Talk:Katarina/@comment-24082086-20170124011057/@comment-26808509-20170125183313

I guess you underestimate the importance of the AD scaling on her E for the early game. At level 3 she is able to use her E 3 times, if she combos properly, and thus most of her damage comes from her E. Since it's a full AD ratio and the bonus AD ratio on her passive is better than her AP ratio on low levels, some AD in her runes and the Gunblade rush gave her enough power to use these scalings and boost her early game until she reached enough level for her Daggers AP ratio to grow strong. That's why it was not that hard for Katarina to gain firstblood, if the enemy wasn't carefull enough. Nerfing the AD ratio on E means to weaken this strategy and her early game/laninphase in general, so she won't have it too easy to snowball. I tested it myself and her level 3 powerspike is much weaker now, while her late game feels almost the same. Pretty fair change, since the laningphase was what most people were complaining about.