Hi I'm level 28 and been primarily been playing Fizz mid. Most matchups I do fairly well against but have been struggling against Katarina. Was wondering if I could get some tips or pointers for what I'm doing wrong against this matchup. If you like you can add me the 0 in myg0t is a zero. Would love some feedback and help if you have the time.
The key to fizz is not to necessarily bet kat 1v1 in lane, but to roam better. Once you hit 6, find a good time to push the minions to her tower and roll either top or bot depending on where the easier kills are. Once you get a kill or two as fizz you should be able to snowball out of control.
This lane is really snowbally. Basically, whoever gets an early lead should be able to use that to crush their opponent. I would honestly recommend putting several points in W in this lane (maybe 3) before you start maxing E because you are both melee. After level 6, you should probably try and save your E to avoid her ultimate's damage if possible.
Katarina will likely purchase one of two items: Deathfire Grasp or Abyssal Scepter. If she gets DFG, be very careful about approaching her at anything less than 3/4 health, since she can easily burst you if you don't avoid her ultimate. In this situation, I would recommend just pushing the wave, then backing off to roam or clear jungle camps between waves. If she buys Abyssal Scepter, you will have trouble bursting her so poke her down beforehand. Sheen is a good rush item against Abyssal, as it gives you physical damage.
Big thing in this match up is to make sure when she ults you do one of a few things Ult + Playful (do not trickster down or u take unneeded dmg) if she ults and you have no ult Playful up wait as long as possible then decide can you kill her? if so just let playful come down on her if not use trickster to get away from her.
She takes reduced dmg after shunpo so keep that in mind and attempt to hold your abilities for 1.5 seconds (if possible usually if you playful by the time you are coming back down the reduced dmg is gone) The most important thing to do is keep both sides of river warded so you can see her roam and let you allies know where she is heading if your team is able to react to then you can either follow her roam to keep the situation even or if wherever she roamed to is weak (low hp or needing to back) let them get themselves out of the situation that your wards provided information to.
