Katherine

* Katherine
* Mage TA
* Rouge Mary
* Magician
* Reverie
* Prorector

Katherine is an unlockable character in Otherworld Legends. In the Living Room, she can be found sitting at a separate table alongside Quan Huying and Hillding. To unlock her, you must buy her in the Living Room Shop at the cost of 80 Sapphires or $1.99 USD or equivalent.

## Overall

    Katherine is known for spells with very good crowd control abilities and decent power. She has extremely high shield, the highest in the game, but low health, meaning you must rely more on dodging and shield regeneration than on Health Potions. She has the slowest movement speed, but this does not mean she is sluggish: she can move around very effectively due to teleportation instead of regular rolling. Her moves are also quite good at hitting enemies vertically and diagonally, meaning you can hit enemies with less fear of being hit back, since most enemies attack horizontally.

She has the interesting gimmick of changing her default attack depending on which skills she has equipped, meaning choosing a good skill set is even more crucial when playing as her.

## Skills

***Note that all used damage numbers are the default values (damage stat=10) and scale with the damage stat.***

* **Default attack:** Independently to what skills Katherine has equipped, using a default attack will deal 2 damage to enemies very close by as she swings her wand. Katherine receives small amounts of recoil for each wand swing. Aside from that, Katherine's default attack gains an additional effect depending on what skill she has equipped. The skill in the primary slot adds an additional default attack while the skill in the secondary slot improves the default attack in a set way. Here are the effects of equipping all skills on Katherine's default attack:
	+ **Infernal Lotus**
		- Primary: Katherine's default attack becomes a short-ranged 7-damage blast of flame with low damage and high knockback, mostly useful for pushing enemies away a bit.
		- Secondary: Katherine's default attack gets a chance to apply fire to enemies on hit.
		- If the Fire Elf is equipped, the flame's attack range increases significantly.
	+ **Glacial Storm**
		- Primary: Upon using the default attack, Katherine summons an ice shard that orbits around her for a set amount of time, inflicting 2 damage and no stun. If the move is used multiple times, its effect will stack, causing multiple shards to orbit around her. There is a limit to how many shards can be active at once. The move's range is very short.
		- Secondary: Katherine's default attack slows enemies for 1 second and gets a low chance to freeze them for 2 seconds.
		- If the Ice Elf is equipped, Katherine can have one more shard active at any time.
	+ **Thunder Strike**
		- Primary: Katherine's default attack becomes a bolt of chain lightning dealing 10 damage to the target and 10 more to a nearby target. This attack has long range and never misses. This bolt can travel through obstacles.
		- Secondary: Katherine's default attack stuns enemies for a longer duration. This gives her ice normal attack the ability to stun.
		- If the Thunder Elf is equipped, the bolt can chain onto one more enemy.
	+ Equipping the Elf King provides the elf buff to all default attack types.
* **Roll:** When rolling, Katherine teleports a long distance in a straight line. The roll travels in the last direction the joystick was held in and has generous invincibility frames, making it easier to move around and dodge attacks as this supposedly slow character. This move's roll distance is not affected by her movement or attack speed.
* **Infernal Lotus:** When the skill is used, Katherine summons a fireball in front of her that travels in a straight line and can go above semisolid objects. When crashing against an enemy or solid object or if it simply travels for too long, the fireball explodes, dealing 40 damage to all enemies caught in the rather large blast radius. If you hold the joystick making a diagonal while casting the skill, the fireball can be shot in an upwards or downwards diagonal for more precise shots. This also applies to all the move's skill styles except for its second style. **Cooldown: 4 seconds .** Skill Styles:
	+ **Blazing Nova:** The fireball explosive radius is increased by 50%.
	+ **Orb of Fire:** The skill's cooldown is reduced to 1.5 seconds and the skill can now stack up to four uses. When the skill button is pressed, all skill uses are consumed and a number of magma balls equal to the number of skill charges drop onto the ground. After they are in position, any enemy that touches the balls will detonate them, dealing hefty damage onto a decent area of effect. The magma balls blow up over time if left alone.
	+ **Shooting Star:** This skill causes a meteor to fall from the sky, dealing 30 damage and casting a circle of fire around it. Any enemies that step in the fiery zone will take 2 damage per tick several times a second. The meteor acts as a semisolid object. After 5 seconds or when the meteor is hit by an enemy, it will explode, dealing 40 damage and causing the fire around it to disappear. The skill's cooldown is extended from 4 seconds to 6.
* **Glacial Storm:** When the skill is used, a blizzard appears on Katherine's current position and lasts for 6 seconds. All enemies that stay inside the blizzard take 4 damage per tick over time and are slowed (the slow effect lasts 1 second after the enemy leaves the blizzard), and will freeze up for 2 seconds if they stay in the blizzard too long. **Cooldown: 10 seconds.** Skill Styles:
	+ **Hail Volley:** Increases the skill's damage by 50%. Ice spikes drop down during the skill for cosmetic effect.
	+ **Sync Control:** The blizzard moves around along with Katherine, where she is always in its center. This style is great if you are in danger, because you can move freely to dodge ranged attacks while the slow and freeze will keep melee enemies away from you.
	+ **Cleanse Ritual:** After the blizzard is over, a large temporary snowflake mark appears on the ground in the blizzard's position, which deals 6 damage to all enemies that stand inside it. It lasts for ~4,5 seconds.
* **Thunder Strike:** When the skill is used, an area appears around Katherine. Lighting strikes the ground at regular intervals, hitting the enemy inside the area that is closest to Katherine. Each bolt deals 10 damage. If there are no valid targets, lighting strikes in front of Katherine. The area lasts for ~3,5 seconds, dropping 10 lightning bolts. If Katherine's attack speed is increased, the skill's duration is not shortened, but more lightning bolts will drop. Katherine is unable to move during the skill's duration. **Skill cooldown: 8 seconds.** Skill Styles:
	+ **Lightning Circuit:** The skill area is increased by 50%, allowing you to hit enemies from further away.
	+ **Thunderstorm:** The rate at which lightning falls is increased, also increasing the skill's total damage due to more lightning bolts dropping down.
	+ **Rumbling Wrath:** When an enemy hits you they gain a lightning mark. If a second enemy hits you, the lightning mark will transfer to the new assailant. When a marked enemy is targeted by the skill, a second bolt will fall on it after each attack, doubling the number of hits.

