Originally Posted by
Kristis133
DFG is core?
Excuse me? Most of the main Katarina players don't even build DFG on Kata. Expecting that you'll always be able to delete someone is just silly, that's not how it works, the trick to winning with Katarina, is giving your team-mates as much time as possible for you to get resets and wreck everything.
I'm not saying DFG is a bad item, what I'm saying is that Katarina benefits way more from Zhonya and you shouldn't build it unless you're extremely ahead.
Also, if we're talking about first item here, it's neither of the mentioned at the moment. You want to start from Abyssal Scepter. It's an amazing item for Katarina at the moment, especially if you're laning against apc.
Edit: It's personal preference, you might need the extra damage that dfg provides after the nerfs, but in the end, resets are more important.
ive played kata alot lately, sure abyssal is a great item but i didnt built it once on her. the DFG rush is cause of the 1v1 lane kill potential for me mostly.
also i had a mirror against another one, which went abyssal first, she had a kind off better mid game than me but i won her early aswell as my late was better.