Talk:Katarina/@comment-189.27.214.4-20120421194746/@comment-4167645-20120422034034

The problem is twofold. One, that her presence in late game teamfights needs the perfect opportunity where all disables are either too far away or on cd, in the meanwhile your only contribution is a low base damage 0.35 ratio dagger that relies on bouncing luck to not stop on creeps.

Two, that her laning matchups are absolutely terrible so you might not even get to late game to suffer her first problem. Anything with high damage/range/sustain WILL win Kat in lane, or at least give her a really hard time farming.

Thus, too high mantainence for too small of a leg up on what others can do. Take Master Yi, hes in the same boat.