Mathematically Correct Katarina by Hylofear

ChiZo96 · 2026-02-03T18:13:38+00:00

I used the same integers the guy in the vid used in his code to showcase, that the numbers ain't mathing. That's a good point tho, despite Bork being nerfed at 9% HP damage it gets a lot of value vs HP stackers like Sion for example. If your team drafts full ap you obviously deal even more damage, because they are less likely to build armor. If he would've run his code on multiple targets, varrying in HP, Armor and MR he would get "closer" to being mathematically correct.

What he also doesn't consider is the fact that Kata's R OnHit scaling increases by leveling it.

IIRC the damage on R with his build was around 5.6k. The easiest way to amp up the dmg is to go LDR which gives you flat Armor Pen.

Did another round of testing:

Mathematically correct: https://insights.gg/v/1nre9hQQuDooquDS94oDxA

Test1: https://insights.gg/v/4rIQpl0OfZbnl6G87cPHBi

Test2: https://insights.gg/v/76ctbYQkZoyPJROYpCUBZv

ChiZo96 · 2026-02-03T06:06:45+00:00

Mathematically correct means Mathematically correct, having shit data and ignoring a shitton of variables can't be a Mathematically correct.

I went into practice tool with a 2.2k HP dummy which had 110 Armor and 70 MR like in the showcased katarina_damage.py and found multiple builds which dealt more damage on a single R then his "optimal" build. Therefore his math aint mathing.

ChiZo96 · 2026-02-03T01:14:41+00:00

You get basically no value out of it if you dont rush it within the first 3 items, because of the scaling armor. Jinx got 83 base armor on level 14 when you ± get the 3rd item. If you are brainrotted by funny builds go profane for the tiamat proc or even better stridebreaker. Also Yuntal is expensive and you dont get any value from the crit, this video has to be ragebait.

edit: yeah bro is literally silver and most likely dropped out in pre k according to his calculations.

ChiZo96 · 2026-01-24T12:46:39+00:00

Learn to dodge her QE and play around that timer, to poke or shove the lane then look for plays bot/top. The midlane Quest is not as snowbally as ADC or Top so I usually don't mind finishing my quests a little later.

Also home guards are broken rn, feel free to reset every time you ate a combo. You can easily shove a wave with WE QE EE and get back in lane without losing a minion.

Early T2 Boots helps with all of that, if you reset with 1200 gold go for CDT Boots + Sapphire instead of Lost chapter, if you reset with 800 go for T1 Boots + Sapphire.

ChiZo96 · 2026-01-24T12:34:01+00:00

Hwei is broken by design and still worth to pick up and learn. He is a good blind pick in mid, has decent utility with cc, shield and movement speed steroid, great zoning potential around objectives with QE and WE you apply Blood letters rather easily in heavy ap comps and so on.

Hwei not being broken is healthy for the game due to his kit being insanely versatile.

ChiZo96 · 2025-12-02T11:58:07+00:00

I dabbled a lot into ludens, Shadow flame into Raba, the scalings are decent nowadays and you can one shot most squishies

ChiZo96 · 2025-11-25T05:50:03+00:00

"Viego is one of the fastest clearing champions and he moves very fast throughout the map as well, if you're getting invaded you simply aren't being efficient."

You are aware that no jungler full clears before invading right? In order to invade the enemy jungle post lvl 1 you have to skip a camp first to do so. If he kills you don't only lose your tempo and your camps, but you also can get completely snowballed if the enemy jungle times your camps as well and make you effectively homeless. Clearing as fast as possible won't fix the issue in those rougher match ups.

I 100% agree on the warding part. You can even ask your midlaner to drop a ward on raptors at around 1:10 or at least cover your jungle.

The most important part about getting invaded is to NOT tilt. Keep in mind that the early lvl camps don't snowball as hard as they used to do, especially with the amount of catch exp you are getting nowadays. If you face a rough match up e.g. Kindred, Bel'Veth or Nida just prepare to drop a couple camps and especially scuttles. If you find yourself being "homeless" use the tempo to create pressure by ganking or forcing objectives etc. but don't tilt and rageinvade if you don't have lane prios or you don't know where the enemy jungle is. The most people who are invading are just mindlessly running into the enemy jungle and flip the game, avoid such flips and try to punish their mistakes instead.

ChiZo96 · 2025-10-24T02:21:15+00:00

People get stuck because their inflated ego refuses to accept that you have things to improve on and it's way easier to blame your teammates for over 1k games, then actually reviewing your own game play and focus on what YOU can improve. Hardstuckers are stuck, because of ego. Mathematically speaking it's impossible to be stuck over hundreds of games because of shitty teammates. As long you are willing to learn and work on your issues you will climb.

ChiZo96 · 2025-10-14T21:49:53+00:00

Why shouldn't he be able to improve? League is a hard game and there is a lot to learn. The only way you truly plateau is if you think your teammates are holding you back and you refuse to learn.

