User blog comment:Gnomeco/Katarina - Should be buffed?/@comment-4124337-20140419234409

Everything is League comes from the perspective of professional play and ranked gaming which is logical as these are the 'more than casual' players who will play well. The issue with Katarina is that I completely agree her ult is all her damage and she has real problems getting it off, but in the pre-game lobby, she CAN be picked as a counter to others and therefore snowball HARD.

For example, if one team picks Akali, there is a high chance of them going mid and Katarina can stomp her so hard it is very difficult for an Akali to play at all. Because league is all about assassins right now, Katarina cannot be buffed at the moment for these reasons. She currently counters everyone who has no cc because she is manaless and bursty and let's face it, Zed, Nidalee, Akali, Khazix, Talon and even Yasuo are not going to do well very easily.