Katarina Usage

damage

Gunblade

i build gunblade, sorc shoes, then either - ludens, void staff, and 2 other ap items (like dcap, OR same first two then zhonyas , followed by magic pen if im behind or against a lot of tanks.

in lane basic combo is e to them, q, w, then see what they do. If they come at you wait for w to land and hit em with that, if they run away, pick up w dagger for e cd reset and e to them again, picking up the q dagger in the process. auto if need be for thunderlords, then e away. to kill, do the same but instead of e away, e to them a third time and ult. get kill, e cd will reset so u can use it to get out.

skirmishing you pretty much pick a target and do the lane combo but try to ult both of them. kill the first target and then use the resets to kill the second.

in team fights DO NOT ENGAGE. you will get blown up. quickly. wait for a nice wombo moment or when someobody with a lot of cc blows it on someone else. then throw in a q trying to get the dagger near as many squishies as possible, then quickly e to the dagger (doing some damage there), drop w, then ult. the ult will to a lot of damage and potentially kill at least one, if it doesnt, the w you dropped before the ult will reset your e cooldown so you can get on to the lowest hp champ, and kill them. resets from that will allow you to clean up the rest.

when cleaning up just rely on your laning combo and getting resets to get the next kill.

throw in ignite and gunblade at some point onto high priority target.

my favorite time to gunblade is while im waiting for q and w daggers to land, as it gives me some damage to do while im waiting so I dont have my thimb up my butt.

common mistakes I make are using gunblade while ulting (which cancels it), or ulting and canceling it general on my own too soon. another one im getting better at not messing up but still sometimes do is forgetting to utilize the resets i get from hitting a fat ult or just killing one person so i delay more damage ouutput while my dumb ass is realizing my cooldowns have been refreshed.

enjoy doing a lot of damage and looking clean af.