QoL changes to make Karthus a better champion

Robert Smith··2 votes·937 views

Karthus is in a weak state right now and now one wants to see him get buffs since his Ult deals a lot of damage late game ( it's becoming easier to avoid but that's another topic). He can be made stronger with little changes made to his existing kit that would make him a more fluid champion.

  1. Remove the cast time on his Q and don't make him pause while casting it. His Q already has a delay, server lag adds another delay so does Karthus really need a cast time before his Q appears on the map? It's hard enough to land it but I'm willing to add a few more seconds to the delayed explosion if it was cast instantly. It would be better if he could keep moving and floating if he did it too.

  2. W prevent dashes. It's a skill ment to limit mobility. It already has the slow fall off over time so if the 1st half only stopped dashes that would be fine. Something similar to Cass but this move only affects people who go through it.

  3. Have E do same damage but more ticks. It is a shame that toggling E on and off is a legit strategy to get more damage from E. They even added a cooldown to E because it was abusive. Instead can it tick more often like Singed poison? Adding a longer cooldown to composite would be fine.

  4. Global laugh on the ult. It's on one of the longest cooldowns in the game and isn't used ever time its up. Veigar has a laugh after ulting, Singed has one after flipping someone in his puddle. So would a Global laugh on a global ult be to much? Maybe only trigger if it killed someone, or during the ult, something to complement how epic a global ult really is

25 Comments

Ralanr5 votes

Global line on ult is all he needs. Come on, Rito.

WarlockLaw3 votes

Underrated opinion, underrated meme. Can we make this more of a meme than Grave's and his cigar?

Robert Smith1 votes

Someone get Laughing Fish to post memes in it stat!

XPhantomBusterX2 votes

How would the W work? People that would pass through it will not be able to use gap closers for 2 seconds? The Q cast time is completely unnecessary. I agree with you that Riot should get rid of it. The E damage is a good idea. As for the laugh.....does it really matter?

Robert Smith1 votes

W has the slow debuff that last for a few seconds. While the debuff is active have the "no dash" thing work for half the length. The laugh is just icing same with the laugh for Veigar.

XPhantomBusterX2 votes

Ah. I would also reduce the cool down of his ult a little. Its like a 200 second CD. That is almost as long as ignite.

Robert Smith1 votes

Ignite does less damage, on a single target and is unaffected by most cdr. No one wants his 1k ap ult to be up every 100 seconds.

XPhantomBusterX1 votes

True enough

WarlockLaw1 votes

It would be nice if they gave it the same cd as Soraka's ult. Iirc her ult is a 20 second shorter cd on a champ that usually builds far more cdr so she can realistically ult twice as often as Karthus.

Robert Smith1 votes

As a Raka main I feel her ult time is appropriate. The base is low and she usually does not build ap. She also does little damage so if her ult was needed something would need to compensate that. Also hour glass is up twice after Karthus ults if you want to compare the cooldown on it.

WarlockLaw1 votes

Zhonya's is not up twice since the cd increase at max rank, and only barely true at rank 2 in his ult.

As for Soraka, this is entirely tangential and of my own opinion, but I think her bases need to be gutted and her AP ratios raised significantly so ppl can no longer afford to play tank Raka. Tank Raka is a cancerous blight that is the main reason why nobody likes playing against her. AP Soraka has counterplay because you can actually kill her first. But I digress.

tacofacefart1 votes

his ult should silence everyone .

Robert Smith1 votes

Global silence might be a little to op

tacofacefart1 votes

maybe a sex change?

Robert Smith1 votes

Ult so strong you change gender, I like it

Big Lincoln1 votes

removing Q cast would be too big of a buff

karthus is fine can we stop making these threads

Robert Smith1 votes

how would that be a big buff. Its clunky as it is and removing it would actually make it a .5 second delay instead.

Big Lincoln1 votes

imagine any ADC not stopping when they auto attack

that's what you want for karthus, basically.

Robert Smith1 votes

Auto attacks can happen twice and a half in a second and cannot be dodge. Karthus can do at most 2. But his Q can be avoided

sirwaterfles1 votes

I think all he needs is that his w slow doesnt decayf anymore.

Robert Smith1 votes

It was a problem at higher levels. If that was the case then let a move ment to limit mobility actually limit almost all mobility with they pass through it.

Off Meta Evan1 votes

I think the no pause while casting Q and W removing dashes would make him WAY better as a champion. the Global laugh i think should only be if he gets a penta but perhaps i've played against one to many Lux

Robert Smith1 votes

He already talks to himself when ulting, least that could happen is people hear a leash instead

Off Meta Evan1 votes

but laughs tilt the fuck out of me, i'd prefer the speech he does tbh.

Robert Smith1 votes

Same but Riot was against it cause it was to much clutter

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