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Haechi ?? Senior Member
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08-17-2012

I have a very hard time with her to be honest... And I feel like spell vamp doesnt work on her for the first 30min because the damage are so low... I don't know. Help me.

 
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Novasty ?? Senior Member
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08-18-2012

I currently like the new kat, seems to put out more damage consistently, spell vamps works extremely well with Q and W spam as it saved my life a couple of times. When you spam Q with a revolver, it feels like your using a weaker health potion at early levels, but after its gets good.

 
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BuzzJack ?? Member
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08-18-2012

Spellvamp won't be incredibly high early on with only 12%. Once you get a gunblade and some more AP, you'll be spellvamping enough to see green numbers pop up.

 
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Lunar Lightning ?? Senior Member
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08-18-2012

the rework was a major nerf... so sad i just play akali now ull do better with other assassins

 
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Novasty ?? Senior Member
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08-18-2012

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Originally Posted by RACERDUDE1320xx View Post
the rework was a major nerf... so sad i just play akali now ull do better with other assassins
I don't think it was a nerf at all, I feel I am able to push out damage more reliably in team fights because of her new W.

 
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Twilight Spark ?? Senior Member
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08-18-2012

Different skillset.

R-Q-W-E.

You bait skillshot champs into taking shots at you - then dodge with Shunpo at a minion (Yours or theirs) as worst-case scenario, or you shunpo direclty onto them, or you dodge on foot and get into shunpo range.

Then you hit your Q and W as a combo, maybe land an autoattack, and bolt away.

You don't trade. You dodge and punish. You're a counterpuncher.

People got used to betting on lucky Qs. Don't do that anymore. Get used to predicting ricochets. Play some Miss Fortune to get used to the idea of it, then get used to how Katarina's ricochets work as opposed to those (I already main MF as my second-best AD carry, so, I'm used to abusing Double Up. Especially since I played Release MF: Where it would be MF mid against Ashe mid. AP carries almost -never- went mid back then).

It's a different Kat, and the luck element is gone. A lot of people relied on the luck element of BB and got used to it. You need to be better to get the same performance out of new Kat as old Kat. But she's better overall.

 
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Lunar Lightning ?? Senior Member
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08-18-2012

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I don't think it was a nerf at all, I feel I am able to push out damage more reliably in team fights because of her new W.
they moved her damage all to her w they and demolished her core ability shumpo for any ex kat player this was a huge nerf (yes ive played about 30 new kat games) and her damage potential is just not good enough in tea fights anymore

 
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Kanzawa ?? Senior Member
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08-18-2012

yeah, i like her a lot better now, instead of poke like before, just trade. with shunpo reduction and your 3 hit combo plus speed you will win trades easily.

 
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08-18-2012

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they moved her damage all to her w they and demolished her core ability shumpo for any ex kat player this was a huge nerf (yes ive played about 30 new kat games) and her damage potential is just not good enough in tea fights anymore
Really her team fight damage isn't there anymore? REALLY? She actually does more dps in team fights if you get off two W's, which really isn't hard. Shes actually got a much stronger end game now thanks to her vastly improved farming and dps outside of the ultimate. Shes weaker in the early game however since you can't rely as much on Shunpo since its going to be stuck at level 1.

 
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B33TL3 ?? Senior Member
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08-18-2012

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they moved her damage all to her w they and demolished her core ability shumpo for any ex kat player this was a huge nerf (yes ive played about 30 new kat games) and her damage potential is just not good enough in tea fights anymore
Although one clip isn't evidence, might I direct you to the second clip in this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Im5C...eature=g-all-u

It's around the 40 second mark

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