Talk:Katarina/@comment-26571276-20161213055647/@comment-26203093-20161213084439

she doesn't even rely on her old playstyle. If she's set up, E's in, throws Q - or switched order, depending - W's in the middle of the team and ults waiting for everything to fall she's got enough aoe for a burst mage not including the reset. Even though her goal is clearing the team (isn't it for everyone, though, really?) I find building defensively to even out her best-worst case scenarios work best. Even getting the armour pen MR item for the shield (shunpo resets auto so it's surprisingly not a complete waste) early along with gunblade before the dagger AP ratio starts completely over shadowing it and some defensive runes gets her in a spot where she's more reliable, does more sustained damage - if you ignore a complete team wipe - and with the shield, can even harass in certain circumstances; w, q, e, e to get in and out.