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FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-24 17:13:22
October 24 2012 17:11 GMT
#3041
but kat's Q outranges annie's. I've played the matchup from both sides and it seems Annie has to play pretty careful. she'll lose an attrition battle for sure. it's only dangerous to Q annie when her stun is up because you'll often get caught in the cast animation, letting annie close distance on that extra 50 range. anytime her stun isn't up, kat can harass her quite effectively. lvls 1-5 especially, before annie gets her first blue, are punishing. you won't have enough mana to combo at 6 if you've been trying to trade harass with kat's Q
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Frolossus
Profile Joined February 2010
United States4779 Posts
October 24 2012 17:17 GMT
#3042
On October 25 2012 02:11 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
but kat's Q outranges annie's. I've played the matchup from both sides and it seems Annie has to play pretty careful. she'll lose an attrition battle for sure. it's only dangerous to Q annie when her stun is up because you'll often get caught in the cast animation, letting annie close distance on that extra 50 range. anytime her stun isn't up, kat can harass her quite effectively. lvls 1-5 especially, before annie gets her first blue, are punishing. you won't have enough mana to combo at 6 if you've been trying to trade harass with kat's Q

the problem is that kat Q does barely any damage until you detonate the mark, annie also has a retardedly abusable auto attack range and can literally force kat out of lane just by auto'ing her every time she goes in for cs
mana shouldn't be an issue if you are playing it right and using the stun up to zone effectively instead of trade
clickrush
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Switzerland3257 Posts
October 24 2012 17:18 GMT
#3043
On October 25 2012 02:03 TheLink wrote:
I think it's important not to go overboard "countering" people like Kat. You end up pairing off your lane and then Kat is sick in teamfights later whereas people like Akali/Fiddle/Galio not so much. I really think you either need serious kill potential (kassadin/diana/ahri) or at least be able to keep up late-game. Like I had a GP today who insisted on mid to counter their first pick kassadin. Sure he denied kass some farm but then we ended up with a GP and no AP carry...

kat is terrible in teamfights compared to the champions you mentioned. galio and fiddle add a ton of utility and both aoe ults are less situational. akali is a stronger single target assassin and has a much easyer time to focus the right targets. the only champions i see kat doing well vs are heavy skillshot reliant squishy carries without escapes/interrupt who also deal less damage than kat. Nothing comes to mind. then she also falls off lategame harder than most ap carries. The only way a kat player wins a lane is significantly asymetric jungle presence and just flat out playing better. that doesn't sound like she needs to be countered in lane.

I just don't get why anyone would see kat as a problem please clarify.
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Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21244 Posts
October 24 2012 17:19 GMT
#3044
Kat take 9/21 and regen/armor/mr and stomps Annie

Thr Annie counter is vastly overrated. Mainly cus Kat fotm so lots if bad Kats imo
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FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
October 24 2012 17:25 GMT
#3045
i'm still not scared of kat at all when i play galio. her fotm mpen build isn't as effective against galio because he still gets AP from stacking MR, so it's not a choice between damage and survivability, you get damage along with the survivability the MR offers (much less due to the aforementioned fotm mpen build). plus galio can do the same to her, guise op xD
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APurpleCow
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1372 Posts
October 24 2012 17:28 GMT
#3046
I've been wrecking Kats with Vlad in lane. If she tries to ult you you can just combo+w then kill her.
overt
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States9006 Posts
October 24 2012 17:32 GMT
#3047
The more I play Annie the more I realize she doesn't really "counter" anyone. Most match ups with her are either really difficult to win or a skill match up. Practically everyone just outranges her too hard so it usually comes down to hoping your opponent messes up or hoping you get a good jungle gank.

