User blog comment:Einsoph5/Let's Fix Katarina?/@comment-6292556-20150528141329/@comment-26227836-20150530120454

I'd like Katarina to be 'fine' but her performance throughout all ranks says otherwise :/

My reasoning toward only having her E reset was that she could be a run-of-the-mill-assassin that goes in, assassinates, then gets out. Champs like Zed, Leblanc, Ekko, Fizz, Nidalee, Kha'Zix, and Kassadin. BUT if she were AD, she could still do her murder chains by using Shunpo on each target and autoing. Auto attacks debatably have more counterplay than ranged, targeted abilities, IMO. Take Akali for example, the removal of her ability to proc Q's with E made her more reliant on autoing to proc her Q. I suppose if full resets on her basic abilities is her identity, then removing them is out of the question.

Speaking of "All-or-Nothing," a Katarina's job is to enter the fight in such a way that the "Nothing" possiblity is almost eliminated. I think people have the right to complain if it's almost always the "All" scenario.