Talk:Katarina/@comment-46.138.226.46-20120521084449/@comment-65.191.164.250-20120521215244

Realistically, with the same amount of money, you could get enough AP to make her spells deal equal damage as if you had gotten AD with that money instead, since AP is much easier to get than AD, maybe even more damage. Shunpo also has good AP scaling, adding to her burst instead of sustained damage like AD would.

When you look at it this way, say you do the Shunpo -> Deadly Lotus -> Bouncing Daggers. You're gonna have trouble getting into range for your autoattacks, because you had to use shunpo. If you don't use shunpo, then you will have a hard time setting up Deadly Lotus. Either way, you only have one gap closer and a 3 second channel spell. Unless you kill someone for the CD reset (which is less probable since your shunpo will deal less) you will have nothing to close the distance to get in autoattack range.