Talk:Katarina/@comment-121.54.66.130-20130208091126/@comment-5920585-20130209005850

All of the above comments are perfectly viable suggestions; it really depends on your preferences too, however.

Personally, I go R>W>Q>E, simply because I prefer Sinister Steel's consistent AoE damage potential and farming capability, and run 21/9/0 masteries. 9/21/0 also works quite well; this was my standard mastery set up for quite a while, but I decided I preferred prioritising the offensive mastery tree because it better suited my aggressive playstyle.

As for a build, Deathcap is always core for me because Kat's combined scalings are phenomenal. Build your first item depending on your opponent's team composition; if you're up against heavy magic damage or if your opponents are beefing it up with MR, go for Sorc Shoes and an Abyssal Scepter. Thereafter, I'd personally opt for a Deathcap, Rylai's, Void Staff and Zhonya's/DFG depending on whether or not you need more damage or survivability.

Regarding the Gunblade...it's still a fantastic item; I remember reading on here that it adds the third most raw damage after Rabadon's and a fully-stacked Mejai's. Having said that, it's incredibly expensive and I feel as though raw AP and having M-Pen/M-Reduction items takes precedence over pretty much anything else...I guess you could get it instead of a DFG/Zhonya's and I'm sure it'd still work quite well, but it's simply not as good on Kat as it once was IMO.