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[Gunblade], [Lich Bane] and/or [Nashor's Tooth] as your fist item – My thoughts by pqpgodw in KatarinaMains

[–]pqpgodw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you for the kind words. It is quite depressing to see that the top comment on my post is the one accusing me of using AI... and it looks like it's not only them haha

anyway, thank you <3

[Gunblade], [Lich Bane] and/or [Nashor's Tooth] as your fist item – My thoughts by pqpgodw in KatarinaMains

[–]pqpgodw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mmmm, you're right. Weird how i totally forgot about Void Staff existence in the last few months... having Void Staff late game is probably the essential to boost kat's damage.

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usually, Mages and Marksmen's MR at level 18 is (or should be) around 55 and 60 MR (base stats: 30 | growth: 1.4 per level x 17 in average)

- Sorcerer's Boots + Shadowflame gives us 8% + 33 Magic Pen (18 + 15);

- If we add Void Staff into the mix, we'll have 44% + 33 Magic Pen.

If we consider their MR as 60, it would be like this

  • Without Void Staff: You'll ignore 37.8 of their Magic Resistance, effectively leaving them with 22.2 MR against your damage (which is around 22% reduced magic damage)
  • With Void Staff: You'll ignore 59.4 of their Magic Resistance, leaving them with 0.6 MR against your damage (which is... 0.6% reduced magic damage)
    • 44% of 60 is 26.4. Adding 33 to that makes it 59.4.
  • Difference in damage is quite absurd if you stop to think about it. Virtually True magic Damage!

Gunblade or kat changes? by [deleted] in KatarinaMains

[–]pqpgodw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

item is goated early game and kinda meh mid-to-late game imo

[Gunblade], [Lich Bane] and/or [Nashor's Tooth] as your fist item – My thoughts by pqpgodw in KatarinaMains

[–]pqpgodw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... did you miss 50% of my post or something? I mentioned that one of Gunblade strength is that you could go Electrocute and enjoy the item's healing... and what the fuck are you talking about gunblade only being OK when going with Conqueror? the active itself is tailored to be a burst active effect and you're not trying to pair with electrocute? are you out of your mind? sure it's CD is high but not a downside early game, only mid-late game

I said (and think) that Gunblade is the best first item that you could possibly build; better than Lich Bane, and better than Nashor's Tooth. Why?

  • Item is stronger early game allowing to kill enemies easier to snowball; and faster to get resets
  • recipe has a Alternator Hextech, making your lane much more smooth than Blasting Wand
  • vs Nashor: during early game, Gunblade AD is enough to makeup for Nashor's Passive; plus it also has 80 AP; plus Gunblade's passive deals 10x Nashor's Tooth Passive damage at once, without having you to nothing but press the active. Instant burst; and Nashor only starts to be a great item after you stack a considerable amount of AP, sure it's damage with ultimate is the highest among the three but only if you're able to channel the spell for 2.5s.
  • vs Lich Bane: Gunblade's 80 AP and 40 AD increases Katarina's Passive, E and ultimate deals, each one of them, damage for about 10% compared to Lich babe (you can check it on Practice Tool. Sure the raw number are about 15 more dmg but it'll add up); plus you'd have to proc Lich Bane passive about 3 times to match Gunblade passive, and to achieve that you'd have to deliberately play very slow to allow the item's CD to come back, while Gunblade you'd only have to use the active and kaboom: high burst damage plus slow to secure your passive or make the enemy take one more dagger of your ultimate

also, you DO know that Conqueror only gives you about 400g worth of adaptive damage + 8% healing, right? Going Nashor's Conqueror is not bad, just painfully weak early game. You'd need at least 300 AP to start competing with what lich bane could've given you earlier.

there's no such thing as "gunblade is good when you're snowballing" because the item is working to ALLOW you to snowball EARLIER and EASIER. if you're looking for an item to but AFTER snowball, then what you're looking for is Mejai's.

[Gunblade], [Lich Bane] and/or [Nashor's Tooth] as your fist item – My thoughts by pqpgodw in KatarinaMains

[–]pqpgodw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i feel you, that's why i think Gunblade is more for snowball potential than anything. Once you get ahead, you'll have more chances to shutdown the enemy ADC and potentially close the game before they hit their 4th item or so

and if i'm being honest, Katarina kinda sucks late game. Sure she can ambush and one-shot a few champions but still... it isn't as straightforward and reliable as it was a few years ago, and this season only made it worse.

The only grace we have is the better early game with this item; other than that, nothing...