## Skins

* **Mage Teacher Assistant (unlocked at the Living Room Shop):**

* **Skin Effects;**
	+ Default attacks become sparkly with yellow stars particles around.
		- **1st skill default attack:** Have a little mix of blue flames with normal orange flames.
		- **2nd skill default attack:** Creates spinning white stars around the character with blue trails.
		- **3rd skill default attack:** The lightning's color is changed to yellow.
	+ **The 1st Skill (Infernal Lotus)**: Blue flames effect are mixed into the fire.
		- All of the styles looks similar to the default style, with little to no changes at all.
	+ **The 2nd Skill (Glacial Tempest)**: Blue colored stars fall from the sky.
		- **1st style:** Bigger yellow and purple stars falls along with the hail.
		- **2nd style:** Same as the default style.
		- **3rd style:** The snowflake becomes a runic circle of ice.
	+ **The 3rd Skill (Thunder Strike)**: The area where lightning strikes becomes a runic yellow lightning circle.
		- All of the styles looks similar to the default style, with little to no changes at all.
	+ Leaves behind many multicolored stars after performing the dodge.

* **Rouge Mary (unlocked at the Living Room Shop):**

* **Skin Effects:**
	+ All default attacks send out a small amount of petals.
		- **1st skill default attack:** The fires are lightly changed compared to the default skin.
		- **2nd skill default attack:** Flock of feathers are released to spin around the character, along with sparkly effects.
		- **3rd skill default attack:** The lightning's color is changed to yellow.
	+ **The 1st Skill (Infernal Lotus)**: Fires a burning tea kettle.
		- **1st style:** Same as the default style.
		- **2nd style:** Releases a bunch of burning candles.
		- **3rd style:** Summons a grandfather clock. The area around the clock sparkles along with rose petals instead of burning, and the clock explodes into a ton of pieces when the skill's duration ends.
	+ **The 2nd Skill (Glacial Tempest)**: Makes a sparkly shower of rose petals.
		- **1st style:** Makes hearts rain down along with rose petals as well.
		- **2nd style:** Same as the default style.
		- **3rd style:** Makes a magic circle appear on the ground, with all kinds of drawings on the outer circles.
	+ **The 3rd Skill (Thunder Strike)**: Makes a lime-colored magic circle around Katherine with all sorts of drawings on its sides. The lightning takes on a drastically different appearance.
		- All of the styles looks similar to the default style, with little to no changes at all.
	+ Releases a bunch of sparkles and rose petals after performing the dodge.
* **Magician (unlocked at the Living Room Shop):**

* **Skin Effects:**
	+ The default attack releases a small amount of purple and yellow sparkles.
		- **1st skill default attack:** The orange flames are now replaced with purple flames.
		- **2nd skill default attack:** Summons spinning cards around the character.
		- **3rd skill default attack:** The lightning is now purple and dark colored.
	+ **The 1st Skill (Infernal Lotus)**: Fires a spinning mystery box, leaving behind Heart, Diamond, Clubs and Spades trails that are commonly seen in card games.
		- **1st style:** Same as the default style.
		- **2nd style:** Drops multiple hats that are radiating purple light, bursting into a purple explosion after the skill is triggered or the duration ends.
		- **3rd style:** Summons a golden and dark box with purple flames around the box, later exploding into different parts after the skill's duration ends. This box is usually seen in many different magician's show, commonly associated with the "saw person in half" tricks.
	+ **The 2nd Skill (Giacial Tempest)**: Summons a hail of falling cards, along with yellow sparkle effects.
		- **1st style:** Cards' symbols also falls with the hail, each breaking into different shards when hitting the ground.
		- **2nd style:** Same as the default style.
		- **3rd style:** Leaves behind a spinning magic circle with 4 smaller circles within that contains the symbols of Heart, Diamond, Clubs and Spades respectively.
	+ **The 3rd Skill (Thunder Strike)**: Summons a dark colored magic circle with 4 smaller circles within that contains the symbols of Heart, Diamond, Clubs and Spades, similarly to the 3rd style of the Glacial Tempest skill. The lightning's theme is now dark and purple, giving it a mysterious and ominous vibe.
		- All of the styles looks similar to the default style, with little to no changes at all.
	+ After dodging, leaves behind a bunch of sparkling cards that slowly disappears.

