Let me say first and foremost I love the black kat cowl and don't think it should be nerfed since it is a rare find (except in glitch exploit before update) and that makes it like the darkfang shield, except it does something. The curse resist is enough to get all vials and all weapons cursed for 60 seconds (tested with 3 weapons) and the damage bonus and movement speed increase (LOVE MSI WITH SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL! Makes Mercurial Set and Mercurial Demo Set under powered though.) makes it useful for everyone.
Before the main LD clone was
Skoalver/Snarbu set
Final Fourish
Hammer
GF
Trollaris
Heart Trinkets
Striker
this gives sword damage max, Sword ASI med
I predict it might change to:
Black Kitty Helm
Shadowsun Slicker/Chaos Cloak/Vog Cub Coat
Final Flourish/Furious Flamberge (The much unloved cousin who if this change happens, fire gets some teeth in LD)
Trollaris
Hammer
GF
Heart Trinkets
Striker
Giving Sword damage bonus ultra or max, gun damage bonus ultra, and sword asi med. or gun high and sword asi vh.
You might just be right :D well... even though I don't use those weapons. I use Combuster :P Working on Furious Flamberge. :P