LoL players are happy that Katarina got big nerfs, but only on PBE for now

Katarina got the long-awaited nerfs. Currently, she is weaker only on the PBE.

For several months now, the League of Legends community has been complaining heavily about blade-throwing and jumping Katarina. Her biggest problem was supposed to be various types of damage that were hard to counter.

This is about to change now. The update nerfing mainly her ultimate just appeared on PBE.

Katarina’s nerfs on the PBE

One of the most hated characters is probably Katarina. Players who choose not very mobile and fragile carry are complaining about her. Even if they build an item that protects against a given type of damage, they will still receive a huge amount of it, because the heroine deals both AP, AD, and unavoidable damage.

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This is about to change now. A large update affecting her “numbers” has entered the test servers. Here’s what was introduced:

• Dagger AD Ratio: 75% bAD —> 65%
• E:
  • AD Ratio 50% AD —> 40%
• R:
  • Per hit: 25% – 35% —> 28% – 38%
  • AP ratio per hit: 19% —> 18%
  • AS ratio per hit: +80% total AS —> +166.6% bAS
    

As you can see, the developers decided to reduce the damage from the ultimate and “E”. However, now she may turn out to be the worst AP carry in League of Legends due to her much weaker earlier phase. Interestingly, as the commentators calculated, she will still do well with the Divine Sunderer item, and ultimately nothing will change later in the game and she will continue to be strong.