Talk:Katarina/@comment-24082086-20180308043747/@comment-37211063-20181016122658

Have to disagree with XXfeatherPawXx honestly. She isn't in a good state atm since anyone can abuse her in lane quite easily. Before her nerfs however, that was different. She was able to fight level 2 and 3 and even cheese very well with how much damage she used to have with long sword start due to not only base daggers damage but with 100% AD scaling from the very start of the game. Was it balanced? By God no. But the way they nerfed her really killed her laning phase, especially with the e cd when picking up a dagger. 3 seconds is way too long, would feel way better if it were say, 1.5 seconds. Maybe 2. Her early is so beyond shit, and if a smart player knows that, they know to have their jungler help deny Katarina everything in lane to make sure she is completely useless. While I agree on GB spike is a huge spike for her, it's not big enough to where it will turn the game if she's behind. Her nerfs hurt her pretty bad, and that's why Riot is currently considering either reverting her e to the regular released CD or at least doing some sort of buff with it.