Talk:Katarina/@comment-5877442-20150217185933

How would a semi-tanky, magic-pen build work on Kat? For example, Sorcerer's Shoes, Void Staff, Zhonya's, Liandry's, Rylai's and Abyssal.

Aside from her ult, I believe that Kat's damage primarily come from resets, and from within which, her damage is mostly in her bases. Her full combo (assuming half an ult) on its own actually has a comparatively low ratio, so it can be argued that the effeciveness of AP is reduced when built on her. Instead, you can rely on her decent base damages and resets for the damage, while amplifying it with magic penetration. As killing power is reduced with this build, the extra tankiness will help with the times that you cannot fully burst a target, misplay or get focussed horrendously etc. Also, there is more utility via Abyssal MPen and Rylai's AoE slow, which helps the team; and the build is arguably better at killing tanks, due to Liandry's %health damage. In addition, this build is a little more forgiving on things like poor positioning - what is the point of resets if you can't kill effectively or survive the fight?

I haven't yet had the chance to test this build out in full, but from what I've seen so far, her playstyle is similar, though she trades burst ability for higher survivability.