katalina didn't need all those buffs

[kumokiri]

i don't know the mentality behind buffing a character to be simply strong especially in this game
she already has a kit that makes her decent in neutral and in the defensive and apparently dealing with all rounders with very few weaknesses is fun, so lets give her more offense

i'm half fine with her 5U buff, but her corner carry is a bit overkill imo

i liked what her general gameplan used to be but now she's just annoying rushdown just like all of the current top tiers, or maybe that's just what the game will be: samey rushdown and mixups

rant for this specific character over lol

anyway, nerf belial

[Foundation1206]

funnily enough, arc really nerfed Ladiva while giving kat such overtuned buffs

[Vaducar]

the dev team does have favorites, dont spect all right balance.

[DarkLeafNinja]

Originally posted by Vaducar:

the dev team does have favorites, dont spect all right balance.

I don't think they do, I just think they are plain stupid.

[J.adventure1]

i dunno. i feel kat really needed buffs, so she can play finally versus rising instead of vanilla versus. and probably is just me but i dont feel she went into full rushdown, her gameplan is still her neutral. atleast thats my view on it. about belial nerfs...yes. please.

[SaulD]

Originally posted by J.adventure1:

i dunno. i feel kat really needed buffs, so she can play finally versus rising instead of vanilla versus. and probably is just me but i dont feel she went into full rushdown, her gameplan is still her neutral. atleast thats my view on it. about belial nerfs...yes. please.

Pretty much this. Kat was really behind the curve and her mid-range poke game didn't translate well into Rising's more offense-oriented gameplay. Now she finally got tools to actually play the game, even though the devs may have a little overcompensated.

[Moochii]

Originally posted by SaulD:

Originally posted by J.adventure1:

i dunno. i feel kat really needed buffs, so she can play finally versus rising instead of vanilla versus. and probably is just me but i dont feel she went into full rushdown, her gameplan is still her neutral. atleast thats my view on it. about belial nerfs...yes. please.

Pretty much this. Kat was really behind the curve and her mid-range poke game didn't translate well into Rising's more offense-oriented gameplay. Now she finally got tools to actually play the game, even though the devs may have a little overcompensated.

I would actually say that Katalina already had some decent tools that people didn't realize until right before patch 1.5.0. While the patch elevated her corner carry into insane levels, she could very well go corner to corner, just not able to force a wallbounce combo like now. She also had probably one of the best far lights in the game, making her stagger pressure, especially from a 66L, some of the most oppressive in the game. She def wasn't top tier, but by the time 1.5 came around, alot of top players actually thought she was better than to be believed.

I would say once stagger pressure become more normalized in the meta, she started to see more pro play. But no deny that the 1.5 buffs made her a monster by giving her insane corner carry, meaning any poke would lead into her bumping into the corner. I think buffs were needed, but maaaaybe they gave her too much corner carry. (coming from a Katalina S++ main myself lol).

[Legensy]

They just literally put patched-Kata into same spot as pre-summer,pre-nerfed Djeeta - a heckin taxi driver.Djeeta got her corner carry nerfed cos it was total bs.Kata will have same treatment next patch,just watch.Fixing something, and doing same mistake 3 month later - tells alot about balance team,they have no idea wtf they are doing with this game.