Nerf Katarina (for real this time)

Kedearid·3/6/2015, 8:16:02 PM·4 votes·1,145 views

I know I am Bronze IV, but seriously, nerf Katarina in low elo she is just ruining games for the bad players like me. I don't want to be one of those toxic players and rage at my team for feeding her, but it is just so dumb how she can 100 to 0 champions so fast. Even if I try to build magic resist she still 1 shots my team. I'm not saying remove Katarina, but it would be good to apply a small nerf to her ult damage and possibly make her use mana. Thank you for reading this, Kat probably won't get nerfed soon so if you have any tips on how to counter her those would be appreciated.

7 Comments

Faith Breaker3/6/2015, 8:18:08 PM1 votes

Convey the message to your team that 1 of you needs to hold onto and dedicate their CC for when Katarina uses her Deadly Lotus. Once you stop her from getting a kill/reset she's much less of a threat. Not feeding kat better then letting kat get away without a kill.

TeemoJenkins3/6/2015, 8:32:34 PM1 votes

Garen Leona Amumu Nami Ahri - Profit.

Kãtãrinã3/6/2015, 8:35:16 PM1 votes

No need to nerf her, shes so easy to shut down and such. If she gets fed she earned her damage. it is like saying "zed kills me a lot in bronze please nerf him 2 hell". Yeah zed is also strong, or maybe even leblanc shes strong with like 1 item dude. Don't cry for nerfs, try and improve your own gameplay and learn ways to stop threats buddy. It will help you improve or maybe just always ban her in ranked.

ModKnightsKemplar3/6/2015, 8:41:49 PM1 votes

Then ban her. Or play her. Use her to get out of that elo. You don't get to have champs nerfed at low elo. They have to be balanced for high elo.

Now with that out of the way, here are the tips.

Take cc. Save it for her.
Don't teamfight if she's ahead. Do something else. Seige, splitpush, etc. If you constantly fight, she will keep killing you.
Related to #2. Bring disengage. If she DOES get on you, you need to get away.
Related to #2. Bring shields. No kills = no resets. No resets = no penta.
MR. Build MR. It stops her damage.
Wards. Kata often gets fed roaming. I assume, in bronze, people don't ward. To beat that, ward.

There are ways. Many of them are contextual. You can't do all 6, by yourself, every game. That much is true. But, if you shut her down, she brings NOTHING to the team. That's her weakness. Stronger than most when ahead, weaker than almost all when behind. She has no cc, no utility, nothing. Just damage upon damage with some mobility. Keep that in mind.

Kedearid3/6/2015, 10:31:56 PM1 votes

Thank you for the tips! I will try these next time I'm against kat