Katarina - The Katastrophic Kitty Kat

[quote=Vicarious Vision]Hey guys, im making a new guide for Katarina and i would just like to know what everyone thinks about using the following: [u]Items:[/u] [[Mejai's Soulstealer]] - [[Sorcerer's Shoes]] - [[Rylai's Crystal Scepter]] - [[Zhonya's Ring]] - [[Nashor's Tooth]] - [[Hextech Gunblade]] [u]Runes:[/u] Marks - Magic Pen, Seals - Health per Level, Glyphs - Scaling mana regen, Quints - Flat Health [u]Masteries:[/u] 9/21/0 I would just like to know what kind of a response i will get... I have recently joined MOBAFire and started making guides. i have put some effort into my other guides but they don't seem to be too sucessful :| Advice would be great :) - Vicarious[/quote]

[quote=Trojan995]I can't say much since I'm not a Katarina player, but I personally am not a fan of meijai's. Snowball items are too unreliable, and often times you can use that slot/money to buy an item that may actually turn your luck around if you're not doing well and have 0 stacks on your meijai's. I've won more than 1 game in which not a single person on my team would have had more than 2 or 3 meijai's stacks. There's a certain psychological phenomenon that comes along with meijai's, and it's far from good. Deaths, killsteals, and even a killsteal you were going for but missed can throw you into a disgruntled state that only a 0-15 score and 4 raging allies could normally do. tl;dr take it if you want, but I personally find a lot wrong with it. I would approve of the rest of your items, though I can't go into much detail, as I don't know a single thing about Kat.[/quote]

[quote=B-Wong]Seems standard. I really don't like the Nashor's Tooth, though. Helps cooldowns and a bit of AP but you're not going to be using the attack speed anytime soon.[/quote]

[quote=animorte]I on the other hand somewhat consider Kat one of my main champions. Kat doesn't need mana regeneration runes because she has no mana. Instead give her some cooldown reduction glyphs. The only thing ever slowing her down from using abilities is the cooldowns, since she has no mana or energy. If you are going for that early level health, get flat health seals instead of the quints, using quints for more magic penetration (since you will have the extra health from [icon=Rylai's Crystal Scepter] later anyway. Trust me, it will help a lot. A lot of people might question your use of [icon=Nashor's Tooth] but I personally think it is a great item despite the mana regen it offers (because awesome CDR), much like [icon=Lich Bane] is great despite the mana it offers. You will be using the attack speed on turrets and inhibitors. Also, I never put snowball items as core items in my build, although I do list them as alternate options. Make sure you have other options. [icon=Rylai's Crystal Scepter] is best rushed immediately after [icon=Sorcerer's Shoes] unless of course you get [icon=Mejai's Soulstealer], thus you would get it after that. [icon=Hextech Gunblade] after that gives you quite spectacular lifesteal survivability along with the defensive masteries. Or you could get [icon=Zhonya's Ring] (probably a better AP idea). I would say that basically sums up what Kat needs to rape face (making it the core). [icon=Sorcerer's Shoes] [icon=Rylai's Crystal Scepter] ([icon=Hextech Gunblade] or [icon=Zhonya's Ring]) That's my information on Kat. I have mastered her to every degree (AP, AD, jungling, and yes even tanking). She is very hard in some circumstances though, I must say. :P I you have any questions just ask. [i](But I can't really say much...My Kat build failed.)[/i] One more thing, do something different with your build. Make it unique as in, not basically what everybody else is doing. It makes it stand out more. :P[/quote]

[quote=SixSonatas]I posted this on the other thread too; MP5 glyphs I agree with - don't use them. As for AP/AD, both her Bouncing Blade and Death Lotus scales with BOTH now, meaning AP AND AD, making hybrids very viable. As for Meijai's Soulstealer, I do not recommend it simply because it's a snowball item and therefore relies on noobstomping to actually do well with. Also, B-wong makes a good point on the lack of usage on Nashor's Tooth compared to its cost; I recommend not buying it. Consider Lich Bane, Abyssal Scepter, and Bloodthirster :)[/quote]

[quote=animorte]Speaking of which, I posted up a Hybrid thing yesterday, but the system says it doesn't exist. fml[/quote]

[quote=Vicarious Vision]Ahh damn it. Posted the wrong runes... It supposed to be: Marks - Magic Pen, Seals - dodge chance, glyphs - scaling ap, quints - Flat health. Was thinking about my miss fortune guide when I wrote this... :| Also, just to justify the nashors, I take it to get a lot of cooldown reduction. Sure you don't get much AP and the Att Speed is sortpf useless but I still think it is a great item. I'll think about swapping it around though. By the way, the Mejai's is not a core item, it is just an item I recommend. I have never had less than 4 - 5 stacks on a mejai's I have bought (not considering just when I buy it of course). I may replace it in the guide though. Also, could you guys check out my other guides and tell me what is wrong because I have had many - 1 s come in and I do not know why. Thank you for all the help, - Vicarious[/quote]

[quote=Vicarious Vision]Might think about getting a Lich bane and another Hextech gublade instead of the other two? Also the asking you to look at my guides was not intended yo be advertising. :|)[/quote]

[quote=animorte]Some people -1 just because they don't like the champion or because the build is better than theirs. Those people have no life.[/quote]

[quote=Vicarious Vision][quote=animorte] Some people -1 just because they don't like the champion or because the build is better than theirs. Those people have no life. [/quote] Agreed[/quote]