Talk:Katarina/@comment-8468980-20141118033016/@comment-9705522-20141118090643

Yes, and the reason has been found to be, well, questionable at best. First off, early fights are plain and simply rarer. Yeah, I know, sounds strange, but here is the thing. Tier 1 towers are now easier to get, while pushing out the lane is harder for some champions (like Kat). Roaming gets harder, and there are no objectives worth fighting over early game (Dragons early power is lower, and scuttle crab takes too long for the little benefit it provides). With the lack of dragon, there is also a delay in power-spike.

Also, she only fits the current meta in this regards, but really doesnt like it in another. Why? Every team has now 4-5 ways of stopping her ult on average. If they want to be sure, they can easily get more. Kats ult can now be stopped with barely any effort, and getting a full ult off is unrealistic. And without her ult, she just isnt strong.

Because of this, she needs all enemies to make mistakes to be good. Hence why in Ranked 5s, where the factor of mistakes is highly diminished, and her true power is seen, she has an average pick rate, and 50% win rate.

tl;dr the nerfs arent justified.