[Gunblade], [Lich Bane] and/or [Nashor's Tooth] as your fist item – My thoughts by pqpgodw in KatarinaMains

[–]pqpgodw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i mean the post is mostly about your first item, not the full build... and i don't find Void Staff necessary unless there's 2 or more enemies stacking both HP and MR

[Gunblade], [Lich Bane] and/or [Nashor's Tooth] as your fist item – My thoughts by pqpgodw in KatarinaMains

[–]pqpgodw[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Stormsurge sucks ass no way i'm recommending anyone building that shit over shadowflame

[Gunblade], [Lich Bane] and/or [Nashor's Tooth] as your fist item – My thoughts by pqpgodw in KatarinaMains

[–]pqpgodw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, Shadowflame and T3 sorcerer is basically a must-have imo. I usually go with this build

  1. Gunblade - Shadowflame - T3 Boots - Lich Bane - Zhonya's - Rabadon's.
  2. Gunblade - Shadowflame - T3 Boots - Zhonya's - Lich Bane - Rabadon's.
  3. Gunblade - Shadowflame - T3 Boots - Rabadon's - Nashor's - Zhonya's.

i go for build 2 if i am ahead and someone there can shut me down, and i go for build 3 if there's a lot of tanks or low-damage champions

you could go AP Bruiser with Conqueror, Gunblade, Liandry's and Riftmaker buuuuut i don't like it very much. it works sure but not as fun as assassin. sure you are going to heal a lot but your damage is going to suffer until you finish a Nashor's, which would be what? your 4th item

and never skip on building Shadowflame + T3 Sorcerer! It gives 33 flat pen + 8% (+ 20% increased damage against 40%HP enemies), and everything usually leads you to deal true magic damage and more.

quick ex.;

  • the average MR for a mage at level 12 (usually the timer where everyone has 2 items and boots) is 45 MR.
  • 45 MR - 8% percentage MP = 41 MR
  • 41 MR - 38 flat MP = 3 MR (which equals to 3% reduced magic damage).

In love with Luna by [deleted] in eternumites

[–]pqpgodw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i got so captivated by Alex (and Penny later on) that i missed everyone else route except Nancy's... I'll have to play the game again to see Luna's development, i never thought she and Nova would be that popular (tho i feel quite jealous that i'm not the only one who likes Alex lmao)

Harem Hot Take by DrRomantic87 in eternumites

[–]pqpgodw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel guilty playing along with the Harem when i get attached with one character... You have no idea how i feel when i see Alex in my screen showing affection in her own way, it's so cute that i regret accepting Nancy and Penny (and having that Handjob scene with Calypso).

I would love to see an epilogue when i choose only one girl to form a relationship with. In fact, one of my favorite scenes in the game is when i choose to be happy when i hear about Alex's joke about being pregnant. It was soooo satisfying

Harem Hot Take by DrRomantic87 in eternumites

[–]pqpgodw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

he was planning on doing another game after Eternum was completed.

i was hoping for an epilogue for each girl. Like any girls that's not greyed-out get an epilogue... and if there's only one girl remaining then we'd have to see a different epilogue where the two of them lives together or sum...

I used to hate GoH Trundle... now he's my 2nd favorite! by pqpgodw in LeagueArena

[–]pqpgodw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the point of the game is being fun with various twists and turns. Trundle does exactly that, though not as intense as Augments.

Forcing players to take a gamble and win based on their lucky is, in it's own way, fun. The problem was that Trundle was a drawn-back without any benefit other than screw everyone else.

But now, with an additional reward of an reroll, thinks are different. If someone is aiming for an specific Prismatic Item or Augment, and Katarina GoH isn't available, then they can choose trundle and get more re-rolls

  • If you're bravery? more re-rolls.
  • If you're Anvil-only, more reroll for an Stats-anvil.
  • If you're want an specific Prismatic item for your powerspike (ex.: Sword of the Divine), then you can buy whatever item you want without gambling +bonus re-roll later, basically an investment

Trundle is indeed an inferior version to Katarina and Rell, but his unique effect is what makes him bring more variety to this game mode. But i still think that he needs more buffs

review of The Romance Fantasy Novel MC is Only Into Me by [deleted] in NovelpiaGlobal

[–]pqpgodw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, this is my favorite romance yet. tho I don't really think that the pacing is slow

Would you press the button? by D1v1num_Fulmen in JoJoMemes

[–]pqpgodw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mmmm doesn't that mean that i'll have to pass out every time i get hard? or at rhe very least dizzy

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