Talk:Katarina/@comment-3358335-20110509215744

I cannot recall the last time I have seen an effective Katarina. I think I might throw her in the category of Yi and Trynd, the category of noobstomper. . Now, a good Katarina will wait for a team fight to progress, watch CC fly about ,look for someone that is wounded and trying to limp away, and then pop in and drop her ult. But she's got a few fundamental problems:
 * 1) No CC. Rylai's later can help with this, but for the most part she can't stop people from getting to her squisheyness, or stay near her. She can only "flash" around.
 * 2) She is all magic damage. Load up on a bit of magic resistance and you do tons to mitigate her, if a heavy mage is also on the team, there is often enough MR to completely ignore her.
 * 3) Her ult is channeled. Which means a good player is likely holding that one interrupt waiting for her to pop in so they can stomp her.

I have seen a mid game fed Katarina become a complete non-factor because the entire other team built a bunch of MR and would just play as if she wasn't there. (granted there was also a Karth and an AP tank, so it made sense to stack MR.) But after that game, I started paying attention to how effective she really is and have come to dread a Katarina on my team.