Talk:Katarina/@comment-95.76.226.5-20120329024247/@comment-64.113.125.166-20120330010406

On the contrary. I view Katarina as the Shaco of midlane. If played properly, your early phase should be revolving around your farming up to 6 while harassing the other person in mid, and then watching the minimap constantly. Katarina is one of those champs that does well even when her team is doing terribly. All she needs is a tank in front of her, and she can do the killing. Even if someone saves their CC specifically for you, all you have to do is be faster. There's only so much that the brain can track, and shunpo is an instant reaction. Pop in, grab a kill, pop out immediately. If worst comes to worst, you can even go in, and use a Zhonya's (which I build every game I can - godlike active). She is also very good at not taking damage during the lane phase, especially against people with skillshots. The issue comes in when you fight someone with spammy point and clicks (Ryze).

My gameplan is always 1 of 2 paths. If your team is carrying in damage - build survivability and you can go in sooner. If you can't rely on your team to do the damage - build maximum damage and assassinate the enemy one at a time.

I recently started doing ranked with her, and have been doing alright. Its usually when my other lanes are god awful that we lose. She isn't good at carrying mountains, if thats what you're getting at.