3-1-0 Katarina is dumpstering 80% of my Ahri's health without ult/passive, this is okay?

Yenn··2 votes·757 views

I'm 1-1-1 Ahri against 3-1-0 Katarina. I killed her solo in lane once, then Jarvan ulted and killed me under my tower while I was recalling. All three of her kills were from my team mates overstaying at low health and not responding to back pings.

I'm rushing Abyssal as first item and it is doing literally nothing to stop her from dumpstering me with Q off of minion wave -> Shunpo to me -> Auto -> Preparation -> Pick up dagger from Q using MS -> Shunpo to me -> Q -> Gunblade -> Pick up dagger from Preparation -> Shunpo. At this point, I'm at about 20% health, and none of her dagger pick ups hit me. She doesn't even bother ulting, she just backs off because she knows I'm going to charm her if she tries, and I already have to leave the lane.

Because I'm rushing Abyssal, I don't have the damage to kill her without all three R's hitting her, which isn't possible to do without dying. If I don't disengage and recall, she'll pick up the dagger from her second Q and the next Shunpo will kill me.

How the fuck is this okay? There is literally no way for me to out-play this or build against it, because Abyssal isn't stopping it. It's ridiculous that lanes against assassins become an unwinnable clusterfuck when they have a small advantage.

8 Comments

Mr Rontastic1 votes

yes it's ok

This Is Your Dad1 votes

Before she was considered a troll pick for low elo, now.... idk

Borkahn1 votes

Literally what all you posted....you had to have time to counter play. I thought you were going to say Q, shunpo, R and you are 80%. But you literally just posted like a chain combo that seems like it would take a good 4 seconds.

Yenn1 votes

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Literally what all you posted....you had to have time to counter play. I thought you were going to say Q, shunpo, R and you are 80%. But you literally just posted like a chain combo that seems like it would take a good 4 seconds.

It does take a good 4 seconds. I can unload on her, but my combo is going to do significantly less damage, and I'm done for the next 6 seconds afterwards. She can also juke half of it with Shunpo. If she R's, I'm just going to charm her.

Borkahn1 votes

I'd focus farming. Your wave clear is better than hers anyways. Your plat man how can you not figure this out.

Dominick Destine1 votes

Runes and masteries.

Stock up on early MR, laugh at Kat.

Quepha1 votes

There's 2 Q's in that combo so you're talking about something like a 10 second fight.

Your title says "without passive" but you describe getting hit by multiple avoidable dagger pickups.

2Charmnot2Charm1 votes

Q off of minion wave

Why are you in the minion wave in the first place?

Gunblade is getting a nerf next patch and all you have to do is stay away from her daggers.

You could also rush a negatron cloak and then build a morellocon right after instead of finishing abyssal.

0 MR in that rune page you were using and you also have armor instead of hp per level seals when all of her spells is magic damage.

Even if her skills did physical damage instead you would still go hp per level seals anyways and put in two armor quints for the hp.

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