Lady Katarina build (+Set Item Ring bug)

A useful build for the ranged Lady Katarina and an equally useful Ancestral Set ring bug. You may also use this build on lower lvls without wearing set items.

General description

The build is designed for Katarina, who fights in ranged mode. It is based on electrical damage, the chance of instantly killing the enemy and thereby summoning a crowd of wisp allies which will also fight by your side. It is best to equip items that give a % increase in electrical damage, increase attack speed and critical hit chance. As a result, my Katarina wears the Crimson Terror set and 2 identical rings from another set - the Ancestral Set - from the guide it will be clear why.

You may also use this build on lower lvls without wearing set items.

Stats

Just put absolutely all your stat points into Ethereality, because it increases the electrical damage for one of Katarina's key skills.

Skills

You only need to invest in 6 skills to the maximum possible (you can add extra points through Van Helsing perks that add them to Katarina).

Corpus:

• Wraith frenzy (+20% to attack rate)
  
• Power of vengeance (+80% to damage)
  
• Deathless ferocity (+20% critical chance)

Specter:

• Spirit arc (+% to electrical damage calculated from Ethereality stat)
  
• Touch of death (+6% to kill instantly)
  
• Mirage queen (+60% chance to create a wisp)

Ancestral Set ring bug use

There is a ring in the Ancestral Set and one of its abilities is +12% chance of instant kill when attacking. Ideally, it should only open when all 4 items from this set are equipped, but I found that it is highlighted as active, even if you equip the ring with another set (my Katarina wears the Crimson Terror set). It is also highlighted if you equip it with any other items, not necessarily set items.

My game is not in English and that's why i noticed it, the incription is highlighted in my language. If your game is in English, it will not be highlighted, but the ability still works.



The functionality is easily checked using the build described above - if the ring works, Katarina will kill more enemies and summon more wisps, this will be noticeable.





In total, Katarina gets a +30% chance of instant kill (12% from the ring + 12% from the second ring + 6% from the Touch of Death skill).

This works on regular enemies, champions, and elite enemies. I wouldn't say it's overpowered. It's very useful when playing on high difficulties (after reaching level 100, I play at least on Inhuman Ordeal 3), and the build itself works great without a ring, until the ability to wear set items appears at level 100. In any case, this is provided by the game, the only useful bug is that the ring works without a full set of Ancestral items.