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Role: Assassin – Gold: 32000$ | 599 Diamond
Specialty: Reap/Magic Damage
Lane: Jungle
Hero Tier: A
Movement SPD: 260 | Physical Attack: 121 |
Magic Power: 0 | Physical Defense: 20 |
Magical Defense: 10 | HP: 2633 |
Mana: 431 | Attack Speed: 0.9 |
Hp Regen: 7.8 | Mana Regen: 3.2 |
Karina Spells Build
- Retribution
- Ice Retribution
Karina Items Build
Jungle
- Shadow Twinblades
- Ice Hunter’s Arcane Boots
- Calamity Reaper
- Concentrated Energy
- Holy Crystal
- Blood Wings
Burst
- Shadow Twinblades
- Arcane Boots
- Calamity Reaper
- Lightning Truncheon
- Genius Wand
- Blood Wings
Sustained DPS
- Shadow Twinblades
- Arcane Boots
- Calamity Reaper
- Concentrated Energy
- Blood Wings
- Winter Truncheon
Pro Build (Recommend)
- Arcane Boots
- Calamity Reaper
- Genius Wand
- Concentrated Energy
- Divine Glaive
- Winter Truncheon
Karina Emblems Build
- Mage
Karina Mage emblems set:

Karina Skill Order
Skill Order: Skill 2 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 1.
![]() Dance of Blades | ||
![]() Dance of Death | ||
![]() ![]() Shadow Assault |
Effects from skills’s Karina:
Passive (Shadow Combo): Buff.
Skill 1 (Dance of Blades): Buff, Speed Up | Type: Magic Basic ATK.
Skill 2 (Dance of Death): AoE | Type: Magic Skill.
Skill 3 (Shadow Assault): Burst, Blink | Type: Magic Skill/Blink.
Karina Combo
These are the basic combos for Karina, I hope you’ll do well with it.
Combo 1: Skill 1 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 3 -> AA -> Skill 2.
Dance of Blades ->
Shadow Assault ->
Shadow Assault -> AA ->
Dance of Death
Combo 2: Skill 1 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 2 -> Skill 3 -> AA.
Dance of Blades ->
Shadow Assault ->
Dance of Death ->
Shadow Assault -> AA
Karina Pros & Cons
Pros | Cons |
---|---|
+ Easy to use. + Has high burst damage. + Is a great killing machine. + Best hero counter marksman and mage. + High mobility. + Fast cooldown skill. + Excellent in kill streaks, especially in team fights. + Once she jungles enough, she can be a threat to any hero going alone | – Proper use of immune. – Very dependent on the team. – Weak againt opponent crowd control. – Single target attacks. – Little durability. – Must consider before acting. – A rarely used hero due to her hard poking by players. – Highly vulnerable in early-mid game. |
Karina’s Rival & Teammates
Karina is strong against: Miya, Nana, Layla, Clint, Zilong.
Karina is weak against: Fanny, Ruby, Akai, Eudora, Natalia.
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Karina must team up with: Selena + Eudora
Karina Play Strategy
Karina is an Assassin has high burst damage, mobility and fast cooldown skill. You can use Karina for Jungle.

Spells are suitable for Karina:
Using spell Retribution for Karina jungle.
Update: Retribution -> Ice Retribution
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Items are suitable for Karina:
Magic Items:
Movement Items:
If you like Karina jungle you can use combo items: Shadow Twinblades, Ice Hunter’s Arcane Boots, Calamity Reaper, Concentrated_Energy, Holy Crystal, Blood Wings.
If you like Karina burst you can use combo items: Shadow Twinblades, Arcane Boots, Calamity Reaper, Lightning Truncheon, Genius Wand, Blood Wings.
If you like Karina sustained DPS you can use combo items: Shadow Twinblades, Arcane Boots, Calamity Reaper, Concentrated Energy, Blood Wings, Winter Truncheon.
If you like Karina pro build you can use combo items: Arcane Boots, Calamity Reaper, Genius Wand, Concentrated Energy, Divine Glaive, Winter Truncheon.
Emblems are suitable for Karina:
Mage emblems set:
- Magical PEN: +13.5.
- Magic Power: +17.
- Cooldown Reduction: 5%.
- Magical Lifesteal: +5%.
- Movement SPD: +2%.
Best lane for Karina:

Lane | Prioritize |
---|---|
Exp Lane | |
Jungle | X |
Mid Lane | |
Gold Lane | |
Roam |
Win/Ban/Pick Rate for Karina:
- Win Rate: 49.87%.
- Pick Rate: 0.38%.
- Ban Rate: 0.04%.
Karina best for rank:
![]() Warrior | ![]() Elite | ![]() Master |
![]() Grandmaster | ![]() Epic | ![]() Legend |
How to play Karina:
Karina is an excellent pick for players who want to play an aggressive assassin role and deal high amounts of burst damage to enemies.
Use skill 1 (Dance of Blades) to increases her Movement Speed by 45% and blocks all Basic Attacks.Use skill 2 (Dance of Death) to deal AoE damage.
Use skill 3 (Shadow Assault) to quickly take down enemy heroes.
Tactics:
Early game (level 1-7): Karina is relatively weak and vulnerable to enemy attacks. She should focus on farming and gaining experience to level up quickly.
Mid game (level 8-12): Karina should focus on building her core items to increase her damage output and mobility. During team fights, she can use her ultimate ability to quickly burst down enemy heroes.
Late game (level 13+): Karina becomes a deadly assassin who can quickly eliminate enemy heroes in team fights. She should target enemy heroes who are out of position or low on health to quickly secure kills for her team.
Karina Skills
- Shadow Combo
- Dance of Blades
- Dance of Death
- Shadow Assault
- Shadow Assault
Passive – Shadow Combo
Karina’s third attack on the same target deals extra True Damage equal to 7 (+2% Total Magic Power)% of their lost HP plus 50. If the target is an enemy hero, her non-Ultimate skills’ cooldowns will be reduced by 1.5 seconds.
Karina deals up to 2000 True Damage to creeps.
Skill 1 – Dance of Blades
Karina keeps flourishing her twin blades as she enters the Dance of Blades state for up to 3.5 seconds. In this state, she increases her Movement Speed by 45% and blocks all Basic Attacks, dealing 100–200 (+30% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage at the attacker (throwing a Shadowblade if hit by a ranged attack, or launching a spinning slash at melee attackers. This effect has a built-in cooldown of 0.4 seconds).
Karina’s Basic Attacks and Shadow Assault end Dance of Blades, but make her next Basic Attack deal 180–255 (+55% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage and inflict 45% slow effects for 1 second.
Skill 2 – Dance of Death
Karina brandishes her twin blades, dealing 375–600 (+125% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to surrounding enemies.
Skill 3 – Shadow Assault
Karina charges at the enemy hero, dealing 450–750 (+160% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage and inflicting a Shadow Mark upon it and leaving a Shadowform behind it, both lasting 5 seconds. This skill’s cooldown is reset when a target with Shadow Mark dies.
Use Again: Karina rapidly travels over to the Shadowform’s location, dealing 150–250 (+50% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to all enemies in her path.
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