I feel like Katarina being able to build this way completely negates any and all intended weakness she’s supposed to have as what’s supposed to be squishy, high mobility assassin that does a lot of damage but dies if you catch her.
But of course, none of us are perfect players, and there are always things we could be doing better. I’ve looked up how to try and deal with this on Youtube, and nothing, so I’m gonna make this thread here to maybe get some insight on this.
It also gives up on some of her strengths.
The brusier build is better in 1v1s most of the time. And like against many brusiers often you just lose the stat check if she builds like that.
However, she does NOT do nearly as much damage, especially late into the game. A full AP kat with 4-5 items still has the threat of deleting the backline mage or ADC in the blink of an eye. A brusier kat with 4-5 items can survive longer but does not have that game changing impact and is often just kited down and DPSed down by late game carries.
It’s like asking how to play win a 1v1 against Nasus once he gets past early game. Often the answer is you don’t. You have to let your team deal with him in teamfights where his weakness of being easily kited is exploited. The game is more than just 1v1.