I cant stand these "damage katarinas". pls people playing kat, here is how to BE USEFUL
god i hate these damage katarins that get the kills and put 15,000 of the teams gold into pure damage items that last 2 seconds in a teamfight before they die
i feel the strongest katarina method with the most amount of "output" or "agency" you can give to your team is the following build
"output" and "agency" means how much you provide your team power towards WINNING the game and killing the nexus
the build:
merc or ninja tabi (depending if enemy team has more AD or AP) zzrot rylais liandrys warmogs banshees or deadmans (depending if enemy has more AD or AP. also depending on whats poking you the most. if enemy has lux or morgana or leblanc etc get banshees)
i usually like banshees + ninja tabi combo.
heres how the fights go. you are sieging with your team 5v5 and you place your zzrot about 1000range away from the enemy tower directly in the middle of your 5 teammates. so your voidlings help waveclear and damage the tower slowly
you run around at super movespeed due to zzrot portal movspeed and you constantly throw out your Q's which are on a pretty low cooldown.
run in, throw Q, run back. with warmogs regeneration to outlast their poke
your Q's will bounce and apply liandry BURN + rylais SLOW to multiple targets every 8 seconds. and the liandry burn does like 10% current health damage due to the rylais slow. meaning with this kat build you have GOOD DECENT POKE where you constantly run up with your fast speed, throw out a Q, then back up. and your Q bounces and deals very decent %hp poke damage before the fight
your poke is so good it forces the enemy to engage onto you . but either way, eventually a fight will start . chill and poke with Q and wait for fight to start
the moment a fight starts, GO IN ON THEIR TANKS (yes. their tanks) and blow all your spells BUT YOUR ULTIMATE yes. you want to engage their FRONTLINE (not the backline). and apply your damage and slows to their FRONTLINE
your enemy will start ccing you. but YOUR A FRICKEN TANK once the enemy CC is over. pop your ultimate and watch your team decimate the teamfight as your ultimate throws out very nice damage and slows all enemies in a very large AoE and since your a TANK the whole enemy team focuses you but you still survive to bust out your ultimate
also if you are able to back off, after 8 seconds your warmogs will start healing you for like 600 health every 5 seconds, and the healing continues WHILE you run around super fast throwing out more Q's to damage the last remaining enemies
also STRENGTH OF THE FRICKEN AGES is your keystone making you so damn tanky
go strength of ages, legendary guardian, +5% armor mr, natural talent, +2% ability damage, feast, bounty hunter
