Talk:Katarina/@comment-9224869-20130709104119/@comment-5920585-20130710033025

If you're absolutely steamrolling your lane and roaming like a boss, absolutely rush a Rabadon's for the most raw damage.

Otherwise, an Abyssal Scepter is generally my first major buy.

To the guy above, not sure why you're panning Rylai's - it gives Kat everything she needs: a chunk of health and ability power, and a form of light CC since she possesses none. I get Rylai's in every game as Katarina; even with the reduced slow it certainly inhibits the possibility of your enemies simply walking out of Death Lotus as soon as you start channelling. Gunblade provides the most raw damage after Rabadon's and a fully-stacked Mejai's, so it's by no means an inviable purchase. Having said that, I wouldn't replace anything in my core build with Gunblade.