[{quoted}](name=Frozen Sovereign,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=fP0BM7Pe,comment-id=,timestamp=2016-11-10T03:05:39.199+0000)
I haven't really played her much, but I've watched her in action and it's just painful to look at and watch Bouncing Blade in action now. Where it typically lands can be so rng based on where her Q decides to travel, that in most cases it lands in unfavorable positions, which is usually behind the last target struck.
Wouldn't it be more helpful if Bouncing Blade's Dagger landed next to the first target struck so that she has some form of control over where her dagger lands? It just doesn't seem like a very useful ability for Katarina at the moment, but that could just be me.
Technically alot of the shifts screwed up her tempo, without her Q applying marks she loses some of her poke strength power when she shunpos or Ws a target plus her old W moving to proc'ing whenever she 'steps' on a dagger tends to restrict her a bit in terms of controlling her damage position. Making at times where it might be more of a gag to use to get on top of a enemy then constantly damaging them crazy.
Though it might also be part of the issue that since her 'dagger pick up to proc old W's base damage being based on her current level, even with the AP/AD scalings, it does not really help on her being able to consistently burst out damage as reliably as her old kit was able to do, putting her in more unconvential use and it would be better off picking Fizz instead for mid.' Specifically she could at least move around, use Shunpo to jump on a target, quickly use Q then proc W while running alongside them to consume the mark in the process too.
Plus if i recall, her shunpo losing the little damage reduction she had for a short burst after shunpo'ing does kind of ruin part of her surprise safety, even though at X level her passive reduces the 'huge CD reduction' from 78% to 96%, she still also gets ruined because she telegraphs the dagger drops too easily and the delay on the new W's dagger drop can also make it hard for her to set up, the enemy is still running towards that direction during the 1.25 second delay, so she can proc the old W a second time if she manage to use her Q with shunpo to hit them once.
At the very least she might need some better polish up, maybe make the 'preparation' ability to aim where to throw the dagger to grant her better control over old W procs, especially when chasing enemy opponents or dueling matches.
[slayer-jinx-unamused]
