If Riot wanted to lower the time it takes for Assassins to kill, well they've succeeded.
At least for Katarina anyway because fuck does she feel sluggish now @.@ I even rewatched the update rundown video to find some pointers and it was claimed that "she can contribute more to a fight now without putting her life at risk"...you mean, less? Right? Because all she can do without risking herself is poke with daggers, which is worse than before given it only bounces to 2 other targets now.
I dunno if it's still because I have the old muscle memory in place or what, but I've just played three games as new Kata and all of them felt monumentally lackluster (beyond just losing them). Heck even when I did well, even when I waited for the opportune moment to strike, managing to combo a couple of kills together it felt really underwhelming...
Meanwhile Jayce is still able to 100-0 your ass, but Riot is apparently okay with that so long as the champion isn't an assassin...
I know there's nothing particularly useful in this thread, but it's feedback nonetheless to let it be known that I've found Katarina to be disappointing. And I doubt repeated tries will change that much (though I'm not above admitting I'm wrong). For now at least, disappointing.
(Oh and, please look into Jayce xP)