@Riot, Why is Karthus such an unpopular champion?

4NoxiousHours·2/11/2018, 7:44:57 PM·1 votes·824 views

This isn't a complaining thread or someone who plays Karthus. This is just about a player randomly having this thought come into mind.

I'd say I've only seen Karthus being picked in Ranked like twice the entire year of 2017 in my games.

I can't settle for an answer of "he's a difficult champion to master" because there's many difficult champions like him who are constantly being picked till this day.

I'm just very curious what's wrong with this champion because even after his rework, he was still rarely picked. (besides the meta moment where he was picked for jungle a lot)

7 Comments

D3m37r12/11/2018, 9:36:25 PM2 votes

He has no mobility and his only cc got nerfed. item 3102 item 3157 and item 2419 make it so almost everyone counters his ult.

Tormentula2/11/2018, 7:48:21 PM1 votes

His playstyle isn't that interactive so he can be pretty boring sometimes.

Also it's not very satisfying when 90% of this game counters your ult.

Itankyou2/11/2018, 7:59:50 PM1 votes

Cuz he can't make a team take control of the game, no cc, no escape, no counterplay.

Also because ADCs with twice as much counterplay in their kit can 2 shot someone much faster, karthus has to be 16 kills ahead to do that.

IF his e made enemy champions more vulnerable or something, it might be useful but AP sustained damage on a squishy champ who has to be close to the enemy team isn't a good combination.

Darius Strada2/11/2018, 7:46:28 PM1 votes

No burst nor control. He deals sustained dmg in a short range while being squishy. Not a good combination in my opinion

Slythion2/11/2018, 11:09:03 PM1 votes

it just feels bad to play him imo, everything is so slowwww and inconsistent. Have you seen him auto something? Holy crap it's cancer.

Escheton2/11/2018, 11:12:57 PM1 votes

Karthus Top is still fun. Just hang back, play safe, ult every now and then. Splitpush and watch your team carry from all the kills you help secure with your dmg.

Meep Man2/11/2018, 8:02:38 PM1 votes

Karthus didn't get reworked, he just got a visual update. He's a niche champion that has half of his power budget in his passive and R. He's just a strange champion to play for most and requires skills to pay the bills to have decent DPS with his Q.