So how about that Katarina winrate?

Purse Wayde·2/27/2015, 9:05:34 PM·4 votes·2,589 views
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For a champion with so much power and team fight/cleanup ability she really has no counter play to her whatsoever at the current moment. Lane counters do not make a difference; her specific type of roam is toxic to the game. I cannot tell you how many times I've spectated a katarina going bot for a double kill regardless of the warnings mid has sent over. I cannot stand playing against katatinas due to her global pressure. Any time I am in game I am always on edge after team fights because what team fight doesn't leave your health at half and sure enough if she is not banned you can guarantee a triple at the least.

If you look at the charts, the only champ able to keep her at a 50% w/r is Malz, which is ridiculous. Riot, please akali katarina. If assassins are all going out of style, then make them all go out of style. Don't leave this champ to be a constant threat to soloQ.

25 Comments

Penguin Eclipse2/27/2015, 9:18:12 PM3 votes

You know what has no counterplay? The fact that she can script her entire combo to Shunpo in, Q+W+R+Ignite, and then flash out before a turret will even have time to target her. And complete Shunpo ward jumps in mere milliseconds. And Riot doesn't do shit about it. I had the wonderful pleasure of facing that in a recent match. There's not even an option to report them under.

Ratbert2/27/2015, 9:38:33 PM2 votes

No counterplay? Anyone with instant hard cc shits on her teamfighting. ie. soraka, chogath, anivia (her wall displaces), janna, alistar, blitz even, galio, lulu, urgot etc. Notice that most of these champs are considered bad or inviable. If anything, it's that all her counters should be buffed instead of making kata urgot tier.

Saying katarina has global pressure is not really a point when you realize anyone can gank lanes. If your bot lanes don't ward or respond to pings, it's not katarina being strong, it's them being bad and katarina capitalizing on it. Assassins aren't going out of style any time soon either, where did you hear that?

Uperior2/27/2015, 9:07:43 PM1 votes

Both Azir and Veigar used to be able to fight against her... Not so much anymore :P

Purse Wayde2/27/2015, 9:34:01 PM1 votes

downvotes without comments and all the comments agree with the post. LOL

Sirsir2/27/2015, 9:43:21 PM1 votes

The passive nerf I think actually did a pretty good job of bringing her in line.

And your arguments are terrible. No counterplay? Most of her damage is tied to a channel, if you can't deal with that your team comp is probably bad. Roaming is toxic? Welcome to slightly higher tier gameplay!

J Eevo2/27/2015, 9:19:22 PM1 votes

Kassadin was good against Kata too xD Though I am really suprised to see some picks(DianaFizz Zed) losing against her, probably just a temporary thing.