Talk:Katarina/@comment-26001789-20161114074813/@comment-26808509-20161115015128

Scalings which aren't supported by the regular builds are a balance issue. On Fiora or Jayce for example, they don't do much, because you play them on AD, but they aren't pointless at all. You could say, if they don't want these abilities to deal damage on regular builds, why they don't make it scale with nothing then? Simply, because of Baron buff and hybrid items/different strategies. It gives them power in unsual situations and under the baron effect. And these unusual situations are what makes this game so interesting and fun. If there weren't any and AD Champs would onl scale with AD and only deal physical damage, most games would look just the same. In competetive the pro players even try to create unusual situations, to catch their enemies off guard. You could say, pros are mechanical skilled players, who know how to handle these situations.

On Kata it's the same. Gun Blade is just one example of her AD scalings to be relevant for. Another is runes and masteries (natural talent). There is the tactic to take much AD in your runes to get much early damage (because her E and passive AD ratios are quite good) and then go full AP. And then naturally situations like baron buff. They have their reasons. And beside that, kat is pretty balanced right now, she takes skill to play and deals massive damage if played correctly but with enough counterplay.