I dont play kat at all, but these new changes look very interesting, as I see it, her AD ratios are being buffed, some tweaks to her AA animation speed and basic attack reset on shunpo sounds in favor of AD katarina build. Along with the fairly nice AD scaling her ult has currently I think that AD may be more than just troll build with this new patch. Any thoughts?
TheKingDodo1 votesbut her Q! it still scales with ap
Der Lindwurm1 votesbut her Q! it still scales with ap
I hope they'll add some AD scaling to her Q before this goes live. They might as well.
Der Lindwurm1 votesNot unless her auto attack ends up playing a really major role. When you consider the cost of AD items relative to AP items, she will still do less damage with her abilities except possibly W compared to building AP only.
Anti14601 voteswhy would you want to play kat ad? thats so troll
Der Lindwurm2 voteswhy would you want to play kat ad? thats so troll
She was AD a long time ago. An attempt to be more faithful to the original concept? At the expense of her damage output.
Brorelia1 votesIt will likely make building gunblade kat a thing again.
But it would be nice if they would make her W physical so she isn't so easy to build against.
She is losing a bit of her damage regardless since the small buffs to Q and W do not make up for the lost damage on E
But it would take some AD ratios on her Q to make AD kat really a thing.
Abyssphere1 votesI think a vague hybrid is best. Standard Kat AP build but replace a pure AP item of your choice (DFG if you built that) with Hextech Gunblade. You'll do less damage than you would have with DFG but the sustain of Gunblade + the new utility on Shunpo and increased focus on basic attacks can help make up for it.
Brorelia1 votesI think a vague hybrid is best. Standard Kat AP build but replace a pure AP item of your choice (DFG if you built that) with Hextech Gunblade. You'll do less damage than you would have with DFG but the sustain of Gunblade + the new utility on Shunpo and increased focus on basic attacks can help make up for it.
Actually the sustain from gunblade is next to nothing for kat. Whilt it never was really a bad item for her it becasue kinda pointless to get early when they make her Q count as munti target for damage instead of all counting as single target.
youngjake931 votesMaybe just adding gunblade or lich bane into her core build? Riot seems to really like AA weaving as a mechanic these days which makes that spellblade proc nice even if the mana and maybe movement speed aren't needed. It seems like they are making her more like Akali with more focus on autos+sustained mobility.
Erockandroll1 votesHer Shung-po has a massively reduced CD when Striking new targets, along with a reduced CD over all, and it resets her attack animation.
Despite not using Mana, I might consider a Lich bane. Her resets would make the lich bane attacks quite Frequent. Her Q scaling is weird. also Consider that the 80% soft reset means that she can effectively engage and Disengage in a short amount of time. It means she no longer has to commit to a kill.
Brorelia1 votesHer Shung-po has a massively reduced CD when Striking new targets, along with a reduced CD over all, and it resets her attack animation.
Despite not using Mana, I might consider a Lich bane. Her resets would make the lich bane attacks quite Frequent. Her Q scaling is weird. also Consider that the 80% soft reset means that she can effectively engage and Disengage in a short amount of time. It means she no longer has to commit to a kill.
Triforce kat incoming
