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Movement

First Move

• ▶️ "Everybody move up, move up! Everybody outside get in here!"
• ▶️ "Let’s get this party started."
• ▶️ "Hmph. Well... not the worst venue we’ve ever booked."
• ▶️ Katarina chuckles. "Oh, we are gonna tear this place to the ground."
• ▶️ "C’mon, spread out. Need to get these flyers pasted ASAP."

First Move with Ally FirstBlood

• ▶️ "Time to raise a little hell."
• ▶️ "Let’s get this show on the road. Doors in ten."

First Move with Enemy FirstBlood

• ▶️ "Ugh. Creative differences."

Moving

15 seconds cooldown

• ▶️ "Bruised and bloody... beaten down and muddy."
• ▶️ "Crowd doesn’t wanna move? I’ll make ‘em move."
• ▶️ "This scene ain’t dead yet."
• ▶️ "My parents? Yeah, they hate it." Katarina scoffs. "Good."
• ▶️ "DIY by design."
• ▶️ "Hm. Fortune would get a kick outta this."
• ▶️ "Load it up, girls."
• ▶️ "Turn on, tune in, drop out."
• ▶️ "Check one, check one. CHECK!"
• ▶️ "Ugh, load-in."
• ▶️ "Metal in the morning, metal in the night."
• ▶️ "If I don’t see a circle pit soon, I’m gonna be pissed."
• ▶️ "Come too far to turn back now."
• ▶️ "They wanted another dog under their heel..." Katarina scoffs.
• ▶️ "If I hear 'nepo baby' one more time I’m gonna lose it."
• ▶️ "And nobody expected me to make anything of myself..."
• ▶️ "1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4..."
• ▶️ "Click tracks?" Katarina scoffs. "Spare me."
• ▶️ "Where’s the promoter when you need him?"
• ▶️ "Too still around here."
• ▶️ "C’mon, crank the volume up."
• ▶️ "A good breakdown oughta liven this up."

Long Move

15 seconds cooldown

• ▶️ "I got a long list of people who tried to talk me out of it. Means I got a long list of people to prove wrong."
• ▶️ "'We march for honor, we march for war. We march for the glory we’re told we’re made for...' ha! Not bad."
• ▶️ "The Noxus scene’s been getting stale. Needed a new powerhouse to put us back on the map. No reason that can’t be us."
• ▶️ "Ugh. Never realize how much older you’re getting till you sleep in the tour van."
• ▶️ "I didn’t spend all those years watching my parents schmooze with industry plants to take the easy route. This music is mine."
• ▶️ "Music’s meant to make you feel something. Good music’s meant to get you moving. FirstBlood covers both bases."
• ▶️ "I have no intention of letting FirstBlood slip through the cracks. We have the raw energy to make it without selling out. I know we do."
• ▶️ "We’re still new, but we’ve already made it a lot farther from home than most. I think we can go further."
• ▶️ "FirstBlood started off with a broken nose in a moshpit." Katarina chuckles. "We intend to cause a fair few more of those."
• ▶️ "Hmph. Studio time’s too expensive for me to be wasting it on this kind of nonsense."
• ▶️ "There’s a big difference between a concert, a show, and a gig. And trust me: this right here is a gig."

First Encounter

First Encounter with FirstBlood Miss Fortune

• ▶️ Katarina chuckles. "Well hey there, doll."
• ▶️ "Ooh, you look mad... Good. Channel that."

First Encounter with FirstBlood Samira

• ▶️ "FirstBlood had plenty of 'style' before you joined, you know."
• ▶️ "Hope you play as loud as you dress, Sam."

First Encounter with FirstBlood Rell

• ▶️ "We went out on a limb for you. Don’t make me regret it."
• ▶️ "Keep in time, kiddo, talent still takes practice."

First Encounter with Wild Rush Samira

• ▶️ "Aw, and here I thought you liked us."

First Encounter with K/DA

• ▶️ "Ugh. Talk about overexposure."

First Encounter with Pentakill

• ▶️ "Let me guess: another reunion tour."

First Encounter with True Damage

• ▶️ "You guys are still here?"

