Talk:Katarina/@comment-26227836-20160115083514/@comment-26227836-20160115200119

It's not for jungle. It's for lane. You trade ignite for a cheaper Luden's Echo, which provides better waveclear early. Also, it makes taking both Raptor camps much easier for increased gold income.

If I went jungle Katarina, I'd probably go Cinderhulk these days.

I went Lucidity boots this game because of the champions I was going against. Lowering my Q cd is very important in lane against Orianna because it:

1. Allows you to push the lane into her, forcing her to expend mana to last hit, therefore forcing her to lose out on opportunities to harrass you.

2. Forces her to burn her Shield which, again, expends mana.

3. Makes her choose between keeping her ball on herself, or attempt to zone me out

Lowering my W cd was very important for kiting Mundo, Zac, and Trundle. It was also good for chasing Lucian and Orianna.

Additionally, I opted for the buffed Stormraider's Surge which was pretty great, except for the fact that dealing 30% damage on Mundo was pretty challenging.