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- The Death Lotus - How to Learn Katarina (In-Depth)

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I love this build 10/10

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Thanks very much <3 Feedback is always appreciated!

I think the notes for the cheat sheet needs to be updated.

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All done! Thanks for your input <3

Going for stopwatch against zed or fizz is now not as appealing since it activates pretty late in the game (10 minutes), a couple of levels after they have access to their ultimate. I suggest changing this, have a nice day!

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Aha! Must have missed this change - thanks for the input and thank the Rito gods for the nerf!

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For all the peeps out there who do not have time for copying the build item by item.

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Just import this to the league client items section

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Nice. Did not know at first what was with these letters, symbols and numbers. hahaha
thank you a lot!

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Ikr - I didn't even know this was a thing. I guess it shows how much I look into the pre-game item build function :P

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Very nifty - thanks very much <3

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GJ amigo! Intense guide you've put out there xD. The combos really helped me in most of the games that I've played with Kata. Literally I've noted the combos on my notebook and keep it in front of me all the games. THANK YOU AGAIN!

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Haha! No problem, glad I can help!

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GG for the guide, very useful :D GJ !!! But can I ask you something ?
Which is the champ to ban when I go mid with Kata?( most dangerous champ vs Kata ) XD

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To be honest, when i play her at the moment, I ban Lulu or Galio depending on what's played most, this means that they won't just take the hit mid lane, as they can be played in multiple roles and they make the game a lot harder than it needs to be for kat.

hey can u pls update the guide? thanks a lot

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Is there anything specifically that you'd like to see?

Do you think Fresh Blood is better than Feast? I mean because you deal that 10 extra damage every 6 seconds or so, this is 5 times as Feasts 30 second cooldown. This mean if you do kill a minion you heal 20 healt every 30 seconds but if you are able to attack a champ you're able to do 50 + more damage (depending on level) because your shunpo resets your aa anyways? What do you think about this? Thanks!

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Well, you're not going to be using Fresh Blood instantly, every time it's up, if you want to auto your opponent during a trade your will get minion aggro which can deal lots of damage especially early - waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy more than the extra dmg than you will get from auto + Fresh Blood - thus the extra Sustain is better as it opens up more avenues for Kat to play in as well as not requiring the player to be put in awkward situations looking for the auto attack (most of Kat's harass comes from her daggers and getting too close can resulting in retaliation that you cannot dodge.
So overall - in my opinion, Feast is better.

You may want to add hextech gunblade into the build... her daggers scale with 125% bonus ad so full ad kata is bs. Hybrid is best though, so i go with revolver,ludens,rabadons,sorcerer shoes,liandries( for the extra health and the occasional burn that may give you the reset ) and the last is a choice between abyssal or staff

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I have been thinking about GB, I will need to do a little more testing before i put it into the build though I think.

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its really nice to see your guide is higher in the ratings now! =) Love it

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It came as a welcome surprise for me! :D I'm glad you guys seem to like it!

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great build

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Thanks! Anytime!

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Hey can i ask why u would take Deathfire over Thunderlords?

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Before the Rylais nerf Deathfire was good for extended trades, giving kat more dmg overall, but since then kat has become more of a bursty assassin (as she should be) and thus thunderlords is now better again! :D

Oh ive always done Thunderlords but thanks!

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So what do you think about getting ? The mana stats are wasted, but the flat AP and flat CDR are really good. Plus the grevious wounds procs on the rest of her abilities now.

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is not a good buy on Katarina, even though the stats may look enticing, the overall gold invested into is not worth it and you could get other items instead of wasting a item slot.
It is not an optimal buy on Kat as you waste 2 (possibly 3) components of the item, firstly the flat +400 Mana as you mentioned, however you also waste one of the UNIQUE Passives (mana regain on kill/assist) and, if you use your Ultimate on the target(s) you want to kill, then the grevious wounds UNIQUE Passive is wasted also. Overall, this means that Kat is only benefiting from the +100 AP and the +20% CDR. Other items also give this amount of AP as well as more effects (e.g. Rylais with it's slow and extra HP), and CDR is not a requirement on Katarina, however if you are desperate for that 20%, skip the and buy and an as these will provide you with your CDR fix and give you other valuble stats that are manditory on Katarina.

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grevious wounds doesnt stack? i ddint know that. That makes it even more uesless. Is there any other way to hit 40 percent cdr? Maybe ludens, rabadons, zhonyas, abyssal and lucidtyies? plus some in runes?

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If you really wanted to hit 40% without losing too many stats, then you should build something along the lines of:
,,,, and with 10% CDR in runes.
This means that you won't need to give up the Magic Penetration due to Liandry's, this will synergise with Rylai's and you'll be a little tankier in fights, allowing you to use your CDR to it's full potential.
This build will do a lot of damage too - so don't worry about that.

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