Fiora, uses a sword and sure her ult is magic, but thats about it, she uses mana. But Katarina is special and she shoudlnt have to worry about mana. I mean she teleports around every 2 seconds and resets her cool-down by picking up her daggers( which makes no sense and makes her impossible to cc) but everyone can teleport right, that's not magic. Why does Katarina not use Mana???!!??
Mana isn't about whether a champion uses mana or not. It's a balancing method
Because Katarina is the newbie assassin. She exists to introduce new players to the role, and is deliberately unbalanced for that purpose. (This isn't a stated fact, by the way, just a prevailing theory.)
Her daggers have runes, she throws them then blinks to them.
That's why grabbing them resets her E. It is magic but it is not her magic. Like Riven's sword.
Garen actually does use magic in his ult, and its innate. But his mana regen is identical to the amount of mana needed to cast divided by the abilities cool down.
Way, WAY back when she was an AD assassin with a totally different kit, she didn't have mana the same way Garen doesn't. They hadn't yet decided at that point everyone was going to have mana by default unless it was some other resource. They really should have given her mana when they made her AP in her first rework, and they should definitely do it in the next rework (I'm sure it's only a matter of time) if she's so impossible to balance without it.
Maybe change who you use against her. BREAK THE META.
If im mid and i see the other team pick Katarina before i pick i just lock in Malphite or Galio. She cant deal with tanks that deal damage at a distance. I usualy just wear her down with Qs until shes low enough to all in. She cant farm because shes scared of the Q damage and if she does jump on you just W and E then Q when she runs away. And if she ults 1st just ult and cancle her ult. Only time i lose lane against a Kat with Malphite is if i just mess up and get ganked.
