Talk:Karthus/@comment-202.156.10.10-20111117061613/@comment-71.85.200.14-20111125085209

No. Using the 'forced to buy an item for one champion' argument is flawed. Why do you buy your Infinity Edge? Because the other team's growing health pools requires a train of damage to smash it to pieces. Obviously them getting more HP is OP, and you shouldn't have to buy an Infinity Edge to kill them, right?

The thing with a Banshee's Veil or Hexdrinker or any of the others is that they don't just counter one specific champion on the enemy team. You might want Banshee's to counter Requiem, or Hexdrinker to save you with its shield, but their uses aren't just limited to that one save.

Why do you buy a Thornmail? Because their auto-attack based AD carry has a crap ton of damage and attack speed. You bought Thornmail to counter a SINGLE champion. Those AD carries must be OP, too. Frozen Heart? Oh look. Physical AS champions.

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