Talk:Karthus/@comment-210.245.132.41-20120421172134/@comment-50.103.9.51-20120429204242

Sometimes I take Tear + Haunting Guise instead of rushing RoA.

Guise gets more immediate results, and I take it vs teams that lack gap closers (apart from Flash, obviously, but if you're playing land denial correctly, they should be holding back Flash to try to escape your nuking).

Get RoA in any other circumstance, and especially vs nuker-teams. It's much easier to stack AP if you can live long enough to farm, rather than focusing on ganks.

Remember: For Mages, exp is twice as precious as Gold. Stay in lane as long as you can.