Talk:Katarina/@comment-195.235.105.231-20120404093151/@comment-4957501-20120406181333

I just said they'd flash away, I didn't say they'd run all the way back to base. And that's just presuming that no one in the enemy team hard CC's you and so that they're forced to. DL's aoe is so small that a max ranged flash (whose aoe itself is pathetic) and a couple of steps will put you out of it's range. If the squishy gets away, which like I said, happens more often than not if they were at full HP before your combo, their damage won't necessarily be zero for the rest of the fight. Squishies = Support, AP mid and AD carry right? These are all more or less always ranged, they can still contribute to the battle from the back. Sure, they'll be at a disadvantage but their contribution won't be an absolute zero.

You on the other hand, have just spent everything you had and even if your Shunpo only has a CD of 4 seconds (which it won't, not without building CDR because your team won't give you the blue because you're manaless), 3-4 seconds is more than enough to burst down a squishy AP mid, and you'll be pretty much in the worst place in the battle, right next to the bursting AP mid and the AD carry. Kat jumps in after the initiator sure, but ofcourse she'll be a higher priority target than the tanky initiator. AP mids are the highest priority targets after the AD carries in most teamfights because of their damage outputs. That's the problem with Katarina. She not only has to be in the thick of the battle, but the ability her entire chain reaction revolves around, can be easily interrupted, and you HAVE to use your only escape tool the get in position to use it.

Also, who cares what the low level people QQ about. Yi is the biggest noobkiller there is, low levels either love him or fear him and when was the last time Riot nerfed him? His ulti still gives him nearly double his attack speed, enough MS that you can't outrun him and makes him completely immune to the most common form of CC, slow. And as if that wasn't enough, ironically, it also gives him the Katarina's most powerful asset, her innate, for free. Except you know, on getting a kill it just instantly refreshes every cooldown he has completely instead of by just 15 seconds.

The W idea is good, sure, but Riot hasn't done anything about Katrina in a really long time. I don't think they're going to rework one of her abilities completely now.... but a minor tweak to her ultimate, that didn't seem too much to ask for. Ofcourse, not like they're gonna stumble across the page and see this, but personally I agree with OP's idea, that's all.