PSA: If there's a Karthus on your team, PLEASE let him farm.

D2Vincent··47 votes·4,636 views

it doesn't entirely matter if I'm ahead, behind or whatever, If I'm currently in lane as a Karthus player, LET ME HAVE MY FARM, especially if I managed to shove my lane opponent out of my lane. If the opponent goes MIA I'll ping the best I can and if he DOES show up bot or top, I'll ult where/when necessary, but PLEASE don't start showing up in my lane unless it's 3-5 man mid or something like that.

I NEED that farm because:

  • It's not very often I get a matchup where I can play super aggressive in lane unless I'm Top maybe, so I'll have to play passively and get CS for my items

  • More often than not, our Jungler has already gotten Wolves/chickens/Gromp/Krugs, which means I can't just take it whenever I want. the Jungler needs those just as much as the kills he might get off of ganking.

  • The more CS I get, the more Items I can buy. The more items I buy, the stronger my ult can get when their jungler decides to show up bot/top and there might be an opportunity to ult to at least get an assist, less a kill. It's essentially a win/win here. (unless something happens, like someone chases singed or something like that lol)

I'm just saying, while Karthus is more suited as a "Team Deathmatch/Objective taking" type of mentality, Karthus's strongest ability is to get CS over kills to become the late game monster that he is. So, when you do decide to gank mid or top or whatever, please let Karthus take the farm from his lane. Unless I'm dead or at base or something, in which that case, go right ahead :P

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dominusx38 votes

PSA: if the enemy karthus is oom late game dont fkn kill him.

#challengertips

Mostro Gallo3 votes

who the hell even ooms lategame

what team fight lasts long enough for someone to oom

mana hasn't been an actual issue since like season 4

fuffychan15 votes

Sounds like you only play Riots favorite AD assassins/fighters

Mages actually go oom now thanks to their stupid "mage update" that removed mana regen from their items.

Pierce The Veal3 votes

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Sounds like you only play Riots favorite AD assassins/fighters

Mages actually go oom now thanks to their stupid "mage update" that removed mana regen from their items.

Fun fact: AD casters other than renekton/riven/zed/lee sin have always had to manage their mana. Finally mages have to manage their mana and they throw a fit.

Taliyahc8 votes

Fiora, camille, irelia the list goes on

SH Azykan1 votes

fiora and camille I agree with, but irelia I do go oom after a while on lol

dominusx1 votes

you dont play her properly then i never run oom with irelia post trinity unless i'm stacking gold without recalling for 10+mins

Pierce The Veal1 votes

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Fiora, camille, irelia the list goes on

Fiora, Irelia, and Camille aren't AD casters,

More news at 11

Spartan Sol6 votes

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Fun fact: AD casters other than renekton/riven/zed/lee sin have always had to manage their mana. Finally mages have to manage their mana and they throw a fit.

except AD casters still have super strong AA's.. when a mage oom's then they are just a frog waiting to get stepped on by anyone

Pierce The Veal1 votes

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except AD casters still have super strong AA's.. when a mage oom's then they are just a frog waiting to get stepped on by anyone

Melee range 300-400 damage auto attacks might as well not exist. How are you going to get in range to use this shit?

Spartan Sol1 votes

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Melee range 300-400 damage auto attacks might as well not exist. How are you going to get in range to use this shit?

well you know most AD casters have tons of mobility..

Pierce The Veal1 votes

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well you know most AD casters have tons of mobility..

As someone who has played every AD caster,

Usually not enough to overcome the range of an enemy champion. It is important to note that outside of kha'zix in isolation, no AD caster's burst (except lee sin's) approaches that of a burst mage. There is no way Talon's Q or Zed's w will allow them to gapclose enough to use those autos. And by the time they have such a significant AD advantage over you, you won't be having mana problems.

Spartan Sol1 votes

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As someone who has played every AD caster,

Usually not enough to overcome the range of an enemy champion. It is important to note that outside of kha'zix in isolation, no AD caster's burst (except lee sin's) approaches that of a burst mage. There is no way Talon's Q or Zed's w will allow them to gapclose enough to use those autos. And by the time they have such a significant AD advantage over you, you won't be having mana problems.

never said they did get close to the same damage. my statement was that when mages spells are on cd or if they do run out of mana AD casters have a major advantage in the fact they still have hard hitting AA's

Pierce The Veal1 votes

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never said they did get close to the same damage. my statement was that when mages spells are on cd or if they do run out of mana AD casters have a major advantage in the fact they still have hard hitting AA's

That much is true. That doesn't make them not have the weakness of lack of mana or lack of range.

Spartan Sol1 votes

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That much is true. That doesn't make them not have the weakness of lack of mana or lack of range.

most AD casters have gap closers that make range pointless. or in the case of Zed gap closers and no mana lol

Pierce The Veal1 votes

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most AD casters have gap closers that make range pointless. or in the case of Zed gap closers and no mana lol

But Zed runs out of energy with a single rotation... After that he needs to wait 20 seconds to regen his energy. And his gap closer has above a 20 second cooldown early game. Bias much?

