Talk:Katarina/@comment-43308426-20190806092120/@comment-26808509-20191101142325

I mean, it's clear that you have been wrecked by a good Kat prior to writing that and that you don't want serious feedback, but here are my 2cents anyway:

Her passive, beyond believe, is not overpowered for one simple reason: All her abilities are quite weak on their own. Her Q and E deal pretty low damage, her W is pure utility and her R contradicts with the design of any assassin because it makes her stand still and is interruptable. The damage from her basic abilities alone is lower than any other assassin's, it's lower than any other damage dealer's combo in fact. And it's compensated by the fact that she gets a full on reset if she manages to get a kill or assist (she has to damage the target in the last 3 seconds before their death).

Of course her basic abilities are not the only thing that gives her damage because her passive has a second part, the Daggers. And they are what actually brings damage into her kit. 80% of her overall damage comes from Daggers. In order to kill someone from 100 to 0, she needs to hit these. And they are very delayed (1.25 seconds until they are armed) and telegraphed. If you ever played Katarina yourself, it's pretty easy to predict where she will jump because you can literally see her target (the Dagger). And it's also quite easy to outmove these Daggers, even moreso if you have a dash or flash. The biggest mistake I see people do when Kata is jumping onto them is that they flash away from her, but right onto the Dagger that was placed behind them. Walk/dash/flash away from the Dagger and she will deal a lot less damage. And yes. She still gets her E reset and can follow you, but following you with no damage (since you dodged the Daggers) won't get her anywhere.

The only "unbalanced" part in Katarina's kit is Gunblade. It's the sloe reason why Kat has been nerfed in the past and the sole reason she snowballs so hard, since it pretty much removes all these counterplays. Her daggers are delayed? Gunblade active is instant and helps you to burst people before your daggers even hit the ground. Daggers can be outmoved? Gunblade active slowes and makes them guaranteed to hit. Kat has no sustain or defense? Gunblade gives her spellvamp.

Kata doesn't have to be nerfed. The item does. And every single Katarina player will tell you the same. Every Akali player will tell you the same. This item is busted and it removes weaknesses. But Riot doesn't want to change the item because "it gives such a unique feeling to the champs that build it".