First Encounter with HEARTSTEEL

• ▶️ "I know an industry plant when I see one."

Taunt

• ▶️ "Nothing personal about it. I am better than you."

Taunt Response

• ▶️ [sarcastically] "Did that make you happy?"
• ▶️ "Whatever helps you sleep at night."

Joke

• ▶️ "BLEGH!" Katarina coughs. "Ugh. Harder than it looks."
• ▶️ "BLEGH!" Katarina coughs. "Ugh. I need a lozenge."
• ▶️ "BLEGH!" Katarina coughs. "Ugh. Coming down with a sickness."

Joke Response

• ▶️ "You think you’re funny. But in the end, it doesn’t even matter."

Laugh

▶️ Katarina laughs.

Dance

▶️ Music plays.

Attack

Attacking

15 seconds cooldown

• ▶️ "Bring it!"
• ▶️ "Let’s go!"
• ▶️ "Step to me!"
• ▶️ "Get up!"
• ▶️ "Boom!"
• ▶️ "Poser!"
• ▶️ Katarina grunts.
• ▶️ Katarina grunts.
• ▶️ Katarina grunts.
• ▶️ Katarina shouts.

Attacking FirstBlood Miss Fortune

• ▶️ "C’mon, doll, let’s dance!"
• ▶️ "Eyes on me, Fortune!"

Attacking FirstBlood Samira

• ▶️ "You’re falling behind, Samira!"
• ▶️ "Let’s see some speed!"

Attacking FirstBlood Rell

• ▶️ "Groove with me."
• ▶️ "Now kick it up a notch!"

Attacking K/DA

• ▶️ "Give it a rest!"
• ▶️ "Oh, pipe down!"

Attacking Pentakill

• ▶️ "You’re washed up!"
• ▶️ "Time for some new blood."

Attacking True Damage

• ▶️ "It’s not gonna happen!"
• ▶️ "I don’t even remember your name!"

Attacking HEARTSTEEL

• ▶️ "I’ll show you a rockstar!"

Ability Casting

Using Bouncing Blade

50% chance

• ▶️ "Cut, cut, cut you up!"
• ▶️ "Gimme something to break!"
• ▶️ "Match me!"
• ▶️ "Now bounce!"
• ▶️ "Jump!"
• ▶️ Katarina shouts.
• ▶️ Katarina shouts.
• ▶️ Katarina shouts.

Using Preparation

50% chance

• ▶️ "Blegh!"
• ▶️ "Blegh!"
• ▶️ "Oh!"
• ▶️ "Go!"
• ▶️ Katarina growls.
• ▶️ Katarina growls.
• ▶️ Katarina growls.

Using Shunpo

60% chance

• ▶️ A ride cymbal chimes
• ▶️ A ride cymbal chimes
• ▶️ A ride cymbal crashes

Using Death Lotus

• ▶️ "Open this pit up!"
• ▶️ "Lemme see ya two-step!"
• ▶️ "Side to side!"
• ▶️ "Push somebody!"
• ▶️ "Circle pit!"

Kills and Objectives

Killing a Champion

• ▶️ "DIY or die, kid."
• ▶️ "Can we get a medic over here?"
• ▶️ "Hmph. Crowdkilled."
• ▶️ "Tip your bartender."
• ▶️ "Walk on home, boy."
• ▶️ "Better than you."
• ▶️ "Ha! Conquered."
• ▶️ "Hit the floor!"
• ▶️ "How’s that for slam?"
• ▶️ "Punk’s not dead, but you sure are."
• ▶️ "Stay out of the pit, kid."

Killing FirstBlood Miss Fortune

• ▶️ "You’d think you could dodge a crowdkill by now, babe."
• ▶️ "Ooh. She’s gonna be mad when she gets up."

Killing FirstBlood Samira

• ▶️ "Style only gets you so far, Sam."
• ▶️ "How’s that for shredding? Ha!"

Killing FirstBlood Rell

• ▶️ "Take five, kiddo, you’re behind a beat."
• ▶️ "Try it on a click track next time."

Killing Wild Rush Samira

• ▶️ "Priorities, Samira. Tried to warn you."

