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Nerf Katarina (for real this time)

Kedearid··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.

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Faith Breaker1 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.

Altricad1 votes

To be honest, while this is a real good response everyone has, instant hard cc is kinda difficult to get.

Additionally, most supports have skillshot cc as well, and given that shunpo is the "fastest" and the least "noticeable" blink in the game after flash, it's very difficult to keep track of where katarina disappears in a team fight

Katarina's death lotus is 2.5 seconds, human reaction time is .5 seconds, even if you have someone like Blitzcrank and had him use his ulti, kat has already used up 20% of her damage

Then again, I'm the guy that panics when fiddle ults into my team, so.. i don't know... I just hate katarina's kit overall

Faith Breaker1 votes

If you are a top laner, invest in Magic Resist even before Katarina gets fed. If you jungling, keep an eye on mid. If she wanders, don't leave it up to your mid to call MIA. If you can, and it's not out of your way, try to intercept her when she goes to gank top or bot. If circumstances permit, by all means gank for mid and try to set her behind, by getting your min laner ahead If they are killed once or twice, try to tip the balance back in your mid's favor. If you can't do that, focus on stopping Kat from snowballing off top or bot kills. Since that's where she goes when your mid dies, to get more kills in a short period of time off resets.

If you are support, whenever you can, roam up to mid , sweep for wards in the river bush, plant a ward of your own, and if you're the kind of support with the kit that allows it, gank for mid and get a kill or burn a summoner's from Kat. If you are ADC, make sure you return to lane with a the very least a Green ward every time. Plant either your tri bush or the river bush, and don't let Katarina roam to kill you. Just back up and make her waste her time and miss out on cs without a kill. If team fights, do what an ADC does, position, hit who ever you can whenever you can with the least risk to you, tank or not. If you can hit someone, do it. If it doesn't get you killed. Pay attention to where Kat is while simutaneously hitting who you can.

When she Shunpo and Ults, make sure you aren't caught in it, or make sure you quickly get out of its range. If your team applied a CC, or when Lotus finishes, that's when you try to light her up and punish her even if she gets away. As the mid laner your role is to deny Katarina farm, harass her when she tries to CS/when you can, and out trade with her. I've honestly counter picked a Sivir into kat mid before and performed very well. (Yes we won, didn't stop, but slow secured victory) I spell sheilded every bouncing dagger she sent to me, leaving her with less incentive to pursue a further trade against me. She didn't feed me, but also ..... didn't do much. I however did pretty good without an insane carry KDA.

It's not so much about killing Kat as it is about making her irrelevant and useless. Make sure you ward both of the river bushes as a mid. Don't let her jungler catch you and set her snowballing. If you can stop Kat from becoming a monster you will never have to deal with her as one, and when she's become one there is at least a poot's chance in graceland to fix the mistake.

TeemoJenkins1 votes

Garen Leona Amumu Nami Ahri - Profit.

Kãtãrinã1 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.

ModKnightsKemplar1 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.

  1. Take cc. Save it for her.
  2. Don't teamfight if she's ahead. Do something else. Seige, splitpush, etc. If you constantly fight, she will keep killing you.
  3. Related to #2. Bring disengage. If she DOES get on you, you need to get away.
  4. Related to #2. Bring shields. No kills = no resets. No resets = no penta.
  5. MR. Build MR. It stops her damage.
  6. 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.

Kedearid1 votes

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

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