Am I completely missing something about Katarina?

Kuma No Neko··2 votes·484 views

Everyone says she's overpowered and she should be nerfed but I've thought she was too weak even before they nerfed her. Her lane phase is laughable at most, Dagger Shunpo combo is annoying and can hurt a bit, but doesn't really do a lot of damage compare to most other lane harass. And her ult is either an execute or an ultimate-buff. Without a stun prior her ult will either be interrupted, or simply avoided because of every champion having mobility of some sort or just flash, not to mention a Banshee's is enough to basically stop her from doing damage.

And on top of this no one thinks Wukong needs a nerf? When his ult does more damage in a bigger area,while allowing him to move,knocking people up and doesn't get interrupted by anything in the game. Just doesn't make much sense to me.

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Laraso1 votes

Her ult isn't the reason people hate her. It's her instantaneous targeted spells, high amount of AOE burst, and safety with shunpo combined with her resets enabling her to just completely solo faceroll an unprepared enemy team by herself. That's what makes people hate her.

Her ult does a lot of damage but honestly it's the least intimidating and least aggravating part of her kit.

Kuma No Neko2 votes

Exactly, that's her entire kit and it's why she's not one of the copy-paste mid mages. They could nerf her 20 more times and she'd still be strong just because all of her damage is instant + a blink so she can always exploit an opening. Xerath,Karthus,Viktor and so on all do more damage and have more utility but they require more time for their combo, otherwise they're better in every way, yet Riot still needs to nerf her for some reason

Meep Man1 votes

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Exactly, that's her entire kit and it's why she's not one of the copy-paste mid mages. They could nerf her 20 more times and she'd still be strong just because all of her damage is instant + a blink so she can always exploit an opening. Xerath,Karthus,Viktor and so on all do more damage and have more utility but they require more time for their combo, otherwise they're better in every way, yet Riot still needs to nerf her for some reason

It's because if you don't have that stun up she will constantly be dealing damage that you just can't stop. It is also near impossible to out-DPS a Katarina with her ultimate up. If you have a stun, great, but lately stuns that stun quick enough are very, very rare and most of the time are close range, so a Kat can just teleport over you to your ally and then deal her burst nearly instantly and deal enough damage to kill most ADCs.

It isn't like her early game or late game is weak in compensation either. Her early game is targeted, manaless harass that bounces. She has one of the best "escape a gank" tools in the game. Then, even if she does poorly in the game, her ultimate's base damage will always be high enough to be a huge threat.

That is why everyone hates Kat.

Kuma No Neko2 votes

Here is a list of champions that can very easily stop a Katarina ult instantly

  1. Aatrox Ahri Alistar Amumu Anivia Annie Ashe Azir Blitzcrank Brand Braum Cassiopeia Chogath Darius Diana Draven Elise Fiddlesticks Galio Garen Gnar Gragas Hecarim Heimerdinger Irelia Janna JarvanIV Jax Jayce Kennen LeeSin Leona Malzahar Lissandra Lulu MalphiteMaokai Nami Nautilus Nocturne Orianna Pantheon Poppy Quinn Rammus RekSai Renekton Riven Sejuani Shen Shyvana Singed Sion Skarner Sona Soraka Syndra Taric Thresh Tristana Trundle TwistedFate Udyr Urgot Vayne Veigar Velkoz Vi Viktor Volibear Warwick MonkeyKing Xerath XinZhao Yasuo Zac Ziggs Zilean This is not counting champions that can stop it non-instantly, nor is it counting champions that can just get away from it (Ex. Kalista)

"but lately stuns that stun quick enough are very, very rare" That is why I don't hate Kat

DanofDemacia1 votes

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