EPTOn June 29 2011 07:25 SlayerSBriefS wrote:
karthus is a really good ap character if you know how to farm him well.
karthus is a really good ap character if you know how to farm him well.
Press E
Pick Nose
Press E
doesn't seem very complicated.
[Champion] Karthus - Page 2
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Hynda
Sweden2226 Posts
Press E Pick Nose Press E doesn't seem very complicated. | ||
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Zato-1
Chile4253 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
On June 29 2011 10:59 Hynda wrote: Press E Pick Nose Press E doesn't seem very complicated. Landing Q in lane? Otherwise you're just gonna go into midgame with no farm and super denied zz. | ||
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Goshawk.
United Kingdom5338 Posts
RoA->deathcap->void staff->banshee/rylai/zhoyna starting with dorans or boots, with flash+exhaust/tele/ignite depending what your team needs. Soulstealer is pretty fail in any sort of serious/high level game too. ^^ | ||
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HazMat
United States17077 Posts
1800~ elo us. | ||
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gtrsrs
United States9109 Posts
also i really don't like rylai's on him. cata->RoA->deathcap or just rush deathcap | ||
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Bearded Elder29904 Posts
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Woony
Germany6657 Posts
I'm bad with the Q mechanic otherwise I'd play the fuck out of him :/ | ||
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Odds
Canada1188 Posts
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HazMat
United States17077 Posts
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zer0das
United States8519 Posts
On August 14 2011 08:21 HazMat wrote: Updated the guide a bit. Took out soulstealer (though it is a great pub stomper if you feel you're above the enemy team's skill level). Every time the enemy team has Karthus in a normal 5v5, I cry a bit on the inside. He almost invariably racks up an obscene amount kills because people are dumb. There was this funny Karthus vs Karthus battle where some premades on my team were basically all suiciding to deal near fatal damage so Karthus could wipe out everyone. The carnage was unreal. | ||
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Tooplark
United States3977 Posts
actually infiniter farm at the expense of superwtfimbadamage Also lets you take blue buff safer and solo dragon if you feel like it (lol). | ||
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isM
United States735 Posts
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clickrush
Switzerland3257 Posts
He is also great at clearing minion waves so lategame you can backdoor fairly well. Backdooring is when you destroy a turret without minion support. | ||
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illgottengains
83 Posts
On June 28 2011 17:00 Crucifix wrote: Uhm, I'm _never_ getting Rylais on Karthus as it's useless IMO. I go straight cata > soulstealer > rod > rabadon or cata > soulstealer > rabadon > archangel / void Sorry but you have NO IDEA how awesome karthus is with rylais. If you get even one hit with lay waste you enemy is dead. One hit lay waste move in with defile up and continue to lay waste: there is no escape unless they turn and manage to kill you before they die.. which basically doesn't happen. Karthus becomes an incredible ganker and team-fighter with rylais at the mid to late game stages. | ||
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HazMat
United States17077 Posts
On August 16 2011 11:58 clickrush wrote: You should change this: Backdooring is when you destroy a turret without minion support. Meant solopush, fixed. | ||
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red_
United States8474 Posts
I meant to buy him a long time ago and then I quit... I should get back on that. | ||
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Slaughter
United States20255 Posts
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RouaF
France4121 Posts
On June 29 2011 12:40 Goshawk. wrote: Standard EU build goes with RoA, I think the slightly more tanky build is really nice for karthus. RoA->deathcap->void staff->banshee/rylai/zhoyna starting with dorans or boots, with flash+exhaust/tele/ignite depending what your team needs. Soulstealer is pretty fail in any sort of serious/high level game too. ^^ Hey, 2K ELO eu west karthus here (with about ~65% winrate with him, used to had 70 qq). I think this post sums up best what my build is. The reason you do NOT get tears is because you will be waaaaaaaaay to vulnerable to early ganks, cata is so much better early on. With no tears mana becomes a problem, you cannot spam E as much as you want and you have to use it carefully till you get blue. Once you have blue you can spam like a boss. Also getting rilay is ... stupid sorry guys, it really is. The role of karthus is to deal shitloads of damage not to get hitpoints or a slow. With rilay you *might* be able to get some more solo kills but that is unlikely and that is not what karthus is meant for, you are a MASSIVE damage dealer in team fights. To do even more shitloads of damage you need deathcap. To sum it up : 9/0/21 (obvious, with 2 points in +30% neutral buffs) red mpen, yellow & blue ap per level, quint flat ap start : boots + pot x3 (too dangerous to start sapphire against something like annie or brand with boots) then catalyst -> mpen boots -> roa -> deathcap -> blue pot -> void staff -> depends (usually banshee but in some case you can build even more damage) in some case you can get banshee before void staff summoners : depends, but i get ignite most of the time when there is a healer in the opposite team PS : the only downside of this build is that you do not want your blue buff stolen. if your team is pushed/hasn't got the advantage you will be very sad because of no blue. You will still have quite much mana with roa but you want be able to spam E infinitely, in this case rushing in and dying (in teamfights) is almost always the better option (don't run OOM ! smart players will just ignore you till your whole team is dead). Of course this is not meant to be played in a dual ap setup, if you're top and anivia is mid you will most likely need tears. | ||
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NEOtheONE
United States2233 Posts
1) You can't touch this. I use wall and E to prevent enemy champs from having much of a chance at killing me. I focus on map awareness, always letting teammates know when my ult is ready. I tend to rush AP as fast as possible if I can kill the enemy champ in my lane, otherwise I go for catalyst. If my teammates are pretty decent I'll consider a mejai's. I average around 3-5 deaths and significantly more kills and assists going this focus. 2) Kathus the dead Terrorist. Suicide bomber Karthus is so much fun. There's nothing like dropping a wall in the middle of a team fight, running in with your defile up, using a couple of Qs, and then ulting after you die. Which I follow up with "SILENCE! I KILL YOU!" when I get a double kill, mutliple assists, or better. I always go for the magic pen boots. Map awareness is an absolute must with Karthus. Your ult is also good for dissuading enemy champs from chasing your teammates. Champions with a built in flash/teleport are always troublesome for Karthus as your wall gives you 0 protection from them. Karthus' worst enemy is his own team. When you use your ult to pick off an enemy champ your teammates may try to initiate on other champs and end up getting themselves killed. A great Karthus can compensate for 1 bad teammate, 2 if you really excel at Karthus. | ||
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