User blog comment:AtheistUntoDeath/Which of these Champions would win? Part 2/@comment-10257787-20140510124845

Really nice that you resurrected your blog again!

Let's see how would win this time...

First of all, this one is a very balanced matchup, so although you can probably say who would have an edge, that wouldn't mean that they winner would be victorious every time

Let's analyse their abilities and see what they're capable of:

I'll say this right away: both their passives are for longer fights and multiple targets, which won't play a role in this scenario so i won't analyse them

Akali:

Q: Akalis q means imo that she is able to throw her kamas/blades at an enemy target (first part). Triggering the ability means, that akali is capable of dealing high damage to single targets, with other words: Once akali is in melee range she will kill her target pretty fast.

W: A Smokebomb i guess, with which she can escape, or in the case of slow targets catch them. A pretty good move, but against mobile targets it lacks effectiveness

E: I think what her e could tell us is that she can deal damage to multiple targets, but that it isn't her true strength. High single target, low multy target damage

R: Her r shows her high mobility. Or so it seems. To me, her r doesn't tell us as much about her high mobility, but about her fighting style. She ambushes her target at attacks them with little to no reaction time. Akali waits for her target to get close to her and then ambushes out of the shadows. That doesn't mean that she can really jump around how she wants to, but how little time there is between starting her attack and killing her target

Conclusion: Together with her lore, akali is a very skilled ninja, who attacks out of the shadows to kill her targets in little time. The fact that she has to use smokebombs to attack and escape probably means that she can't just jump away. It's just like her q. She doesn't really throw a mark at an enemy which magically deals damage when she procs it. It's more like two abilitys, which wouldn't fit in her kit together. Still, she is capable of dealing high amounts of damage in short time, and her lore states that she could break a chain with her fists, but if you attack an unarmored enemy with blades, you will always kill him, just like if you get struck by an blade wielding enemy you will die too, if you can't dodge or are armored. Last but not least: She always works in a team together with kennen and shen, which means that she is more of a teamfighter then standalone killing machine.

Katarina:

Q: Pretty much the same as akalis q, the only difference might be that the bouncing aspect of the q means that she does in fact throw more then one knife at ones, but that doesn't really matter after all

W: Her w is pretty interesting. She slices through her enemys with incredible speed. Damage, cooldown, all ingame factors which don't matter here, but her speed is quite amazing. If you compare it with karmas q you see that it is a lot faster

E: Shunpo means that the user of this ablity is ridicously fast, so fast that even the eye can't follow. The most important part of katarinas kit, because it clearly states that she is as fast as we assumed

R: Imo her R just means how skilled katarina is in terms of throwing knifes. Nothing new, i would've assumed that even without her ult as her q already suggests it.

Conclusion: Katarinas lore tells us how she is a very skilled assassin who is able to infiltrate a camp, kill her target and then vanish in the air. It is also worth to mention, that she always works alone, so in this scenario she is already trained as a single fighter, while akali relies on her team. Another fact worth mentioning is that her father, general ducoteau, is known as a very skilled swordsman who could easily overwhelm a skilled assassin like talon. That means, that just like akalil, she had excellent training.

The Duell: In a matchup akali vs katarina in the described environment favors katarina. Why? Because both of them, akali just like katarina are very skilled assassins with a ton of combat experience, but katarina favors speed and akali favors strengh, which means that both of them are equally strong, but because katarina is faster, she is more likely to hit akali first. With shunpo she can evade pretty much every attack akalis, but akali just isn't able to dodge every knife katarina throws: there are just to many. That means that akali also can't use her smokescreen or just jump at katarina, because she'll jump into a knife which she can't dodge while moving.

When two powerful individuals with no armor fight against each other, the first hit will always be lethal, so the one who can land his attack faster wins. This isn't just between those two champions, in everyone else it would be the same result: the winner is the fastest.

In this case, this is clearly katarina, because you can't be faster then with shunpo (well, maybe sonido xD)