User blog comment:Gnomeco/Katarina - Should be buffed?/@comment-24792363-20140417193439

She is a snowball assassin. You are supposed to play cautiously, choose your engages wisely, and avoid bad trades. That is the very point of her gameplay as her character type. & Yes, there are many counters for her ultimate, so it's meant to be used in succession with your teammates crowd control abilities like Amumu's ult, Morgana's Ult (she could shield you while you ult to prevent ccs), Sejuani's ult, Leona's ult (etc, etc, etc)

Mid/top lane isn't supposed to be an easy faceroll.