Kana

Meet Kana, a high-mobility damage and support hybrid hero in Sparkball. She's all about diving into the enemy backline, disrupting their plans, and healing her allies. With the right damage items, Kana becomes a force to be reckoned with.

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Abilities Overview

Chef De Cuisine

Chef de Cuisine (Left Click)

Kana swings her sword in an arc, dealing damage to enemies in front of her.

Every fifth basic attack against the same target, she tosses a meal to the lowest-health ally. The meal heals them and boosts their movement speed.

Kana also gains Compliments to the Chef, increasing her attack power for a short duration. This buff stacks up to 3 times.

Tips:

• Focus on constantly attacking to generate meals and keep your allies buffed.

• Maintaining the Compliments to the Chef buff lets Kana scale into a respectable damage threat over time

Skillet Shot

Skillet Shot (Right Click)

Kana throws her skillet, dealing damage and slowing the first enemy hit.

Enemies below 33% health take bonus damage.

Tips:

• Use it as a poke tool or to finish off low-health targets.

• The slow helps Kana set up autos or follow-up abilities, especially when chasing.

Dash of Seasoning

Dash of Spice (Space Bar)

Kana dashes in the targeted direction, dealing damage to all enemies she passes through.

Tips:

• Use it to engage onto backliners, dodge skillshots, or quickly reposition in chaotic fights.

• It’s also useful for chasing down targets or escaping sticky situations.

Order Up!

Order Up! (Q)

Kana blocks the next attack or spell. If struck, she dashes to the attacker and unleashes a cleaving slash that damages enemies in an area.

Tips:

• Use it to block crowd control, interrupt critical abilities, or gap-close against ranged enemies.

• Great tool for initiating trades or punishing telegraphed abilities.

Sashimichanga

Sashimichanga (Ultimate - R)

Kana summons Kensu and their legendary food truck, Sashimichanga, to her location. The truck damages and knocks up enemies on arrival, and drops healing meals in the area.

Kana may recast the ability to send the truck forward, damaging enemies along its path.

Tips:

• Don’t recast too early—let the healing aura benefit your team before sending the truck forward.

• The arrival knock-up is great for peeling or initiating.

• Recast can be used for zone denial or sniping a retreating enemy.

Ballin' and Brawlin'

Keep the Heat On: Combo Through the Kitchen

• Chef de Cuisine rewards consistent pressure with healing and scaling attack power. When sticking to a priority target, you’ll dish out meals and bonus DPS—keep attacking to keep cooking.

• Dash of Seasoning lets you dive in and out with ease. Chain this with Skillet Shot to apply a slow, land basic attacks, and trigger a meal delivery before slipping away.

• Sustain through aggression: the more pressure you apply, the more value you generate through heals, buffs, and damage.

Offense & Defense: Pressure, Peel, and Poke

Dish Out Pressure

• Skillet Shot slows priority targets and becomes a deadly finisher on low-health enemies. Use it early in trades or to pick off wounded backliners.

• Dash of Seasoning is your way to carve through the enemy frontline to reach vulnerable targets, or reposition mid-fight to apply pressure from unexpected angles.

• Build pressure with Chef de Cuisine by focusing on a single target, trigger meal procs while scaling Kana’s damage output via Compliments to the Chef.

• Pair aggression with smart exits. High burst mobility allows Kana to strike and vanish, leaving enemies scattered or baited into bad chases.

Soften the Threat

• Order Up! is your firewall. Time it to block crowd control or projectiles, then counter-dash into squishy attackers and apply AoE damage. This stops dives cold and flips pressure back onto them.

• Chef de Cuisine becomes passive sustain in long standoffs—by continuing to attack safely, you’ll drip-feed heals to your allies.

• Skillet Shot is also a powerful tool for controlling space—land a slow on flankers or intercept ball carriers to shut down enemy rotations.

• Use Dash of Seasoning to intercept passes, body-block shots, or instantly reposition to cover a vulnerable ally.

• Finish defensive holds with a smartly placed Order Up!—denying kills while giving your team a chance to collapse.

Positioning is the Plate

• Dash of Seasoning is both an entry and exit. Use it to dive in for procs, then reposition before enemies can retaliate.

• Skillet Shot opens fights from range—poke, apply a slow, and create space.

• Order Up! is reactive but deadly. Save it to counter known threats like telegraphed crowd control or burst abilities.

• Overcommitting is a quick death. Play just outside danger range, threaten the enemy backline, and reset when your cooldowns are spent.

