Talk:Katarina/@comment-171.7.233.128-20120816000936

I like the new kat mainly because of the new range on her Q and how it ACTUALLY HITS CHAMPIONS AND MINIONS INSTEAD OF DISAPPEARING INTO THIN AIR.

Anyway, I wonder why people still build Gunblade on her. The only move with high bonus Ad ratio on her is her ult, which is not guaranteed to always hit to its fullest. If you plan on spamming W, it is easier to get lots of AP which boosts ALL of her moves and is further increased by Mastery and Rabadon.

A Gunblade costs 3625 gold for 70 AP, 40 Ad, 20% spell vamp and its active. The life steal rarely helps.

That 3625 can be used to buy a revolver (1200) and DFG (2600) for a total of 120 AP, 12 Spell vamp, CD reduction and DFG active. The 175 gap can easily be fulfilled via the Kage Lucky Pick GP income.

DFG and Revolver sounds like a much better choice. The DFG active is much more damaging than the Gunblade and the CD reduction further increases her overall damage due to faster spamming. The AP Scaling also works on every move instead of only W and R. The only thing that is missing here is the "Slow" which can easily be achieved by building a Rylai later on which further reduces the usefulness of a Gunblade on her. You have Shunpo for gapclosing/escaping anyway.

If the Gunblade was picked because of its spellvamp, it's better to just get WotA (cheaper, more AP and benefit the whole team) and spend the extra 1100 +10 gold for a giant belt --> Rylai. Tankier = more time spent alive = more spamming = more overall damage.

I understand how Gunblade used to be so good on her due to the AD scaling on her Q so you can poke more but with that removed, you need all the AP you can get for a strong poke.