Talk:Katarina/@comment-24896347-20151001180048/@comment-26227836-20151001221349


 * gasp* Why, I never...

jk

When I was a wee silver, I didn't have to rely on the team to "make plays." Solo kills were a common occurrence.

Dragon fight = Triple Kill

Bot lane = Double Kill

Gold was definitely a step up. It was like everyone took a course in "Katarina Awareness." People instalocked Malz & Maokai. Somewhere around there I started going Tank Katarina vs teams that were focused on taking down Katarinas. The mentality of Tank Katarina is to line up a good ult that can't be ignored and to be a high priority tank that would eventually stomp in a long fight (Darius).

Playing against Plats is more or less playing against Golds. Katarina being ungankable is probably her only strength in lane. She won't die, but she won't get kills either unless the jungler has cc.

I've only played against full Diamond teams in ranked teams and they are on top of things when playing against a Katarina. They recognize that a low health teammate is a liability and don't even try to fight risky skirmishes. But again, putting in too many resources to stop a Katarina is pretty detrimental. Heal/Zhonya's baits seem to be relevant across all elo's.

People don't QQ as much anymore since Katarina's been nerfed pretty well and I get more complements instead :D

End game Katarina is very strong but games rarely reach past the 40 minute mark these days.

Katarina and Akali have a pretty similar laning phase except Akali doesn't have to push waves to farm and doesn't have pre 6 mobility. Their team fight engage mentality is almost identical as both follow the "go in when a reset is guaranteed." Then again, the Akali changes have kinda separated the two either by playstyle or even viability.