Galio sounds like a good counter to Kat though.
kainzero
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States5211 Posts
October 24 2012 17:33 GMT
#3048
this reminds me of when i watched scarra playing kat and streaming in korea and he went something like 12/2 and he was saying that it was really bad and that they wouldn't win the game because he didn't hit his timing windows for the items he needed. and sure enough they lost.

man times have changed with the kat remake.
Lunek
Profile Joined October 2010
Poland164 Posts
October 24 2012 17:36 GMT
#3049
I would say that kassadin seems to be quite strong pick against kat, not sure about the range of Q comparsion between those champs.
MooMooMugi
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States10531 Posts
October 24 2012 17:38 GMT
#3050
I think Lee Sin mid counters everyone, so OP
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
October 24 2012 17:59 GMT
#3051
Lee Mid OP, verified
I'm on GOLD CHAIN
Dusty
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3359 Posts
October 24 2012 18:03 GMT
#3052
People should start building Stinger on Irelia after Trinity/Wits/GA. Such a good item for its cost on Irelia.
clickrush
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Switzerland3257 Posts
October 24 2012 18:07 GMT
#3053
guys are you serious? kat is fotm? I don't get it she does everything worse than other ap carries/assassins. is that an NA only phenomenon?
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Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
October 24 2012 18:08 GMT
#3054
3 offensive slots +boots + GA, only leaves one slot, bad idea IMO. Stinger isnt bad though.
Scip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Czech Republic11293 Posts
October 24 2012 18:08 GMT
#3055
On October 25 2012 03:07 clickrush wrote:
guys are you serious? kat is fotm? I don't get it she does everything worse than other ap carries/assassins. is that an NA only phenomenon?

Pretty sure it isn't, Kat IS very strong in several situations, she is a great middle and she has also been successfully used as a 1v2 lane surprisingly enough.
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AsnSensation
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany24009 Posts
October 24 2012 18:09 GMT
#3056
LoL Candypanda playing ad carry for Sk atm, wouldnt be surprised if they announced him as their "new" ad tomorrow and then he leaves again in 1 month because he doesnt want to practise as much as ocelote.
Live2Win *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States6657 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-24 18:15:12
October 24 2012 18:14 GMT
#3057
On October 25 2012 03:07 clickrush wrote:
guys are you serious? kat is fotm? I don't get it she does everything worse than other ap carries/assassins. is that an NA only phenomenon?

Nope, there's a reason Azubu Frost, Blaze and most other proteams were picking/banning Kat in the last IPL tournament. (this was 2 days ago).

The main reason Kat's being used right now is because kills and ASSISTS are giving her resets. Her lane phase is one of the strongest right now, and much like eve she has strong roam. With DFG+combo she can 100-0 most mids/squishies. Then in team-fights, she just has to wait a little bit for the aoe stuns to go off, combo in for a kill (or assist), then as people start dying she can just combo instantly on to anyone still alive. It only takes 2 kills or assist (+3 seconds) for her ult to reset, which is quite ridiculous.
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Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany11743 Posts
October 24 2012 18:14 GMT
#3058
On October 25 2012 03:08 Scip wrote:
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On October 25 2012 03:07 clickrush wrote:
guys are you serious? kat is fotm? I don't get it she does everything worse than other ap carries/assassins. is that an NA only phenomenon?

Pretty sure it isn't, Kat IS very strong in several situations, she is a great middle and she has also been successfully used as a 1v2 lane surprisingly enough.


I see a lot of Kat atm, and i am on EUW. I'd say she is present in about a quarter of the games i play in. I'd guess factors for this are that she is pretty hard to gank, if she wins lane, she wins hard, she can roam pretty good and the more chaotic a teamfight is, the better for her. Plus she gets quadras pretty often because of her cleanup capabilities. Also, she does not seem to have a lot of very bad matchups amongst the commonly picked aps.
HolyToss1911
Profile Joined May 2007
354 Posts
October 24 2012 18:14 GMT
#3059
M5 is playing a seeding match for IPL5.

http://www.twitch.tv/ipllol
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21244 Posts
October 24 2012 18:15 GMT
#3060
kat's laning is really really strong right now all the people who are discounting kat's laning are playing against bad kats

she has like no true counters mid, only people who can not lose hard and go even and hope to contribute more in roaming/teamfights/lategame
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