Talk:Katarina/@comment-26340813-20150425123551/@comment-26359415-20150502232921

Abyssal if against a high burst (or fed) AP mid and/or double AP (this is what you go for most of the times), Zhonyas if against AD mid (and specially Zed), or Luden's/Deathcap (or gunblade for the lulz) are what you usually want to go for first. Luden's is really good on her if you get some resets and gives extra poke/waveclear. I'd go for Deathcap if I get fed though, since I believe it does significantly more damage (even if you rush it).

The rest is pretty much just the standard damage items. Mpen boots, zhonya's, luden's/deathcap, void staff and a defensive item/rylai's/abyssal/gunblade.

Don't go for Haunting Guise unless you really need that extra HP (personally, I never buy it). It gives less damage than other items and you can only upgrade it to Liandry's which is terrible compared to what other items you could get at the time.