Why doesn't anyone play Karthus?

He's an immobile sustained damage mage.

Most mid lane players prefer burst champions and assassins who can kill in 2 seconds flat. Karthus kills everything equally over like 6 seconds, this means he is a bit slower paced then other mages, but he is still awesome when played right.

He's quite immobile, so people are often turned off by that. Being immobile doesn't stop Karthus mains from destroying with him though; you just need the skill to make up for it.

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Karthus is absolutely horrible against Zed and LeBlanc. They jump him, he dies because he has no tools to avoid death, and they jump out and he gets zero value from his passive.

This is pretty problematic because those champions are absolutely everywhere in solo queue. Ahri is a little better for him, but still pretty bad.

I used to play him a lot in Season 3 but he's never felt worth it in soloqueue after that to me. His late game isn't enough to justify his pitiful laning phase and what with mobility creep most people can get away from easily (and even kill him in the process).

I like Karthus, he can really hurt other champions. But he has no defense against someone that jumps on him. He can slow and incoming champion but it doesn't always help because a lot of champions have gapclosers and such.

Karthus isn't that bad due to his incredible AOE sustained damage. If they keep standing in his E for even 5 seconds late game, with a full pen build, their entire team is gonna get wiped. He synergizes extremely well with Amumu, J4 and others with a long AOE immobilizing spell.

Also, look up TP Revive Karthus Pentakill.

I think someone else in here hit the nail on the head. He play slows and defensively for a long while. You have to play him carefully because he lacks any hard CC or mobility to help in an "oh shit" moment. Which is not popular in the current meta.

Karthus' kit is immobile, constant AoE dps, is not what most people look for on a midlaner.

But I find him fun to play in certain game modes. I liked using him in Ascension, and I kicked butt with him in TT hexakill.

Why doesn't anyone play Karthus?

People still play Karthus D: (I mean really - LoL is the most played game in the world right now. It's statistically impossible for a champion not to get played).

Also - this question is usually asked about any champion that isn't one of the 1015 most popular picks, which can also be answered with that being statistically likely.

So - Karthus is still played, and being a popular champion is statistically unlikely.

Karthus waddles in a teamfight with his E, does lots of AoE DPS and then dies. And then he does it again for another three seconds. Those three seconds can change the teamfight in your favor. Problem is, most midlaners are too worried about their KDA to actually do that...

He has no mobility and isnt that great anymore tbh

no mobility and no hard cc makes me cri ery tiem

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I feel like it's because he has more cons than pros o_o

I play him when i want to be lazy and zone the holy piss out of someone

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I main Karthus. Sure LeBlanc is a bitch. But most other assisns such as Zed and Tristanna are pretty evenly matched. Why?

E makes Karthus one of the most OP duelists. Switch it on when zed and Tristanna come. They lose more HP than you do early game. Q, meanwhile, slaps enemy champs for 100 dmg as early as lvl 4.

Karthus is that Support that assists in Kills not only with his ult but with his build - his AoE is easiest the 2nd largest [Now that Kindred came out] and his W slows EVERYTHING by 80% late game. Its usually that low hp enemies that counts towards the game.