Riot, give me a GOOD reason to play Karthus over Ahri

DropFill··4 votes·661 views

She has better laning phase. She can do high damage with extreme mobility. She has sustain. Range. CC. Karthus laning phase is not that good. He can do high damage, but it is easy to dodge. He has no sustain. Low range. Only CC is a slow. I mean, common. Can we buff immobile mages?

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TehNACHO5 votes

His damage is DPS based. Ahri's Burst orientated damage will reach its peak sometime in the Mid Game, but Karthus' as a damage source for your team will still be effective upon the latest stages of the game.

If Ahri is a straight mage, Karthus is geared more like an APC. You can argue that you can't possibly beat Ahri in areas that Mages excel in and, well yeah that's a good argument. That's mostly because, however, Karthus' higher functions don't operate like a Mage.

blackcat13001 votes

his Q's damage is to weak.

Leti the Yeti2 votes

immobile mages are my fav champs while mobile melees come in 2nd there is something about them slow mages... Ziggs Xerath Malzahar Karthus mostly cuz they dont make flash playys and i have no intention of making them

Pæan1 votes

The ziggs W into a dunking Q feels so nice and looks so good though :D

ZacsRealm1 votes

I dunno. Xerath and Ziggs can make some pretty summoner 4y plays if you ask me.

Fasmodey2 votes

Because they're not same. If Ahri's damage is high compared to Karthus, you're high. Karthus late game is the most powerful mage in this game. You will get butthurt if you dont stop him. Also his range and early laning phase is not weak. It just not strong as others. You cant deal with Ahri 110-130k damage in a 50 minutes game. Karthus AoE monster TF mage, Ahri is a mobile kit mage. If Ahri could not defeat Karthus, how would be op do you know?

blackcat13001 votes

Akali Katarina Xerath Veigar Syndra all have higher damage then Karthus late game.

Fasmodey1 votes

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Akali Katarina Xerath Veigar Syndra all have higher damage then Karthus late game.

You should check lolking statistics. Karthus has the highest average damage in all of mages.

Leu072 votes

IMO Karthus is one sleeper op, just wait until more nerfs come to other mid laners. You should start mastering him, he's insane late game and if you are good landing his Qs you can even kick your opponent out of lane.

Syn Zykan1 votes

Take karthus top lane? Just afk farm denying any pushes made by your opponent and make sure to keep map awareness for awesome ults. Karthus isn't going to make great plays as a mid laner (he has terrible roams compared to many other champs), but going to the island of top lane works pretty well since a lot of top laners really aren't huge threats to him (and even if they do jump on him and kill him, he is going to trade it back...) Also Teleport into middle of a teamfight...instantly die because of people's instincts and wreck havoc >:D

killd0zer1 votes

They aren't even really similar champions lol

blackcat13001 votes

Their Q do almost the same damage but ahri's dose more damage in a larger area.

The Bearded Bard1 votes

How about they're completely different characters?

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