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Katarina Rework Idea

Dystopiac·4/3/2015, 9:01:14 AM·3 votes·1,152 views

So Katarina is deemed toxic because of her extreme feast/famine playstyle due to the large amount of frontloaded instant damage oh her kit.So i thought of an idea.What if Shunpo was BUFFED instead of nerfed but restricted by a mechanic.After thinking a bit a character behaving very similar to Katarina in popular media was Minato from Naruto-he could pretty much teleport to whenever he wanted provided he had attached a marker tag to that location or person first.

Passive:

Katarina gets a new "sub-abilty"in her passive.By pressing ctrl+Random button,she can attach a "bell tag"to a friendly target or ward.Instant,4 sec CD.Bell tags last for 25 seconds.

Bouncing Blade:First two hits of the ability also attach a "bell tag"to the targets hit.

Shunpo:Cooldown removed.Range increased by 100.Katarina can now use Shunpo only on a target with a Bell Tag on it,consuming the Bell Tag.

Numbers may be UP or OP,but what do you think about the general concept?

5 Comments

Valsing4/3/2015, 10:42:41 AM2 votes

I think your on to something here. But there's a problem with usability from what I can see. From having to hit control to use Shunpo defensively means you may end up dead anyway. I think maybe have it work something like this would be easier to use.

Passive: Same as on live severs

Q: Bouncing Blades - Same as live.

E: Shunpo - Has a 15 second cooldown at all ranks. This ability's cooldown is not reduced by her passive. She can only shunpo to enemy targets marked by Bouncing Blade or any ally (Prioritizing "marked" targets). When she uses it on an enemy it will not go on cooldown. But if she Shunpo's to ally or ward the ability goes on cooldown. Also Bouncing Blades mark damage is not proc'd by Shunpo.

Same basic idea of she needs to "mark" her targets to blink to them. But is easier to use in the heat of the moment. Seeing as leaves the rest of her kit is unchanged. It also keeps the ability to use it defensively but make it have some meaning to when shes forced to use it defensively.

Only Play Darius4/3/2015, 11:56:23 AM2 votes

Im going to respond to this post in the exact same way that I respond to every post suggesting changing anything at all about my favorite assassin..

No.

khorney4/3/2015, 2:01:08 PM1 votes

Better idea have no cool down on her passive

BobbyCarHaterX4/3/2015, 6:42:04 PM1 votes

I would take everything except her current kit.