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As you know, League of Legends is filling up with new Players every day & even more Katarina Players each day. Giving the Items is amazing but some people(Myself Included) are better at seeing a Cookie Cutter Visual when they decide to use a Guide from a website(Like MobaFire). This will allow us to see & adapt our Builds based off of your *Best Case Scenario* build & *Worst Case Scenario* build efficiently. Does that make sense?
This works well since Katarina is an In & Out Champion with a Channel Focused Damage Output. As you know, Death Lotus is Katarina's highest Damaging ability. It channels up to 5 Seconds(Level 3) which increases each blade Damage by 1% each second.
Now imagine that you have Double Edged Sword & you get knocked out of your Death Lotus. Not only is that extra 5% Wasted, but you are also about to take 2.5% increased damage until you Escape.(Which in this scenario, is highly unlikely & if you do escape, you will have suffered a higher loss of HP that could remove other Situation Turnarounds)
With Battle Trance , you won't suffer from a such a harsh Negative Effect if you get tossed out. Hope this helped!
But for example, when fighting for example a lee sin, that deals loads of ad to you. What should i do? Should i turn to a defensive build or start putting some armor runes?
The best way to counter Lee Sin is to stay Mobile. With Katarina's new update, it shouldn't be too rough to get out of a rock hard situation BUT REMEMBER, Lee Sin most likely won't build tanky in this Meta BECAUSE he falls off too hard now. Most Lee Sin's you will see will now be FULL DAMAGE. This will make them an Easy Target but also make them a Dangerous one. Your best bet to counter a Lee Sin would be to Grab Zhonya's 3rd-4th Item & Literally avoid him all around UNLESS you are absolutely SURE you have an Advantage. Lee Sin wasn't a Joke before and he definitely isn't one Now. Good luck!
ALSO why not continue in the cunning tree for the thunderlords? Thunderlords is OP for burst assasins, but i dont know what else you would take.
Platinum Katarina main here. The new mastery isn't really that good since Katarina's issues are with he laning phase and 1.5% extra dmg when target is alone won't really help and the immediate 20 HP given by the cookies could help you survive a ticking ignite or any other DoTs ( it helped me a lot :P ) as for Masteries I go with 18/12 key stone is Thunderlord because it's really strong atm and the 12 in resolve to make Katarina's laning phase better by surviving more harass and trades plus the 20% reduced cool down on summoners is really neat :D Hope that helped :)
Love this guide, it was very helpful! Just a quick question though: with the new change to the Cunning Tree, and the addition of Assassin (can't use code here) in the same spot as Secret Stash , might this be a better choice (especially for the laning phase)?
ALSO why not continue in the cunning tree for the thunderlords? Thunderlords is OP for burst assasins, but i dont know what else you would take.