Can we buff Karthus?

After3perma··2 votes·743 views

I want Karthus Q and R to be buffed.

Q There is too much mobility in this game and thus it is harder for Karthus to land efficient Q's on targets and also Rylai's isn't a great item on mages anymore so there isn't the permaslow. Q delay time to be reduced at all ranks from 0.5 seconds all ranks to 0.5 / 0.45 / 0.4 / 0.35 / 0.3 seconds. This will allow Karthus to land more easier Q's on enemy targets for more consistent damage and the delay time is still at a reasonable amount for counterplay.

R Karthus R should deal more damage overall. In the past it was satisfying to press R and get instant Quadra or Pentakills, but nowadays you can't do that anymore. The reasoning why is because Magic Resist items are efficient compared to Armor, Hexdrinker and Maw exist, Mercs, Nullifying Orb, Guardian Angel, Zhonyas and Stopwatch and most champions in this game have some sort of hard CC to stop the Karthus ultimate and it doesn't put the ultimate on a reduced cooldown or refund any mana cost. The ultimate also has one of the longest ultimate cooldowns in the entire game at 200/180/160 seconds while crazy shit like Yasuo ult has 80/55/30 second ult.

In my opinion Karthus ultimate should deal the same damage currently + execute targets under 25/28/31% maximum health. Make this ability awesome again like in the past.

5 Comments

Friendly Ram1 votes

I'd be fine with either the q speeding up with level or solo qs slowing the unit.

Nhifu1 votes

Stop playing karthus mid

Try him top and you'll find more success, because he bully's melee champs That and karthus SHOULD be hard to play, his ratio's and kit are insane.

MLDzXnRRR1 votes

His ult is too strong, his Q - just boring and wall - garbage. Needs rework. He is not even good against teams with stacked MR when he has magic pen items. So, he is really weird pick, exploiting league's low elo refusal to get defensive items.

Solicitude1 votes

No objections on the Q.

BUT, you know there is a reason Karthus R has a very long cd. And that is, its global and it will hit everyone. While that "crazy shit Yasuo" ulty has a low cd because its pretty situational and you dont hope you will always hit the target that will hurt. And there is also "Presence of Mind" which can work wonders on Karthus.

Now 3 very specific things. First, DONT use Karthus ulty to get 1 random kill at any point in the game unless you are sure there wont be any team fights or big skirmishes until your ulty will be back out of cd. You are wasting a very powerful tool. Second, dont use your ulty at the near end of the fight, use it when your or the enemy team fully engages, this will give you a big advantage at the start of the fight and will help win it. Having 5 assists and winning the team fight is far more valuable than getting 2 kills and nothing else. When you use you ulty be sure to not be anywhere near any random cc that might hit you.

Ive honestly seen a lot of Karthus' just wasting their ulty for getting a single random kill and then losing a team-fight because they didnt have this game-turning ulty.

Plus, 250 / 400 / 550 (+ 75% AP) damage on an ulty that will hit everyone is definitely not bad.

Summonah123691 votes

His ult basically means: Oh, you got away at low health? Nah!

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