Talk:Katarina/@comment-25912163-20150211121955/@comment-4001658-20150211222230

Okay, so as you probably know, both Akali and Katarina have horrible, horrible laning phases. Usually it consists of just last hitting with Q's and an occasional auto attack on the opponent to proc their marks. Akali's Q hurts more, has a lower cooldown, and is a source of sustain. Katarina can last hit with Q's but can also harrass the opponent by bouncing the blades at him/her at the same time. Akali can't make this decision. Also, Akali can only proc her mark via auto attacks. Basically, if both Katarina and Akali throw Q's at each other at the same time. Akali will technically get outtraded pre-6 because Katarina can detonate her mark before Akali can get close enough to auto attack.

Let's talk Item-wise. Both champions usually start Boots and 4 health pots. BUT, Katarina can also start Doran's Shield. Doran's Shield can mitigate some of Akali's Q and auto attack damage. This may or may not be important.

Now post-6 is a little tricky. Let's say that both Katarina and Akali turn 6 at the same time. Katarina will instantly QEWR or QWR onto the Akali. The Akali will now run towards her tower to escape the Katarina ult and not trade at all. OR the Akali can ult to a minion, like you said. The problem with that is, Akali doesn't have ult anymore(neither does Katarina, obviously) so we're back to the pre-6 scenario where both champions are just hurling Q's at each other, which Katarina wins in, IMO. Of course, this is only until Akali gains another charge on her ult, but what is Akali going to do with her ult? Katarina, having exhausted her ult, is just going to turtle again and only throw Q's again.

Back to your comment on Akali dashing to a minion... Akali just dashed onto an enemy minion, mitigating Katarina's ult, but now Akali's out of position, like she's literally outside Katarina's tower. Ganks can happen during this time. Akali can shroud back to her tower(assuming she didn't already during Katarina's ult) but she's going to be eating Katarina W's along the way.

Tl;DR It's pretty much a stalemate lane-wise. It really just depends on who roams better and who snowballs. Akali and Katarina aren't going to have many fights to the death in lane 1v1, and ganks don't work against them due to Akali's W and Katarina's E being fairly reliable escapes.

P.S. Debating is fun.