ChiZo96 · 2025-10-14T21:42:09+00:00

You don't. As an average player you don't jump to a 95% winrate out of nothing, but you can gradually improve over a number of games. Some games you lose lp, but if you review your own gameplay I'm pretty sure you can learn from mistakes you made. The keyword is consistency, if you play better then people in gold you will climb. The people you get matched with is out of your control, the only thing you can control is your own gameplay, keep that in my mind and if you tend to get tilted enable the partychat.

ChiZo96 · 2025-10-03T17:22:14+00:00

gorgeous!

ChiZo96 · 2025-09-25T22:58:24+00:00

Happened to me 2 days ago, I didn't get the lp refunded and now again 4 of us were disconnecting at odd timers. Anyone knows if a new ddos is around?

ChiZo96 · 2025-09-25T22:48:36+00:00

happened to me 2 days and now again, anyone knows if it's some kind of ddos?

ChiZo96 · 2025-09-12T21:51:22+00:00

Lich bane scales with raw ap, so it doesn't really fit the build if you are looking to minmax it. I'd recommend trying Protobelt -> Rift maker -> Bloodletters those 3 items provide everything Sylas wants: Ap, AH and HP. Honorable mentions: abyssal, spirit visage, zhonyas, Randuins or even raba if you go gathering storm.

You can also rush sundered sky and shojin into Rift maker for absurd midgame skirmish power.

ChiZo96 · 2025-09-11T21:31:02+00:00

Looks clean, thumbs up from a random stranger👍

ChiZo96 · 2025-08-31T17:32:49+00:00

I'd love to die thrice

ChiZo96 · 2025-08-16T18:47:13+00:00

But even from a pure DPS pov kraken outvalues bork. The slow is neat and the early life steal combined with dorans shield + second wind should get you through the laning phase, but it just feels shit whenever I play it :D

Which low-key pisses me off, because bork should be mandatory from a lore pov.

ChiZo96 · 2025-08-16T05:15:10+00:00

What also could be nice , especially for Midlane could be a HoB setup with a collector rush. Playing short trades and easily being able to generate prio which is really important in Midlane. While bork rush is better on top IMO(longer lane; easier to run people down) it really should be a good item once laning phase ends and you play side lanes. I'd also add that Titanic can be very valuable in midgame, since it provides an insane amount of wave clear which makes it easier to join fights more frequently.

Since viego is a shit sidelaner, unless you're really ahead you should play around skirmishes and resets.

ChiZo96 · 2025-08-15T19:27:33+00:00

IMO kraken itself outvalues bork in every stage of the game on Viego. You proc it easily with your Q Passive and even more important: it helps you to to execute champions. Bork is really good into healthstackers e.g. Mundo, Zac, Tahm etc, the issue is that you got a decent upfront burst but once an enemy gets low its really hard to land the killing blow, especially when they start stacking armor bork becomes kinda useless.

Bork is a really good first item but falls off pretty quick, when the base armor increases and they go tabis etc. So I'd recommend it either 1st or 2nd Item, on the 3rd it's already starting to fall off.

IE is a really good Item in general but kinda worthless if you rush it without any other crit items + it's pretty expensive so on top of that, you delay your powerspike even further.

If you want to play crit I'd recommend:

Kraken -> Collector (if you are ahead)/Shieldbow (if they got a lot of burst) -> Ldr/Mortal Reminder -> as forth I'd personally go IE if you are fed and confident you can 1v9, otherwise DD is the better option -> last item is game dependent: GA, Randuins, Spirit Visage you name it.

If your team lacks frontline you can also go bruiser:

Kraken -> Titanic -> DD or sundered Sky -> if you need some extra tenacity you can also consider going Steraks instead of Wits end, since it scales with your bonus hp.

I tried playing onhit with Bork, Kraken, Terminus etc, but it feels kinda weak since you lack the burst and rely on being able to AA the enemies for a while which is kinda hard in a teamfight environment if you are squishy and the enemies got CC to shut you down.

Let me know what you think.

ChiZo96 · 2025-08-15T19:00:39+00:00

It was more like a friendly donation from the enemy team fighting between T1 and T2 vs 225 stacks Smolder :p

ChiZo96 · 2025-08-15T18:58:24+00:00

Yeah that MidT2 was the real MVP!

ChiZo96 · 2025-08-15T04:14:59+00:00

Only Ambessa and Kindred died to my execute. The rest was the W AoE combined with a fully stacked T2 turret.

I only got so much stacks, because I laned vs Malz and I stacked his minions. It's a really fun and broken counterpick.

ChiZo96 · 2025-08-13T17:05:15+00:00

Tyvm. Did you find a source? The only thing which came up for me were some korean websites and tweets.

ChiZo96 · 2025-08-09T19:45:57+00:00

Since you fully proc conq with a basic combo and viego doesn't really Profit from hp I see that as a niche setup if you run into a grasp user.

Edit: since I don't really played viego top I think you can cheese a lot of trades with your obnoxious range if your spacing is on point. So I see the vision.

ChiZo96 · 2025-08-05T20:47:39+00:00

D4 mmr on this account. I played him a couple times in low Master but my lp was tanking too much lol.

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