* **Reverie (unlocked at the Mirage Supreme Pass):**

* **Skin Effects:**
	+ The default attack effects:
		- **1st skill default attack:** The flames' effects are now more rough-looking, similarly to the fire effects of the bosses: *Flame Crusader* and *Dahana-Gharo* from Ashburn Revoir / Simulation Skirmish.
		- **2nd skill default attack:** Summon blue blades that spins around the character, including a freezing forcefield that surrounds the player until the spinning blades' duration ends.
		- **3rd skill default attack:** Forms a small orb in front of the character, then release a blue colored lightning, the lightning looks more smooth and less intense than other skins.
	+ **The 1st Skill (Infernal Lotus)**: Fires a burning talisman that explode upon impact.
		- **1st style:** Same as the default style.
		- **2nd style:** Drops multiple talismans that slowly spins around and explode after the skill's duration ends, or coming into contact with an enemies.
		- **3rd style:** Summons a big burning gourd with a blue ribbon tied to it. Explodes into pieces after the skill's duration ends.
	+ **The 2nd Skill (Glacial Tempest)**: Summons many icicle swords that descend from the sky, stabbing into the ground with a slightly curved angle.
		- **1st style:** Less swords are summoned, but the details and size are increased, followed with a freezing mist-like effect after the swords stabs into the ground, disappearing right after.
		- **2nd style:** Same as the default style, but the angle of the swords are stabbed straight into the ground instead of being slightly curved.
		- **3rd style:** After the hail, a giant blue sword descend from the sky and stabs into the ground, forming a spinning yin-yang magic circle.
	+ **The 3rd Skill (Thunder Strike)**: Forms a yin-yang magic circle with mystical atmosphere and clouds around the character during the skill's duration. The lightning when strikes, takes on a more refined shape, almost like a trident or a river's currents movement.
		- All of the styles looks similar to the default style, with little to no changes at all.
	+ After dodging, leaves behind a bunch of cloud effects, similar to the default skin.
	+ When casting skills, Katherine spins her staff around. *(Which is different from other skins, where it only shows her holding her wand)*

* **Prorector (unlocked at the the Living Room Shop):**

* **Lobby Appearance:** When sitting in the Living Room, Katherine are shown reading newspaper with circular magic effects radiating off of her newspaper.
* **Skin Effects:**
	+ The default attack have small light blue sparkles when swung around.
		- **1st skill default attack:** Forms 2 orange, after which fire is released from it, the fire's effects are quite similar to Elf King's fire effect.
		- **2nd skill default attack:** Summons stars that flies around the character and forms a five-pointed star shape.
		- **3rd skill default attack:** Releases curving lightning bolts that strikes the target. The lightning bolt's colors are white with pink outlines.
	+ **The 1st Skill (Infernal Lotus)**: Fires a burning magma ball that looks identical to the sun. The fireball then expands into a big burst of flame, similarly to Dahana-Gharo's attacks from Ashburn Revoir / Simulation Skirmish.
		- All of the styles looks similar to the default style, with little to no changes at all.
	+ **The 2nd Skill (Glacial Tempest)**: Summons a rain of shooting stars that falls onto the ground. Similarly to Aigneis' Plenilune with Meteor Shower Combat Arts.
		- **1st and 2nd style:** Same as the default style.
		- **3rd style:** Leaves behind a magic circle with the shape of a six-pointed star.
	+ **The 3rd Skill (Thunder Strike)**: Summons a magic circle with many different phases of moon that lays in a circle around the circle, including stars in the middle.
		- All of the styles looks similar to the default style, with little to no changes at all.
	+ Leaves behind a trail of many different star signs that are commonly seen in astrology when dodging.
* **Premium Skin Effect**: When the skin is equipped, the **3rd skill (Thunder Strike)** have an increased area-of-effect, including more damage, but lightning strikes less often.

## Trivia

* Katherine is mentioned to be from the continent southwest of Elfland separated by a sea. Since Akaisha is said to be from Elfland and we know she is also Irish due to her name, clothing and skills, it would make sense to think that Elfland is in some remote area of Ireland. Strangely, there is no country to the southwest of Ireland, but the closest land piece to the southeast is the island of Great Britain. Due to her looks, it would not be far-fetched to think Katherine is British, despite the fact that it is southeast of Ireland and not southwest.
* According to the developers. Katherine wasn't planned to be part of the game, she was a response to players complaining that the game was too difficult, that's why she's the undeniably the easiest and strongest hero to use.
* When the ‘Mage Teacher Assistant’ was added the sprite when casting her ‘Lightning’ skill the outer circle said ‘Fuck You’, this was later patched in the next update.