Talk:Katarina/@comment-5077844-20150621194119/@comment-5955640-20150622230732

Oh yeah it totally has downsides. Nobody can buy items and choosing abilities lock you in for defeat or victory and then there's the whole fact that if one team starts leading by several levels you've basically lost as you can't fight them or take objectives without them being asleep at the wheel.

It's not perfect but at least the more objective based gameplay ends the grind that people hate about the laning phase by always having an excuse to run around and group even really early on.