Katarina nerfs hit the League of Legends PBE patch 12.12 cycle, her AD ratios to take a considerable hit

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Katarina might be in for a fair bit of nerfs in the upcoming League of Legends 12.12 patch update. Riot Games seem to be tinkering with her kit on the PBE test server.

With the 12.11 update officially out, the test server is currently in the 12.12 cycle. The developers have already started introducing champion and item updates that they are looking to ship with the official patch.

One of the changes that have caught the attention of the League of Legends community is the nerfs that are making their way to Katarina. It appears the AD ratios of most of her abilities are taking a hit, while the on-hit modifier on her ultimate is getting a bit of a buff.

Some Katarina mains are baffled as to why Riot Games introduced these nerfs on the test server. However, the developers are yet to address it.

Before moving on to the changes, it’s important to note that the updates hitting Katarina in the League of Legends PBE test server are tentative. They might not reflect entirely in the official update.

Before shipping the updates to the final patch, Riot Games test the tweaks out on the test server. Depending on how they perform, they tinker with it further or just choose to ship it in its entirety.

Here are all the Katarina changes hitting the PBE 12.12 cycle:

The nerfs to her AD ratios have confused a lot of community members. They feel that all it does is slow down her early game and make her already bad laning phase considerably worse.

While some feel that the developers might be pushing Katarina towards a more AP and Attack Speed-oriented build, the rest are not convinced. Even with these nerfs, the AD build path hardly changes.

There are two weeks to go until League of Legends patch 12.12 officially drops. It will be interesting to see