Talk:Katarina/@comment-24057740-20140425103951/@comment-5920585-20140428124441

It depends if it fits your playstyle - Gunblade does offer a ridiculous amount of raw damage for Kat (third-highest, after Rabadon's and a fully-stacked Mejai's), but the issue is finding where to fit it into your core build.

My build, for example, almost always consists of Sorc Shoes, Deathcap, Zhonya's, Void Staff, Abyssal Scepter and Rylai's - I'd have a hard time choosing where to fit Gunblade into that arsenal because they already offer exponential damage whilst contributing to a relatively beefy Kat who's able to survive in teamfights. Spell vamp won't really help you in a pinch if you're being focused by 5 enemy champions, because you're going to get CC'd and die, regardless.

In short: Gunblade - for all its benefits - doesn't suit my playstyle, but if you can find away for it to fit into yours then why not.