multiple enemies at the same time. This is the main skill that allows the character to deal a lot of damage, as it has a fast cooldown.
Ultimate - Shadow Attack
Karina attacks an enemy hero, dealing massive one-time magic damage. Plus she puts a T on hima label, which lasts up to 5 seconds. The cooldown of the skill will be reset if the hero with the shadow mark dies during this time. This allows you to quickly kill several enemies at once.
When used repeatedly, Karina quickly moves to the place where she is shadow mark, and deals magic damage to all enemies in its path. When used correctly, the ultimate can kill the entire enemy team.
Skill Combo
After the latest updates, it will take more time to learn how to play Karina flawlessly. Below is the main combination of skills that will allow you to deal the maximum possible damage.
- First Skillto increase your movement speed.
- Use twice normal basic attack.
- Second Abilityto deal great magic damage.
- Finish off the enemy regular attacksand then repeat the cycle.
You can use the ultimate if you can’t catch up with the enemy, or he has a small amount of health. If the enemy manages to survive, be sure to pursue and finish him offso that the ultimate ability recharges instantly.
The order of leveling skills
| First Skill | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| Second skill | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Ultimate | 4 | 8 | 12 | — | — | — |
Level up the first ability first, as it provides increased movement speed and allows you to farm faster. Ultimate should be upgraded whenever possible, as it deals massive damage to a single target.
Best Emblems
Perfect for Karina Mage emblemswhich are worth using. As your main talent, use Lethal ignition. It will deal additional damage to enemies on multiple hits.
- The gap.
- Absorption of life.
- Lethal ignition.
You can also use killer emblems. They will give adaptive penetration, increase movement speed and increase attack power.
- The gap.
- Experienced hunter.
- Killer feast.
Suitable spell
Retribution - best suited for Karina. This hero is most often played in the jungle, so there can be no other options. It will help her to quickly kill jungle creeps and get a lot of gold. Also, retribution will allow you to finish off Turtle и Lordwhich is very important for the whole team.
Best pick and counter picks
This table shows the heroes against which Karina will very strong, as well as characters that are a counter pick and will not allow it is normal to pump and farm.
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Actual builds
Below are the top builds for Karina for various gaming situations.
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- Icestalker's Boots - magical penetration.
- Starlium Scythe - mana regeneration, skill cooldown reduction, increased damage.
- Concentrated Energy - lowers the enemy's magic defense.
- sacred crystal - magical vampirism, restoring health after killing or helping.
- bloody wings - A significant increase in magical power.
- Immortality - the possibility of resurrection on the battlefield.
Situational Items:
- Wand of genius.
- divine sword.
How to play Karina
It should be noted that while playing as Karina, it is better to use Ice Retribution, as it steals the movement speed of enemies and increases its speed. The gameplay can be divided into three stages, so further we will consider the game for the character on each of them. The hero must constantly roam and help the team.
Beginning of the game
Pick up at the start of the game Red and blue buff. To improve retribution, you must kill 5 creeps or monsters. After that, keep destroying the jungle minions until you get level 4 and unlock the ultimate. You need to help your teammate in the mid lane and try to kill the enemy mage. Also, do not forget about the line of gold and try to destroy the shooter. When the first Turtle appears, you should definitely get its buff.
Mid game
In the middle of the game, keep moving through different lanes and pick up forest monsters. This can help you get more experience and gold. At this stage, you need to try to be more aggressive, take the enemy forest and kill shooters, assassins and mages. Karina can become the main target of enemy heroes, so you should be careful. After eliminating the opponents, return to the forest and kill the forest monsters to activate retribution.
late game
At this stage, you need to be very careful, because Karina - murderer. Therefore, she is not built to take a lot of damage unless defensive items have been collected. You have to wait for tanks or teammates to start the fight before she can rush in and do a lot of damage. Remember that Karina is at her best in the early to mid game.
Pros and cons of Karina
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The updated Karina is without a doubt much better than the previous variant thanks to her improved abilities. With a little practice, you can become a dangerous opponent and win much more often. This hero is great for upgrading rank in ranked matches.
What is used instead of absorption? No absorption.
If the teammates are, to put it mildly, stupid, then Karina will not pull out the rating rink in solo. Therefore, no solo game in the rate
And what kind of artifacts that are cheap, why are they worth taking? Or take nothing at all until you get the right equipment
If you have chosen a build to build before a match, the game will offer to buy cheap items that make up the main build items. Therefore, yes, they are worth buying in order to collect the main item from them.
WHAT IS BUFF?!
WHAT IS THE BLUE BUFF, WHAT IS THE RED BUFF?!
Explain to me what is the focus here !!!!
Buffs are power-ups. They can be obtained by killing monsters in the forest. One of them gives a red buff (a red circle is spinning around the hero), the other is blue (a blue circle).
The blue buff is a snake, and the red one is a monster with horns :)
Minuses Ultimate can be used several times in a row, I understand this is Karina's minus?
No, of course, this is a plus of the hero. Thank you for noticing the error.
And how to update the shadow attack for the quest?
This quest involves using the ultimate at least 3 times in 10 seconds (in other words, you need to kill the heroes with the ultimate so that it immediately recharges and use it again). And such cycles need 5.