This is kind of an argument page where I argue against people. But why do people think she is? I know a lot of people who do, but I don't know why, she has counterplay and TONS of horrible matchups.
EDIT: I want people who think kat is op to comment, and everyone else to argue.
EndlessSorcerer3 votesThey don't know how to play against her, take advantage of her weaknesses, or deny her resets during teamfights.
I've seen many people claim that "CC counters everyone so it doesn't count as counterplay against her" and it never gets less idiotic.
10xDoublelift2 votesshes not op just consistently strong since her passive basically resets her cooldowns on kill/assists. as long as mid has cc as does support you are fine if you cc her ult shes pretty useless. once fed though you need to build mr and focus her or youll just lose every teafight
TheDarkDoomLord2 votesshes not op just consistently strong since her passive basically resets her cooldowns on kill/assists. as long as mid has cc as does support you are fine if you cc her ult shes pretty useless. once fed though you need to build mr and focus her or youll just lose every teafight
tru dat
ItsOrval2 votesPeople only think shes op because they dont know how to
A. CC her when she ults B. Camp her lane for easy kills C. Let her get fed to insta kill you with her ult
48983507DEL12 votesThe thing people hate about Katarina is that she can kill people faster than most people can react, then immediately jump to another target before she can be stopped with crowd control. A good Katarina will wait for the perfect time to jump into a fight, like when all their CC is burned or when their squishy targets can be 1 shot to begin her resets. This means that it can be very difficult to deal with her, especially at low elos and/or against teams with a lot of squishy champions who lack crowd control.
Matezoide2 votesI havent seen people complaining about Katarina in a bery long time.
ChaddyFantome1 votesShe isn't OP, really. she is just broken. Hella broken.
She is a resourcesless with low CDs and high as hell scalings.
Her lane pattern is dumb, with her just throwing Q's all day at no cost. Her only drawback is her shit bases, but Talon has the same issue and still needs mana, has a high mana cost on his 1 harass unlike her and has way less mobility and instant burst, as well as snowball potential.
TheDarkDoomLord2 votesShe isn't OP, really. she is just broken. Hella broken.
What makes you say that?
ChaddyFantome2 votesWhat makes you say that?
An OP champ is one that is too strong. A Broken one is one who's kit is just poorly designed and balanced. That is Katarina.
TheDarkDoomLord2 votesAn OP champ is one that is too strong. A Broken one is one who's kit is just poorly designed and balanced. That is Katarina.
If OP what makes her not picked in pros or high elos nearly at all? She can get really strong if fed but most of time she just goes in and dies, unless you do it near perfectly. She is an opportunistic assassin, and against good enemies, will be terrible.
DeathBurst2 votesPrecisely, he's saying she is NOT "OP", she is only "broken", i.e. "poorly designed and hard to balance".
TheDarkDoomLord2 votesShe isn't OP, really. she is just broken. Hella broken.
She is a resourcesless with low CDs and high as hell scalings.
Her lane pattern is dumb, with her just trhowing Q's all day at no cost. Her only drawback is her shit bases, but Talon has the same issue and still needs mana, has a high mana cost on his 1 harass unlike her and has way less mobility and instant burst.
Her lane is garbage, and in most matchups she just farms with q. Her bases are bad and unless she can get roam kills she won't dea damage
Requiemsfire1 votesWell she's not really a balanced champion with her current kit. It's not a matter of her being OP but in every situation she is neither moderately strong or balanced in the sense. When she snowballs there is actually very little counterplay to how her kit is played given how fast she can simply burst someone down when she is ahead, get a cooldown reset, and then ward jump away. There's very little someone can do when faced with such a short window against a champion with such a speedy burst. When she is not ahead however she becomes a bit of a burden to her team because she really offers her team nothing aside from absorbing CC from the enemy team, dealing some magic damage and ultimately dying. As a champion she isn't really balanced at all, and her current state reflects that.
TheDarkDoomLord2 votesWell she's not really a balanced champion with her current kit. It's not a matter of her being OP but in every situation she is neither moderately strong or balanced in the sense. When she snowballs there is actually very little counterplay to how her kit is played given how fast she can simply burst someone down when she is ahead, get a cooldown reset, and then ward jump away. There's very little someone can do when faced with such a short window against a champion with such a speedy burst. When she is not ahead however she becomes a bit of a burden to her team because she really offers her team nothing aside from absorbing CC from the enemy team, dealing some magic damage and ultimately dying. As a champion she isn't really balanced at all, and her current state reflects that.
I agree that she needs changes right now, as she can get incredibly strong or weak. But I do believe that she has enough counterplay, as locket of the iron solari just completely destroys her. Try it sometime. Ward jumping is no instant, and she does have cast times, she is extremely squishy. I believe the assassin rework will be very good for her.
KGDisasta1 votesShe is broken, AND OP. aram offers a easy way to see how broken champs truly are, because it makes the teamfight situations on the rift happen constantly. It's insane how ofter i have gotten penta's with her (several per game) because her resets are just super fucking stupid. Resourceless with massive damage, and hyper scaling on her ult, hyper mobile, thats like 4 kits rolled into 1. if her shunpo was a dash, or you restricted which abilities got how much cd, i think she would be more fair. or have her passive scale from 3s to 15s at lvl18. also the whole "cc is her counterplay", "why is he/she not picked at high elo's" are such shit arguements because they basically admit on behalf of the user that you aren;t capable of thinking what is fair for yourself, you have to be told what is fair and balanced by a handful of nerds 1000's of km away.