Talk:Katarina/@comment-195.235.105.231-20120404093151/@comment-4696002-20120404194230

Death Lotus and her CC counterability isn't the issue.

Any high elo kat(yep, those exist) will tell you that.

The issue is her <5 level early-game laning skill - she loses against pretty much everyone smart so she has to play passive.

2nd, is that after she's CC'd, her damage output is meh.

Both issues are due to her W. W which is not only a filler skill, but a skill that increases the discrepancy between her ult's damage and her normal skills damage which should be around equal.

And in case you think otherwise, Riot is aware of that.

It's just hard to get that part right without making a fed Kat a low elo nightmare and making her passive super-easy to trigger.