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Katarina's Awful State

Playsslaw·5/5/2016, 2:40:55 PM·2 votes·741 views

So Riot continue to attempt to buff champions, throw out reworks, and even small visual updates for champions that have been out longer then most. Which don't get me wrong! It's a really good thing! But what i don't understand is why they are buffing the champions to the extent that they are. We saw this at first hand with the god forasken juggernaut rework; Darius healing all his health back with a Q, being able to sustain in lane forever with a low costing Q. Fiora targeting someone in a team fight with low HP, ulting them, and healing her team for 5 seconds straight. And then it got worse from there. So tell me exactly, why does Riot insist on breaking champions but insisted on nerfing Katarina to the ground. As an old Kat main i can't even pick my favorite champ anymore because the moment i do i'm going to get countered by 98% of the league cast. Sure she just got a 'buff' which was mostly just Riot removing the damage reduction on bouncing blade hit... but what does that do really? The only real way for Katarina to survive in lane is to start boots, last hit with Q, chug pots, and hope you don't get destroyed by the enemy jungler or your GARENteed counter opponent. An early game reliant champion got her HP pool reduced DRAMATICALLY, her early game phase was already bad enough....why the nerf. I could keep this going on and on but i'm sure those of you taking the time to reading this actually don't care, but what I'm saying is: Katarina is in need of a SERIOUS rework, and or buffs. Actually just rework the poor thing, buffing her is only going to make her be uncontrollable and face more nerfs in the near future.

8 Comments

Dedrius5/5/2016, 2:54:44 PM2 votes

I mained Kat last season and got to diamond doing so. Is katarina the best champion to one trick pony? No, in my experience doing it she loses some matchups way to hard and is countered too easily. However does that mean she is in a bad state? Not really. She has pretty defined strengths (Teamfighting, Resets) and weaknesses (Laning, Easily countered by CC) in my opinion.

Riot doesn't want to touch Katarina to make her top tier because it is very easy for a champion with resets to fall off the cliff of balance and just shit on everyone with one change. She isn't in the best spot ill admit, but she is still very playable. Might be some updates with the assassin rework most likely coming next.

Hyperiön5/5/2016, 2:42:59 PM1 votes

Really? you must be a bad Kat main if you think she was gutted because of buffing the other champions. Kat is the snowballiest champ in the game probably, but you probably don't abuse that fact. So what if she is melee? She has huge bust, and escape, AoE, and Resets out the ass, what else do you want from Riot.

Lugg5/5/2016, 2:50:47 PM1 votes

Kat isn't awful at all. Probably the only champ in the game that snowballs harder than her is Talon. If you get a kill up in lane, you have won lane right then and there unless you screw up. Plus she has some of the best roaming ganks in the game. The hard part with her is knowing when to ult in a teamfight. If you ult at the wrong time, you get blown up.