Katarina needs something

KatarinaPref··8 votes·1,022 views

I feel as if katarina is losing a lot of her power. Especially with this new meta. Meta items and champions seem to just leave her in the dust. Items like streraks guage and titanic hydra give both defensive and offensive capabilities making it hard to get the resets. Champions that tend to build these items also come loaded with tons of cc as well. I mean a skarner has well over 3000 hp in the mid game with a lot of shields and damage how is katarina supposed to fare against it. Thats only the jungler. All midlaners have better damage more burst and higher sustain. The only one that i can think of thats worse than her is akali. But I rarely see anyone play her and the people that do often lose. In terms of assassins she gets outclassed by every single one I can think of. Assassins like Zed, Fizz, and even diana or cho gath can get the job better than her. The only time Katarina is viable is if the enemy team picks a bunch of cc'less squishy. But if thats ever the case in this meta you can just pick about anyone and beat them.

11 Comments

Godaren4 votes

Used to main her now don't really play her cause she just loses lane to everyone so hard :(

KatarinaPref2 votes

I feel you. It takes a really bad midlaner to lose to katarina or a lot of outplay.

Nekusen3 votes

"Katarina needs something"

a nerf ?

SaltyKracka2 votes

Yeah.

Nerfs.

mtAkFzLsUS2 votes

Katarina is one of the most damn annoying champions in the game, with point a click resetting mobility and insane damage.

She needs no buff. People claimed lux was weak, she got small buff, and now shes a top played and a top winrate.

Kylo Ren Bot1 votes

LOL Kat is terrible in Today's meta she will not be able to do anything. Regardless she is not even strong. The problem with players even low elo players is the fact they have no idea how to build when laning against a burst champion. Or the best they jump onto the first website they can and try to look up a counter for kat and play the first champ that counters kat the most not even considering building around team, then they go 0-50 the first 5 minutes still trying to rush a large rod after they have been ganked 20 times they are still shoved into the turret and have yet to buy a single ward. then they blame the jungler for not ganking the 0-50 lane. I just went on a rant LOL

to the point Kat can be strong but is very easy to play around. if you struggle in lane against her play a cc and you are good to go. Diana/Ahri/Riven/Viktor/LB/ and gg against kat

II UniiQue II1 votes

ive taken a liking to her recently and she is one of the champs i play most in high gold most. she does lose lane easily but thats where her roaming takes place. sometimes giving up your first tower for a double kill can be worth imo. then after that i usually get ahead and start destroying everyone. about 80% of the games i play her in i get countered hard but normally end up carrying. but honestly i agree with you and these new items make taking down the tanks impossible for me...somehow i manage

Pentarina Only1 votes

100% agree she is so weak in the current meta.

J Eevo1 votes

I'm not suprised that I see "Katarinapref" and "Pentarina Only" asking for katarina buffs, (got a little smirk off that one, not gonna lie), but yes she is worse now ALONG with every other assassination oriented midlaner, and every other assassin that lacks an innate penetration stat, you want to see someone actually struggling, look at Lissandra (who actually had to get a buff though in a weird form of an additional heal on ult to compensate), Kassadin (who literally cannot kill the popular meta tanks unless full build) Leblanc, Akali, Syndra, etc. Assassins are just weaker in general in the current tanky meta, it will pass and kata will rise again when it will.

You'll just have to wait till the juggernaut / tank hype passes along with the rest of us.

A Miss Fortune1 votes

I think she's pretty underpowered currently, but I don't think she ever can be a healthy champion with her kit. You end up either being useless or literally facerolling to win.

Baunjo1 votes

That literally sums up half of the champions in the game.....

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