Talk:Katarina/@comment-5211662-20150320004353/@comment-24496127-20150320223140

What I think many people overlook is who her targets are. Sure she may do one-third of a normal mages' damage in her combo, but a normal mage usually can't focus down a squishy nearly as easily. I mean, one Kat spell won't bring you to half health in most cases, but that doesn't mean that you won't get killed in .7 seconds from a qwer combo if you're a squishy.

If Kat can more easily kill the carries than most mages, then what does it matter if it takes resets for her damage to be higher than their raw damage? It's a case of the amount of damage you do not mattering nearly as much as who you're most likely to do it to. If Kat plays properly and kills a carry, that's it, teamfight is won for her team. In that sense, I would call her overwhelming.