Talk:Katarina/@comment-74.74.169.158-20120125181909/@comment-1973463-20120127035438

because her ult doesn't scale with attack speed or crit, and her W's bonus damage doesn't scale with crit, and she's melee

Now, if you can get AD (just pure AD, since AS and crit and armor pen don't really matter) for cheap, then go for it. But most AD items don't give straight AD, while AP items have secondary stats that actually help her. Starter blade is good, but, say, infinity edge? Trash.