Talk:Katarina/@comment-24309189-20140418083615/@comment-9705522-20140425144245

Actually, i main kat at diamond 5 level. Im not suggesting to build liandrys early. It sucks early. Hard. But haunting guise is probably the best early item. It gives ap, hp, and good olg magic pen, which is a lot more powerful for kat early on. And no, dfg is subpar. Its not bad per se, but really, there are a lot better choices. Like zhonyas. Thing is, early game, haunting guise is absolute core. Your main damage early on is base damage (both w and e have insignificant scalings, while their level 1 base damage is rather high.). So magic pen is the most effective. Then zhonyas, because its just safer. You dont want to die to the enemies burst, do you? Having a failsafe, especially with low cooldowns and the potential to reset, is perfect. Then it gets more situational. High magic burst enemies? Getting an abyssals is good. Magic res, ap, and the magic res reduction aura. You are ahead? Void staff or rabadons. Are the enemies already building a lot of mr? Void staff. Then Rabadons if you didnt get it. Now usually a defensive item (Ga is rather mediocre though. Too long of a cooldown and doesnt help you during your ult. Id rather buy randuins or banshees), or if you got abyssals, the remaining one of voidstaff/rabadons. Then finish liandrys. The reason is simple. Your damage already is by far high enough to kill the squishies, and the resets will help with the others. The only one who can be a problem now is the tank. So hey, get an antitank tool.