Katarina ultimate(Death Lotus) could use a small change
So after the recent buff i picked up Katarina and i thought that her ulti could use a small change that could help her in most situations.
Current: Katarina rapidly spins in place and channels for** 2.5** seconds, throwing a dagger every 0.25 seconds to each nearby enemy champion, up to a maximum of 3 at a time, dealing them magic damage and applying Grievous Wounds icon grievous wounds for 3 seconds. 「 Magic Damage Per Dagger: 35 / 55 / 75 (+ 25% AP) (+ 37.5% bonus AD) 」 Moving or reactivating Death Lotus immediately ends its effects.
NEW one: Katarina throws out 3 to 5 daggers on activation(based on level or just a constant value) dealing X% of the full damage then starts her channel for 2.5 seconds throwing a dagger every 0.25 seconds to each nearby enemy champion, up to a maximum of 3 at a time, dealing them 100% - X% magic damage and applying Grievous Wounds icon grievous wounds for 3 seconds. 「 Magic Damage Per Dagger: 35 / 55 / 75 (+ 25% AP) (+ 37.5% bonus AD) 」 Moving or reactivating Death Lotus immediately ends its effects.
The change is basically frontloading some of her damage onto activation which is followed with the remaining damage over 2.5 seconds.So even if you get CCd you already dealt a guaranteed amount of damage. Often the enemy can just walk away from the ultimate because the channel takes too long and the damage is divided equally over time. It's like Mordekaiser's old ultimate damage divided between half instantly and the other half over 10 seconds.
Other change that could be useful is adding back some AD ratio somewhere in her kit.In the past it was on her Q but now with the recent change the AD ratio cannot be added to it anymore.So the two places where the ratio could be added are the bonus damage on proccing a mark and Shunpo. Both would be a great candidate for this change in my opinion.
But of course the best would be a rework but we need to wait on that.