Spartan Sol1 votes

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But Zed runs out of energy with a single rotation... After that he needs to wait 20 seconds to regen his energy. And his gap closer has above a 20 second cooldown early game. Bias much?

no lol zed doesnt bother me. i was just using him as an example of how AD casters have the advantage over AP casters simply due to their AA damage. zed runs out of mana and still chunks you for large AA damage. a syndra tickles you with AA damage and hopes to have her rotation back up or doesnt run out of mana

Pierce The Veal1 votes

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no lol zed doesnt bother me. i was just using him as an example of how AD casters have the advantage over AP casters simply due to their AA damage. zed runs out of mana and still chunks you for large AA damage. a syndra tickles you with AA damage and hopes to have her rotation back up or doesnt run out of mana

Meanwhile ADCs with crits as high as 3000 damage on regular autos.

After ADC auto attacks, I don't see 400 damage autos as that scary tbh.

Spartan Sol1 votes

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Meanwhile ADCs with crits as high as 3000 damage on regular autos.

After ADC auto attacks, I don't see 400 damage autos as that scary tbh.

ADC's arent usually AD casters looking at you lucian and MF both of which are based around their abilities more so than their auto attacks. and the only ADC who can crit that high.. is Draven on a squishy with 0 armor.

Mostro Gallo2 votes

Look at my match history

I play mages on a regular basis

There are like 2, maybe 3, champions that oom at lategame on a regular basis

Mana has not been a problem in forever, especially now that 'Nomicon is basically core on every mage

Melledoneus3 votes

Karthus presses E, walks up (or flashes) into the middle of your team wreaking havoc. Once the enemy team starts focusing him by collapsing, he Zhonya's. They eat 2 more seconds of insane AoE DPS, then when he's back up they start running because his team is winning. Karthus follows, his mana now nearly drained because of how long he's been doing his thing, and when he finally bites the dust, it's his moment to rain death upon his enemies.

Boop Daddy 2 votes

flashback to all the times I've oom'd as Galio roa be damned

Mostro Gallo1 votes

at late game? okay

Glory ln Death11 votes

PSA: If Sion is on your team, let him farm. DO NOT take minions from him. I'm talking to you, mage "supports" who come up and clear a full double minion wave while I'm charging my Q on it.

Fondling Gems2 votes

PSA: If it is late game and everyone is full build let Sion/Veigar/Nasus/GP farm the waves so they can get stronger. If Thresh is in game at least let him be nearby.

Sarutobi6 votes

Going to start spamming Karthus Support so i can always get cs/farm!

PureSilvrr4 votes

If your support its not your farm. It belongs to the adc.

Photos of Ghosts19 votes

If my support is not my farm, it belongs to my ADC? Wat. How do I even farm my own support?

It Hertz When IP17 votes

Kalista

PureSilvrr2 votes

If. You. The. Player. Are. Playing. The. Support. Role. The. Minion. Kills. Belong. To. The. Adc. Or. Apc. You. Are. Supporting.

Photos of Ghosts1 votes

So how the fick can I be both support and my own support? And why specifying that I'm not my own farm? ;-;

PureSilvrr1 votes

Look at NEWGUY101's post please, understand what I am trying to communicate to you.

Photos of Ghosts1 votes

I understood the first time around. Still, I don't see why I should stop.

PureSilvrr1 votes

Lol ok

NewGuy1011 votes

If you're support**,** it**'**s not your farm. It belongs to the adc.

fixed it

PureSilvrr1 votes

ty

PROJECT Katarìna5 votes

Same goes for Gangplank pre 6/sheen/triforce

OMGSoAnnoying4 votes

Not just Karthus... Veigar too. Veigar needs his stacks.

When mid game comes and he breaks 1000 AP around 25 mins, you'll be happy you did. The opponents.... well, they won't be happy.

Mostro Gallo2 votes

PSA: Stop making PSA posts

FioraWillCarry1 votes

What in the fuck does PSA even mean ?

D2Vincent10 votes

"Public Service Announcement"

Kingnewgameplus1 votes

PSA: Drink your ovaltine.

badooga3 votes

PSA: Stop making "PSA: Stop making PSA posts" posts

Troll for Trump2 votes

Same with all lategame scalers:

Unfortunately, that includes MasterYi Yasuo Vayne

They do need farm, but the same problems that players have with their playerbase also applies to Karthus: Don't farm too much.

Weasel Kensei2 votes

Its not a Karthus thing. Its a people are stupid thing.

Iv had many matches on Brand, where my bot lane duo que tards lose their ass off, then decid its time to duo tard come mid and starve me out of CS so I can lose mid too.

I tell them their foolish actions lack of understanding of the game made them lose bot lane, and now theyre extending those actions and lack of understanding to my lane.

Stupid is as stupid does. They cant help themselves, they just dont understand how to play the game. Baddies be bad and all that. At any rate, your PSA isnt a Karth PSA, its a "Hey idiot! Have you ever considered not being an idiot?" PSQ (public service question) for idiots that take farm from others to starve them.

DEmperor952 votes

This can also be said for a lot of the late-game champions.

Give Azir farm and he will give you elo.

jama6551 votes

Whats a karthus

WolfBV2 votes

The champion that Soraka counters

badooga1 votes

Not really, she's squishy af and you can always play around her ult cooldown; late game, it barely even matters as she won't be able to heal past your 700 damage teamwide nuke, even with her ult.

That being said, all Karthus mains still hate Soraka.

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