Talk:Katarina/@comment-200.141.1.18-20130123185913/@comment-5920585-20130124004158

^Pretty much this. You can try building Kat with full AD in perhaps an experimental build but it's less effective than going for a full AP item set because in essence you're forsaking two of her damaging abilities, and thus potentially losing a potential combined 1.0 AP scaling with Bouncing Blade and Shunpo. The old Bouncing Blade scaled quite well with AD (I think it may have been around 0.6 or 0.8) and Death Lotus had a 5.0 bonus AD scaling which is why building AD was more common pre-rework. Death Lotus was channelled for three seconds pre-rework as opposed to the current two, so your opponents had a better chance to interrupt it before fully channelled. You may notice that not as many players run a Hextech Gunblade as their first major item anymore, which was pretty more core pre-rework because it added so much raw damage. Of course, it's still a good item now but not a first pick for me. In a perfect game (and if you're feeling exceptionally frisky), you can go for a Mejai's Soulstealer and a Sword of the Occult; get them fully stacked and watch your enemies melt before you :P