Everyone that plays Karthus is a Karthus main so of course he does well

Malak·11/26/2018, 5:44:53 AM·1 votes·1,791 views

...when the champ is actually decent.

One of the oldest champ in the game, played mostly by one tricks with millions of mastery points and years of experience against people that rarely play against him. Of course he's going to do well when he isn't gutted like Ryze and Azir.

Let's see if he actually sees play in pro (where mages are supposed to be better) in season 9. Season 8 only had him show up (and fail) with gold funneling.

15 Comments

Dynikus11/26/2018, 5:56:47 AM3 votes

Uh no, right now he's not only being played by Karthus mains. Dark harvest and the changes to runes gave him a significant buff, and he's being picked a lot more now.

BeatzBoyFTW11/26/2018, 12:35:53 PM3 votes

Oh wow, so those "mains" decided to pop out of the blue now? What about last patch? Or the one before that?

Kalikko11/26/2018, 7:56:10 AM2 votes

Karthus is a high skill, high map awareness, low mobility champion.

He saw constant pro play for 3 years. . .with FNC's xPeke defining the champion.

He's not easy to cs with, land skill shots. . .or lane with in general. . .which is why he's played mostly at the top end of league of legends, where a higher level of micro and macro play are both needed and used. The recent buffs to his W were long over due, and dark harvest . . . .adding scaling extra damage to his ult is nice. . .is still not the best mastery keystone for him where he's played at a high mmr.

He's a flavor of the week pick in lower elo, where people don't build Zhonyas, defensive stats or guardian angels as often or as early. I, for one, am happy to not see the same 4 assassin midlaners picked every match. Good for riot opening the lane up a bit more.

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

mack911211/26/2018, 11:38:17 AM2 votes

He is viable and people don't know how to play against him. Give it time.

Rexxiee11/26/2018, 4:12:35 PM1 votes

10% pick rate "only being played by mains" LMAO.

For you to have an idea, RIVEN, a champion who is literally the most mained champion in the game, has around a 7~8% pick rate on average.

Yeah im sure theres more karthus mains in the game than riven mains, i'll BELIEVE THAT LOL.