Talk:Katarina/@comment-76.31.142.187-20100821054008/@comment-139.130.57.34-20101025015823

AD does more damage overall. An auto-attack or two will usually happen after a shunpo and her ult will do more damage. However, even with a Mejais, AD build with Bloodthirsters is a higher risk snowball build. Losing bloodthirster stacks becomes more and more devastating and its actually harder IMO to get the stacks back than with Mejais (assists come easily in team fights late game). AP has the advantage of survivability without sacrificing too much damage (health from Rylais, MR from Abyssal Scepter, Active from Zhonyas etc etc) so that makes it even easier for an AP Kat to keep her stacks compared to AD. I use AD Kat only in AT games where I have a decent team with some support champs to keep my alive (Morgana, Kayle, Soraka... or even a rammus to taunt someone off my back)