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Lets talk about kat

WindboundWarrior·3/18/2015, 1:19:29 AM·4 votes·970 views

So as someone who has played Kat just a little bit and gotten 2 pentakills, its pretty obvious she needs some nerfs. Im not saying im an expert or anything at all so don't take it like that. This isn't a rage post im just stating facts that I feel are pretty obvious.

  1. She is super easy to play: There is only one type of build you can build on her and actually work and that is full ap. AD? Nope. Tank? NO.
  2. SUPER high damage. With just a blasting rod I can delete a squishy at 6.
  3. She is completely faceroll. Here are some basic combos: Killing a squishy: Q,E,W,R, SPAM if they even have health left. In teamfights: Show up late, Q,E,W,R, spam other ablilities till u get a penta or an ace. Any other time: Q,E,W,R, SPAM
  4. Her passive resets are pretty dang annoying. Ult, kill 2-4 people and u can use ur ult again to finish them off.
  5. She has two weaknesses: CC. But after a teamfight or 2 you realize that you can just wait till they have used all there cc and then go in. Pre-6: She can't kill you without a gank pre-6 unless you let her poke you to around half health. 6: She has no resources to worry about, making her able to spam everything without fear. (Ty to Tombdragon)

Now again im not even lvl 30 so im not pretending im an expert or anything. But I think that we can all agree something needs to be changed. Honestly I would hate to have her nerfed cause I just started playing her but still shes no fun to play against. Most games I will have a friendly all chat going with the other team and then after 6 its just filled with rage. So the question is: Should she be nerfed and what nerfs? Or not? If you have anything to add post below and I will put it up here and give you credit.

8 Comments

bad arcade kitty3/18/2015, 1:22:23 AM2 votes

There is only one type of build you can build on her and actually work and that is full ap

i didn't even bother to read further. firstly she often buys penetra over ap, zhonya is very popular too, and secondly if you mean generally, any mage has 'one type of build' i.e. ap

yiCKPkhs5s3/18/2015, 1:50:19 AM2 votes

I don't think Katerina is over powered but I do think that she lacks counterplay. If you make her Q a skillshot or give her teleport a cast time it would help things a lot. It's just annoying that a single champ can fource an entire team to either save all their CC or get petna'd

Just add a bit of interactivity in the kit somewhere rito

Der Lindwurm3/18/2015, 2:05:15 AM2 votes

Nerfed? No. The base damage and scaling on her Q, W, and E have already been nerfed completely into the ground. There's nowhere else to go, seriously.

They did nerf her R. People are still complaining. As much as ever. Well, then... hmm....

But I would support a re-work that gives her mana to worry about as well as some CC of her own instead of so much AoE (she's supposed to be an assassin after all).

IcyPepper3/18/2015, 2:06:00 AM2 votes

No resource management AND cooldown resets?

Seriously, one or the other. She needs her spells gated just like everyone else (should).

The ADC Wizard3/18/2015, 2:03:24 AM1 votes

nerf katarina for being katarina YASUO AK BAH!!

Radach3/18/2015, 5:07:46 AM1 votes

I think if Kat had** smaller range it would be allot better. She would have to get closer to use her abilities and expose herself to enemy cc and their abilities. Also I think the reset passive should be nerfed not gone**. I think if it was nerfed it would still be** fun** to use her but keep her more balanced.