Talk:Katarina/@comment-25660105-20141215074307/@comment-5211662-20141221201530

Because Wukong is even weaker early game when compared to Katarina. He also can't disengage as well as her, and if you build him full damage, you can't take advantage of his ultimate during teamfights because he will be easily focused and killed, while Katarina at least has her resets and Zhonya to make up for that. The only downside is that she is really reliant on getting a kill (or an assist). Wukong doesn't have any resets.

For these reasons, Katarina is way better to carry games.

On paper, it is very easy to shut down Katarina. After all, you should just CC her and call mia when she is roaming so that she doesn't get kills on other lanes and recover herself.

But on pratice, these are all things that can only happen on a coordinated team. On SoloQ, where you will always be paired with people you don't know, you can't hope to communicate with your allies to prepare themselves against Katarina. In addition, especially on lower elos, people are unlikely to pay attention to your mias when you call them. So no matter how much you shut down Kat during laning phase, Kat will usually end up recovering herself and carrying.