Talk:Katarina/@comment-29520068-20161114020543/@comment-24496127-20161114071917

When you Shunpo to a dagger, you don't deal Shunpo's damage.

Given the ability to reset Shunpo's cooldown twice by picking up daggers, that means Shunpo alone can deal a potential 270 damage, along with 75% of your ap and 195% of your ad. With that in mind, just imagine, not only how much damage you lose, but also how much slower it is, when you throw a q at your target, and then wait for the dagger to land before going in.

What I've found to work best is to start the combo like old Katarina, QEW. Now, you're likely behind your target and near the Q daggers landing location, if they run backwards great, match them and they'll get hit with the flourish, if not, still go pick up the dagger, then shunpo onto them again, likely hitting them with the dagger that w dropped. Now, you get a choice to either escape, or E onto them again, likely for a kill.

Alternatively, if you just want the fastest burst, QEWR. You can pick up daggers while you ult, so the w dagger will fall for a shunpo reset, and then if they're close enough you can e onto them and likely pick up your Q dagger. If they've flashed away/created too much distance, you can shunpo to the dagger itself, and then shunpo onto them, to most likely finish a kill.

All this is written assuming it's known that you don't need to actually shunpo onto a dagger to get the reset, just pick it up.