Food Truck Frenzy: Ultimate Impact

• Sashimichanga knocks enemies up and creates a persistent healing zone. Use it to secure objectives or displace grouped opponents.

• Don’t rush the recast—maximize healing uptime by keeping the truck active while your team brawls.

• Use the second cast to chase down stragglers or block retreats during goal defenses.

• Timed well with allied ultimates, Sashimichanga can create wombo-combo windows that swing entire teamfights.

Playstyle Summary

Kana thrives on momentum, mobility, and disruption. She’s a hybrid bruiser-support who thrives in the midline, darting in to harass, support, and dismantle enemy formations—then slipping out before they can retaliate. When piloted smartly, Kana controls tempo and positioning while keeping her allies sustained.

Kana’s job is to:

• Sustain allies through Chef de Cuisine, generating meal drops mid-fight while scaling her own damage

• Disrupt enemy formations with Skillet Shot slows, burst finishes, and precision engages

• Absorb pressure or punish initiations with Order Up!, turning enemy aggression into a counterstrike

• Set the pace of teamfights through constant repositioning with Dash of Seasoning, slipping through lines to harass the backline or protect her own

• Control the battlefield with Sashimichanga, creating massive zone control, combo potential, and teamwide sustain when timed right

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Itemization

Kana's item builds are designed to enhance her damage output, healing abilities, and survivability. Starting with the Striker (offensive) armband is recommended. These item builds will help you maximize Kana's potential and make the most of her abilities.

CULINARY CUTTHROAT
CLOSING TIME	OLE’ ZAPPY	BEEF SLICER	LAST CALL
Damaging a hero below a certain HP threshold executes them, granting a speed buff and bonus ultimate energy.	Quick successive basic attacks trigger a lightning bolt that deals damage and chains between enemies.	Deals bonus damage based on the target's max HP.	Taking damage below 30% health grants you a shield and bonus life steal.
+AD, +Movement Speed	+AD, +Life Steal, +CDR, +Movement Speed	+AD, +Life Steal	+AD, +Life Steal, +Movement Speed

GOLIATH SLICER
OLE’ ZAPPY	BEEF SLICER	THE WUNDERSUNDER	CLOSING TIME
Quick successive basic attacks trigger a lightning bolt that deals damage and chains between enemies.	Deals bonus damage based on the target's max HP.	Dealing ability damage to enemies reduces their armor significantly.	Damaging a hero below a certain HP threshold executes them, granting a speed buff and bonus ultimate energy.
+AD, +Life Steal, +CDR, +Movement Speed	+AD, +Life Steal	+Attack Damage, +Cooldown Reduction	+AD, +Movement Speed

BOLD BRAWLER
CLOSING TIME	LAST CALL	BIG CHUNGUS	OLE’ ZAPPY
Damaging an enemy hero below a certain HP threshold executes them, granting a speed buff and bonus ultimate energy.	Taking damage below 30% health grants you a shield and bonus life steal.	After taking a certain amount of damage without leaving combat, immediately gain armor and size for a short duration.	Quick successive basic attacks trigger a lightning bolt that deals damage and chains between enemies.
+AD, +Movement Speed	+AD, +Life Steal, +Movement Speed	+HP, + HP Regen	+AD, +Life Steal, +CDR, +Movement Speed

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Lore

Inspired by Chef David Kensu's book, "Attaining Flavor Fusion", Kana began her culinary journey in Nueva Seoul. She honed her skills at the renowned fast-food crew, Slingmeat, before launching her own food truck, "Sashimichanga".

Kana's fiery spirit led her to reclaim Kensu's knife, her prize from an underground onion-slicing competition, driving her food truck through the double-dealer's living room and into the sunset.

Her arrival in Sparkadia is shrouded in mystery, but her bold flavor experiments have made her a local sensation. Despite her culinary prowess, Kana is still learning to cater to all tastes, including those of the Machina.

Kana's mission is to discover all flavors - new, old, and imaginary. She's set herself the task of becoming the first interdimensional, pan-galactic master chef.

In her quest for culinary mastery, Kana is not just a chef, but a flavor explorer, boldly venturing into the unknown in search of the next great taste sensation. Whether she's experimenting with exotic ingredients or perfecting classic recipes, Kana's passion for food is infectious. Her food truck, Sashimichanga, has become a beacon for food lovers across Sparkadia, drawing crowds with its tantalizing aromas and innovative dishes. Yet, for all her success, Kana remains humble and focused on her mission: to bring the joy of flavor to everyone she meets.