Talk:Katarina/@comment-5643879-20140703232641/@comment-5920585-20140708021120

I get what you're saying, but the thing is, Kat should always be a high-priority target. She deals a crap-ton of damage - but that's her role. She brings nothing else to the table but pure, raw damage, so CCing her and keeping her in check in teamfights is paramount.

Your calculations also don't factor in defenses or MR, or even the fact that you can simply walk out of Death Lotus' relatively modest range. She's really not that hard to deal with, but I mean if you're letting her roam, farm and lane unchecked, then a pubstomping Katarina is inevitable. For example, I played a game as Kat and pretty much dominated (22/8/7 by end game), but we lost because even after delaying Death Lotus and waiting until the enemies had engaged on my team mates, the opposing Lee Sin/Fizz/Yasuo would always save at least one form of hard CC for me and that ultimately spelled their victory. Likewise, the very next game I played as Zyra and faced off against a very fed Katarina, but we still one because I would always save Stranglethorns for when she used Death Lotus. It's all about counterplay and making sure you prioritise making Kat's life hell - kinda like when you're playing against a Vayne and literally everybody dives her in teamfights and destroys her, otherwise she'd clean up.

Just remember: Killing Kat first = no Voracity ;)