Katarina, ult, logic, gameplay, fun factor

Short0ak87·Mar 12, 2015·6 votes·913 views

So,

every other game there seems to be a katarina in my game, either on my team or against it, but the only way to feel the full affect of how un-fun and unbalanced is by playing against her.

Sure, she takes some skill, ive tried to faceroll with her and it doesnt work. But if you can get some practice and a decent bot lane gank off. its gg

So let's see why....

AOE
Does SHIT TON, I MEAN A SHIT TON of damage
Resets
No mana cost, no second thought, no way to prevent it from happening

So lets see,

It is probably the hardest hitting ultimate in the game, you dont need to worry about using it because you used "Q" to many times and ran out of mana/energy. Above all else, its Aoe, the whole team is affected.

So cool. Now....

Where is the counter play to it, an interupt? because everyone has one? I dont think it is enough.

A simple nerf, but "balanced"

katarina ult needs a ramp up.

So a ap rune/haunted kat does +600 level 1 aoe. if you want to keep her identity as a wtf i own noobs make her ult ramp up to max damage over time if not interupted.

8 Comments

Leti the YetiMar 12, 20152 votes

true not everyone has a means to interrupt it... but SOMEONE on your team does and if you dont, well... katarina's not gonna be the biggest issue you're kinda destined to lose this game

Knight SoIaire Mar 12, 20151 votes

also pls dont forget that most of our interruptions gets a delay becuase counterplay

but lets base ourselves on facts since they tell the truth kata is not popular becuase she is fun every champions has a SMALL base of players who main them becuase they consider them fun. if champions player base is above that it means that this champion competes something to the game that gives him an upper hand in many situations and allows you to play him effectively in many matchups without mastering him like a "Main" would

for katarina i think that its riots ballance that made her more popular, our interuptions become inefective at stopping her in s 3 or s2 you could just use your veigar cage or your point and click instant stunn and stop her right now you have to actualy spare 1.5 sec to dash to her as rek sai or whatever and then use a cc or charge your q as sion or execute j4's flag combo

katarina is fast and relies on split second actions while our cc is much slower than that

bad arcade kittyMar 12, 20151 votes

play draft, ban her/ask them to ban her she is relatively rare in draft

BobbyCarHaterXMar 12, 20151 votes

And they even buffed her this patch with the new item Luden`s Echo. Putting some aoe on top of her aoe.

101100111000Mar 12, 20151 votes

Kat's been on my perma-ban list since I ran through a maelstrom of Sej-Kat comps both allied and enemy. Now I have another reason to keep her on my perma-ban list.

Short0ak87Mar 12, 20151 votes

All her ult needs is a damage reduction, or a progressive ramp. It is the hardest hitting ult in the game.

SookoMar 12, 20151 votes

Funny, I think what keeps her from being treated like any other champions is her passive. Resets are kind of OP and really hard to balance. Unfortunately, it is her signature and Riot just doesn't remove signatures (they can however, ruin them just like Veigar's Stun Delay and Sion's HP scaling that got him to be the lowest HP champ by level 18)

Her ult might be annoying, but... well, to me its still the second easiest channel to interrupt assuming she doesn't get a kill to double shunpo and dodge some CC. The problem is how hard it is to stop her once she gets one kill (e.g. Siv HD and his insane damage dealing even early/mid game with just one or two kills)

I have disliked Kata ever since she pentakilled me first when I was level 9-10, since most of her players seemed to me toxic as hell, and since I had to play Veigar vs her (old Veigar nonetheless). But I am not the kind of fellow that wishes a champion to completely die just because I dislike him (okay maybe Tryndamere). I have already won vs fed Katas and I have lost my fair share as well. Truth being spoken, I don't even concentrate in teamfights anymore when she is near, preparing my CC for when she blinks near us, out of habit. All I am saying is: to me, her passive is the true strength of her kit.

SmknWdlMar 13, 20151 votes

I have a suggestion that can safely nerf many champions, without crushing them too much... just add mana. If kat had mana costs, not too oppressive but just enough so that she couldn't spam q and w away in lane. Almost like talon, but less thirsty. Although i dont really think kat is too much of an issue, so this was just a spitball idea. When i see her 1v1 our tanky fighter, then she deserves a nerf. Not before.