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Kobe24's original build
9/21/0
ignite/flash
mPen/dodge/scalingAP/health
R>Q>E>W
doranshield, sorc boots, haunting guise, rylais, GA

- don't know exactly how he did early skills but the way i used to play it was usually QEQWQR. sometimes i got E first if there was gonna be a golem fight (everybody should learn not to pick their first skill until the latest moment possible). other times i pushed up W to level 3 in order to start harassing earlier.

- Kobe tended to finish item pieces before he started the next one. for example, he would finish sorc boots before moving on to haunting guise etc etc. this build gives like 800 hp at level 1 so you can pretty much bully the majority of heroes out of mid. always a solid build and you'll rarely "lose" a lane if you can play it correctly.

WRAWRAWRAWRA build
9/0/21
ignite/flash
mPen/dodge/CDR/movespeed
R>Q>E>W
boots+4pots (wait for the fourth), sorc boots, haunting guise, rylais, GA, sunfires/FoN

- this is my super aggro katarina build that i made up when skillshotting heroes became popular mids (ashe/ezreal in particular). you get 400+ movespeed at level 1 and become extremely annoying. conventional "zoning" goes right out the window since you move so fast and can simply just go to their side of the lane. if you ever watch me play, sometimes i'll be behind their ranged creeps while they are behind mine. otherwise you try to bait their skills into CD before you jump in and BB. it's definitely a lot harder to play than the previous one since 1 mistake can lead to death but i also get a lot more kills during laning (high risk high reward build). however, this build tends to just auto-lose vs some matchups (tristana is really hard, pantheon is auto-loss, mordekaiser). also, extra movespeed lets you gank a LOT.

- pretty much converges with the previous one near mid-lategame but you have some extra movespeed instead of ~200 hp (which doesn't make a difference at that point). i also tend to buy the health-providing pieces of the item build first (giants belt, ruby) which also allows me to build rylais first if i seem to be doing really well (since both haunting and rylais require the book and you already have 1 other piece to each recipe). the reasoning is that i dont really need shunpo scaling at that point in the game.

Adapted from Solanir's build
9/21/0
ignite/cleanse
mPen/dodge/CDR/health
R>Q>W>E
dorans, merc treads, 3xBTs, 2xSunfires (in whatever order), elixer pump when necessary

- Solanir was another good kat that primarily played AD. i personally think AD katarina is stupid as hell for reasons explained here. there are better poke heroes (i learned nidalee to cover that aspect of my game) and katarina dies a LOT (i average 4 deaths a game haha). laning should be almost identical to the standard build. i prioritize W over E since you sorta want the CDR for maximum BB damage as soon as possible. my biggest advice for AD kat is "don't".

- though i say it's adapted from solanir's build, it's a very loose "adaptation". he had really odd item builds and also ran EXP quints instead (lol?). sometimes he would get spirit visage, sometimes he would get SotO, sometimes he would get mallet/atmas, etc etc. dunno but it worked for him. also, you need to take cleanse since poking with BB's short range exposes you to a variety of CCs and stuns.

- you really REALLY need to understand zoning well to excel with kat. moreso than other heroes since you are melee and your only forms of damage have a relatively lengthy CD (compared to standard auto-attacks). know when to pick and choose your battles and play aggressively. keeping up with CS is important but you don't really need too much money. so if you can keep your opponent's CS low by sacrificing your own, then go ahead and do so. often times you'll be able to do both.

- you are the #1 tower diving hero in the game so abuse it. the tower is safe because the zone around the tower is dangerous for any enemy to come within. the problem is that the zone around kat is also dangerous for any enemy to come within. so jump onto the enemy hero, Q, lotus, and jump out after voracity pops. people tend to just stick around since they think the tower gives them extra health or something. towers are not safe around katarina.

- learn the combinations. you gotta be quick with your keyboard fingers and know when to use each combinations (for this example i'll assume D is ignite and F is flash). everybody knows the WEQRD burst combo where you just blow your entire load. also learn how to extend BB range by jumping onto a creep and BBing (WEQ). that is where the majority of your harass will come from since shunpoing directly on top of an enemy is usually not worth it and the other mid isn't dumb enough to stay in range of your BB every time. i usually use the shunpo proc of W in order to reduce creep damage. use a different order to proc heal-reduction when they heal pot (EWQ). after a while you'll have them down to ~250 health but they'll stay out of shunpo range. learn to flash/shunpo and blow your load immediately (WFEDQ). 90% of my FB come before level 6 using that combination. fuxor'd at top river? shunpo to Baron and flash walljump (WEF). hero thinking he's safe at tower? BB and immediately shunpo out of tower range (QWE). need to walljump and have ward? use item hotkeys to put ward down and shunpo to it (2E). winning a teamfight? use imba voracity (WEQRDWEWEWEWE).

- your best skill is not your ult. it is by far your passive, voracity. i don't have time now but i'll finish this later haha.