Talk:Katarina/@comment-11101598-20130918214239/@comment-23294483-20130924224256

Because most of your opponents will have blinks and/or other escapes. Think about it. As Katarina, one of your main goals is to jump onto the enemy ADC or APC. How many of them don't have something to escape your ult? It's the same reason no one grabs exhaust on Kat. The slow is just not as good as flat out burst damage.

As for the hextech spell vamp-- in general, spell vamp is not that great on Kat. Experienced players would never trade with a Katarina in her death lotus. In teamfights, Kat can get 1-1.5 seconds of her ult before good players will CC her or blink away. No one would be crazy enough to fight a Katarina in her death lotus.

It's definitely not as gold effective as just keeping 5 pots with you during laning.