Killing K/DA

• ▶️ "Sell-out!"

Killing Pentakill

• ▶️ "Looking forward to your final tour... again."

Killing True Damage

• ▶️ "How’s that comeback looking now?"

Killing HEARTSTEEL

• ▶️ "Pfft. One-hit wonders."

Destroying a Turret

• ▶️ "Tear this venue to the ground!"
• ▶️ "That looked pricy."
• ▶️ "Yeah, that’s gonna cost us some drink tickets."
• ▶️ "We don’t do 'pay to play.'"

Scoring a Pentakill

• ▶️ "Let the bodies hit the floor!"
• ▶️ "Don’t call it a comeback!"

Recall

75% chance, 10 seconds cooldown

• ▶️ "We’re gonna take five. But you can buy us a round before the next set."
• ▶️ "Can someone turn me up in the monitor? I can barely hear myself here!"
• ▶️ "I’ll be back at the merch booth after. Come grab a shirt or... something."

Death

Katarina falls over to the sound of microphone feedback.

• ▶️ Katarina groans. "Dammit..."
• ▶️ Katarina groans. "Nobody... saw that..."
• ▶️ Katarina groans. "That’s gonna... ruin the tour..."
• ▶️ Katarina coughs, then groans.

Respawn

75% chance

• ▶️ "If I see that online, you’re all dead."
• ▶️ "Ugh, my shoulder’s gonna feel that tomorrow."
• ▶️ "Alright, alright, walk it off."
• ▶️ "Guess that’s what I get for missing soundcheck."
• ▶️ "Fortune’s never gonna let me hear the end of it..."
• ▶️ "Ugh, I just know Samira caught that on film."

Other Gameplay

Destroying a Ward

25% chance

• ▶️ "Put the damn phone away!"
• ▶️ "Always the damn media."

Receiving a Heal/Shield

25% chance

• ▶️ "Ugh, groupies."
• ▶️ "A street team? I can work with that."
• ▶️ "Hey, I don’t take handouts."

Purchasing from Shop

10% chance

• ▶️ "Nothing in my life is free."

Using a Potion

25% chance

• ▶️ "Next round’s on you."
• ▶️ "Got my drink ticket here... somewhere."
• ▶️ "Eugh. Bottom shelf."

Trivia

FirstBlood Katarina

• Some of this skin's unique quotes reference various metal songs, nu metal in particular.
  • ▶️ "Let's get this party started." references the eponymous Korn song.
  • ▶️ "Bruised and bloody... beaten down and muddy." references the FirstBlood song Noxtorra.
  • ▶️ "Metal in the morning, metal in the night." references the Powerwolf song Catholic in the Morning... Satanist at Night.
  • ▶️ "'We march for honor, we march for war. We march for the glory we're told we're made for...' ha! Not bad." references the FirstBlood song Noxtorra.
  • ▶️ "Nothing personal about it. I am better than you." references the eponymous FirstBlood song.
  • ▶️ "Did that make you happy?" references the Mudvayne song Happy.
  • ▶️ "BLEGH!" Katarina coughs. "Ugh. Coming down with a sickness." references the Disturbed song Down With the Sickness.
  • ▶️ "You think you're funny. But in the end, it doesn't even matter." references the Linkin Park song In the End.
  • ▶️ "Step to me!" references the Five Finger Death Punch song The Way of the Fist.
  • ▶️ "Boom!" may be a reference to the eponymous P.O.D. song.
  • ▶️ "I'll show you a rockstar!" references the HEARTSTEEL song Paranoia.
  • ▶️ "Cut, cut, cut you up!" references the Slipknot song Custer.
  • ▶️ "Gimme something to break!" references the Limp Bizkit song Break Stuff.
  • ▶️ "Walk on home, boy." references the Pantera song Walk.
  • ▶️ "Let the bodies hit the floor!" references the Drowning Pool song Bodies.
  • ▶️ "Don't call it a comeback!" may be a reference to the Five Finger Death Punch cover of LL Cool J song Mama Said Knock You Out.
  • ▶️ "Nothing in my life is free." may be a reference to the Korn song Freak on a Leash.