Why is suddenly everyone talking about Karthus? (From a Karthus main)

BestKarthusEU·Oct 23, 2016·3 votes·781 views

Recently read a great post titled "I'm a Karthus main since yesterday and the new item is gonna kill him" or something along those lines.

Great post, good sarcasm, but he's right. Why is suddenly everyone talking about Karthus?

I mean it sort of bothers me in a way because I'm a Karthus main. A REAL Karthus main. I have like 3-5 times more champ points on Karthus than my next highest champ.

It's a bit irritating that suddenly everyone is talking about my champion.

Honestly I'm terrified that Riot is gonna rework Karthus. Because honestly he's fine as he is. Numbers tweaking? Sure. But if they mess around with his kit, I would probably quit League on the spot.

But anyways, why is he suddenly now a topic of conversation?

11 Comments

PennsOct 23, 20162 votes

Well because there is a new AD/MR item on the pbe that gives you a spellshield for 10 seconds after channeling for 1.5 seconds (you can move while channeling). On a 30 second cooldown..

Vhan8765Oct 23, 20162 votes

I wouldn't call myself a Karthus main anymore but I do play him often enough that, yeah, this new item coming out is a pretty big indirect nerf to him.

I don't imagine Riot will ever rework Karthus, like you said his kit is perfectly fine; however though, it wouldn't be too surprising if they changed his ult eventually.

Sahn UzalOct 23, 20162 votes

[NEW] Edge of Night Total Cost: 3100 G Recipe: [Pickaxe + Serrated Dirk + Null-Magic Mantle + 675 G] Stats: +60 Attack Damage +35 Magic Resist UNIQUE Passive: +20 Lethality UNIQUE Passive: +20 Movement Speed our of Combat UNIQUE Active - Night's Veil: Channel for 1.5 seconds to grant a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability. Lasts for 10 seconds. (30 second cooldown) (Can move while channeling)

Because of this thingy.

BestKarthusEUOct 23, 20161 votes

Yeah that's gonna be an insta buy for ADCs against Karthus.

HateDaddyOct 23, 20161 votes

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Yeah that's gonna be an insta buy for ADCs against Karthus.

No it's not lol.

GULAG 4 UOct 24, 20161 votes

Maybe 3rd or 4th item but no fucking way any adcs are buiilding this shit first

CrettOct 23, 20161 votes

A spellshield item was made that has a 30-40ish second cooldown. People are worried Karthus ult will just be useless

AhristocatsOct 23, 20161 votes

Karthus is already not that good in competitive play which is a shame because he has a great niche (global presence). His global presence isn't that interesting anymore, because of the cooldown (200/180/160 and cdr being trash on karthus Q and E) and because of the amount of people hard countering karthus.

what made people talking about karthus to answer your question, is edge of the knight.

it's a new item that riot designed, giving after 1.5 seconds channeling a shield that protects you against spells for 10 seconds, and 30 seconds cd. it also has great stats and promises to be built on every adc/assassins/maybe bruisers. and then people are tired that karthus ulti is countered by 100% by many tools. that's why.

BestKarthusEUOct 23, 20161 votes

Yeah everyone thinks "oh yeah build CDR on Karthus!"

You can't do that. Like ever. Maybe a Zhonya's is acceptable, but that's not even for the CDR, because essentially CDR only affects his W and hs ultimate.

Yeah, a small tweak on his ultimate would be nice. Either reduce the cooldown (175/150/125 seems a bit extreme, but that's still a higher cooldown than most of these counters...) or tweak the ultimate in some way so it doesn't get totally boned by every item.

AhristocatsOct 23, 20161 votes

problem is that if you reduce the cooldown you would end up with season 2 karthus, picked in every game in competition, and annoying af, cause he would turn your fight everytime.

that's why you should reduce the damage. Dota2 equivalent of karthus has Karthus ulti every 90 seconds, but it's balanced because it doesn't do as much damage as karthus.