Talk:Katarina/@comment-1712427-20131226174828/@comment-5781707-20131228081300

The problem is Shumpo and Bouncing, no AP scaling at all. Also the other problem is itemisacion. AD have always had big problems or properly itemisating. AD kata can't properly show up with 100 AD and 40 armor, while AP can do effortlessly with 120 AP, 40 armor AND stasis.. The same goes with MR and health. The best AD can do is 700 health and (¬¬) 20 AD. AP can show up with 80 AP 500 health. And AD bruiser gotta get tanky one way or another, and for Lotus to deal big daage she gotta get big AD. Also as bruiser she gotta go frontline, and Lotus can't risk a cancelation. Intead build her like and assasin, like Zed.

Another BIG problem is MR. If someone gets MR YOU ARE FUCKED. As AD kata you have no way of building penetracion so  you basicallhy become useless. You can pick a Void Staff, but it will entirely mess up your build

AD kara works nicely, but her mid game is( if posible) very crappy This is because of the itemisasion problems alredy mentioned. Later on she works like Zed, but with a weak start, much bigger AoE damage and high ult dependancy. ( With no attack speed you ain't gonna stand there to hit people, even with high AD [ unless you are Jayce who has his insta big as ]). You barely do anything with no Lotus, AP kata is not all that true on that

On the bright side, it's even more snowbally (if possible) than AP kata and  fares better vs CC heavy team ( in such an enemy team why the hell did you pick kata anyways?) as she can actully do something with Lotus cancelled.

On any case, Gunblade is still a must on Kata, not only due to the double AP AD ratio but because of the glorious CC AND the AP AD ratios AND sustain.