Talk:Katarina/@comment-4976082-20120817201814/@comment-131.94.55.78-20120820210433

not really a nerf, just balanced changes.

Q: 60/95/130/165/200 (.35AP) -> 50/85/120/15 /190 (.5AP) and gains KI as a passive. PLUS it has 15/30/45/60/75 (.2AP) from it's mark. And the CD was raised by 1 sec on all levels. This is an overall buff. (although i tthink it lost the AD ratio, butthat went into the buffed AP)

E: 80/120/160/200/240 (.75AP) -> 40/70/100/130/160 (.4AP) gains a weak version of KI as a passive and has retardedly long cooldowns now at earlier levels, but returns to the original 6 seconds at level 5. This is overall a shit nerf on shunpo. BUT if you combo her BB into shunpo, then at level 5 you get: 75(.2AP) + 160(.4AP), which is slightly weaker than the original shunpo on it's own. This would be a nerf on it's own, regardless if you include the combo damage, though.

W: any extra damage lost between the Q and E went into her W. 40/80/120/160/200 (.3AP)(.6AD) and 4 sec CD. New damage skill is a buff, especially since the Killer Instincts active was moved to her new skills as passives.

R: 50/65/80 (.25AP)(.5 total AD)/dagger -> 40/50/60 (.175AP)(.3 bonus AD)/dagger and reduced channel time. The damage got nerfed, definitely. But idk about anyone else, but i was very rarely able to kill with the old DL and very often got CC'd out of it before any real damage was done. Now DL kills more because of the higher DPS and rarely gets interrupted before siginficant damage has been done.

In the very least, Kat got 2 buffs and 2 balanced changes (shunpo and Death Lotus). It's all pretty well off the way i see it.

also her passive got nerfed... that ticked me off...