Okay, so for the longest time ive been maining Katarina, if you look at my last season stats, I had 600+ ranked games with her, and I carried myself from bronze to platinum with her. The problem i'm facing now is that she is practically permabanned, so when she is banned, I have no idea who to play as. I am looking for some suggestions for good mids or even junglers to carry with. P.S. Ahri and Zed are out of the picture. Please give me some suggestions :D
bad arcade kitty2 votes[{quoted}](name=Its Spongebob,realm=NA,application-id=WEuoGbmp,discussion-id=ym5q62uA,comment-id=,timestamp=2015-03-24T21:07:18.836+0000)
Okay, so for the longest time ive been maining Katarina, if you look at my last season stats, I had 600+ ranked games with her
did you dream of garen at night
SpongebobIsLife2 votes...um..how did you..how did you know?..Mom?
DrCyanide1 votesI personally like Shaco for jungling. His Q's dash+stealth+crit is very versatile and rewards good play.
For mid, I tend to prefer long range mages. AP Ezreal is fun, and I'm very curious to see how the Ziggs/Athenes changes pan out. Viktor is another great champion, who can adapt his build and abilities to meet the challenge of the enemy ahead of him.
The biggest thing is I'd anticipate some rank drop no matter who you switch to. It'll take some time to adjust to a new champion and get good with them, and few are as snowbally as a fed Kat.
SpongebobIsLife1 votesYeah, I've really been thinking about shaco, or ap eve. And yes, that's the current issue im facing, is that mid is becoming harder and harder to carry with due to the nerfs to mid lane and buffs to tankier champs. I've been thinking about Viktor or possibly Diana.
VOlCE1 votesYou should totally try Moonmoon.
If you haven't given Di a go already...
Be forewarned her early game is just as weak as Katarina's, but she scales nicely and can be built bruiser-ish (to not insta die like Kat if you're cc'd). She completely melts their squishies with 2 items, and continues to do so until game close (even if you trade a bit of ap for defense in games where YOU're getting bursted down 
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However, she lacks the potential to rampage through multiple enemies like Katarina, and she also lacks a reliable escape if your engage fails. Her shield and interrupt (and the extra defensive items if you decide to use them) do help her survive the less favorable engages, though, and allow her to trade like a bruiser in many situations. If you're just making a disgusted face at the idea of a tanky assassin, building Di straight ap will of course allow you to shred whatever you jump on, but without the ability to slaughter multiple enemies at once or escape afterward...
She's mainly for taking out their backline (one unlucky lump of butter at a time) but she can headbutt a few tankier champions out of the lane, too. So whether you think you need super burst or sustain; BOTH are viable on her (which is beautiful). 1v1 just about anyone and you're set with Moonmoon (ofc if you're careful and don't get cc'd into your grave).
The only real downside I have to using her is her mana-hungry arse while laning against a ranged champ. Asking nicely for a blue usually fixes this though.~
So yeah, she's a bit weird, but I love the heck out of her. I'll advise her to anyone :D And ramble like an idiot (like this) repeatedly hehehe.
SpongebobIsLife1 voteshaha yeah I think I will give her a shot. if you don't mind me asking, what rune page do you use?
VOlCE1 votesYeeee~
The one titled "Moonmoon," but feel free to ditch the attack speed marks for magic or hybrid penetration; I used hybrid pen ones for the longest time and it helped tremendously with trading before you get items. I now use the bonus attack speed to help with farming early game, so I can put a rush on her items c:
Schrodingger1 votesTry 
She brings cc. Damage. wave clear, control... whats not to like?!?
ZeroAnarchy1 votes
Mat7itan1 votesAnnie she has the most range of almost every champ you'll come across mid and she can be played as a support if needed.
2000boxes1 votesorianna mid she has strong laning phase and good team fight potential she has no hard counters but at the same time she doesnt hard counter any one else she is almost never banned she has tons of damage while being ranged her shield can get huge and she has tons of aoe damage
Jiberamu1 voteskayle full attack speed runes 30-0-0 max e w q nashor runnan zerkers rab ect easy to play easy to farm pretty unfair damage scales well does well in lane good utility
Valorin1 votesXerath is ridiculously strong mid and late game. Even early he's got finishing potential with his ult. Once you learn your distance he's damn near impossible to get to in team fight situations.